Your RPS team will give you specific advice regarding your individual post-operative recovery. They will advise:

• where you will go after your surgery
• what medication you will be given or prescribed
• what bandages and dressings you will need and when they’ll be removed
• if you require stitches, when they’ll be removed
• when you can get back to normal activity and exercise
• when to book your follow-up care.

As with all surgical procedures, revisional surgery may be necessary to correct minor irregularities.

In most circumstances, correction of inverted nipple surgery does not need to be repeated. However, revisional surgery may be necessary to correct minor asymmetry, scars or recurrence.

Modern surgery is generally safe, but does have the potential for risks and complications to occur.
Some of the possible complications and risks associated with correction of inverted nipples may include:

• bleeding from an operated site
• infection that may require treatment with antibiotics or further surgery in some cases
• allergic reaction to sutures, dressings or antiseptic solutions or allergic drug reactions
• pain, bruising and swelling around the operated site
• slow healing, often related to smoking or diabetes
• short-term nausea following general anaesthesia and other risks related to general anaesthesia, such as deep vein thrombosis, cardiac and pulmonary complications
• changes in breast and nipple sensation
• temporary or permanent areas of numbness
• unacceptable scarring
• breastfeeding difficulties, including reduced milk supply
• asymmetry (unevenness) of the size or projection of the nipples
• inadequate correction
• recurrence of the problem.