The impact of inverted areola is too great to be ignored!

The female breast is a lactation organ with the nipple protrusion located in the center of the areola, where the mammary ducts all open. It plays an important role in human reproduction and life. At the same time, as a sexual organ, the breast is directly involved in the formation of the graceful body curves of women and is a symbol of beauty and love. Many female friends face the dilemma of inverted areola, so what are the dangers of inverted areola?

1. Inverted nipples can easily cause diseases such as nipple areola inflammation and breast inflammation

Long-term inverted nipple compresses the lymphatic vessels behind the areola, leading to lymphatic reflux obstruction and collagen tissue exudation. At the same time, due to the inverted nipple, the epidermal cells shed on the nipple surface and the areola secretions cannot be cleared in time, thereby irritating the nipple skin and causing nipple and areola inflammation. Severe nipple inversion leads to mucosalization of the inverted skin accompanied by eczema. Some patients experience bleeding, erosion, and chronic inflammation. The mammary ducts are connected to the inverted area, and the inflammation can spread retrogradely into the mammary gland, causing mastitis.

If nipple inversion is not corrected in time, long-term inflammation will cause the mammary ducts to shrink due to chronic inflammation, making nipple inversion more serious and easily forming a vicious circle.

2. Inverted nipples seriously affect breastfeeding

Whether the nipples are flat, inverted, or inverted, they can make breastfeeding difficult after childbirth. If the nipple develops abnormally, especially if the nipple is inverted, it will inevitably affect the newborn's latching and sucking, making postpartum breastfeeding difficult or even impossible. At the same time, because the baby cannot hold the mother's nipple, the milk cannot be sucked out, and the newborn is prone to dehydration fever.

Women with inverted nipples often have their breasts grow larger during pregnancy and become more swollen due to the mother's milk secretion, which further aggravates the inverted nipples. The mother may give up breastfeeding due to her own deficiencies.

3. Inverted nipples affect the baby’s health and the mother’s postpartum recovery

If babies do not get breast milk, their development will be affected and their physical health will also be affected to a certain extent.