Is it painful for women to have inverted nipples?

Many women have inverted nipples due to various reasons. Inverted nipples will seriously affect the health of the breasts, and will also affect the image of the breasts. Therefore, many women with inverted nipples want to improve them through treatment as soon as possible and make their inverted nipples upright. The following content will give many women a detailed introduction to whether inverted nipples are painful or not. You can learn more about it.

The nipple has the function of breastfeeding and maintaining the overall shape of the breast. Inverted nipple is a common nipple development abnormality, which not only affects the appearance and hinders breastfeeding, but may also harbor dirt, cause odor, and even lead to infection. Therefore, it is very necessary to correct it through medical methods. Nipple retraction is divided into 3 degrees: mild, moderate and severe. It is mainly congenital, but can also be caused by trauma or surgery, breast tumors, and fibrosis after mastitis. The cause of congenital inverted nipple: mainly due to poor development of the smooth muscles of the nipple and areola. These muscle fibers are pulled inward, and the lack of supporting tissue under the nipple causes inverted nipple. Invagination usually occurs bilaterally, but can also occur unilaterally.

There is no pain in inverted nipples, and some women believe that inverted nipples can heal on their own. In fact, this is not the case. Women with inverted nipples are best to seek timely correction. There are three reasons: From the perspective of pursuing beauty, inverted nipples affect the overall beauty of the breasts. Perfect breasts should have a protruding nipple. Furthermore, from the perspective of future breastfeeding for unmarried or married women without children, they hope to obtain a normal nipple through surgery or other methods to facilitate breastfeeding after delivery. More importantly, from the perspective of physical health, inverted nipples can accumulate dirt and are prone to infection. From a psychological perspective, many women with inverted nipples often mistakenly believe they have no nipples, which causes them to become depressed and unable to participate in social activities normally, bringing endless troubles to their lives. Therefore, patients with inverted nipples should receive timely treatment.

However, there is still a possibility of recurrence of inverted nipples after surgical correction. Therefore, after the stitches are removed 5-7 days after the operation, manual traction of the nipple is still required for 1-2 months. If conditions permit, instrument traction can also be performed to consolidate the therapeutic effect and prevent recurrence of inverted nipples.

Through the above introduction, do you also understand whether inverted nipples are painful? First of all, inverted breasts will not cause pain. It mainly affects the health and image of the nipples. Therefore, when inverted nipples occur, for women, for the sake of breast image and health, it is best to undergo treatment as soon as possible, so that your inverted nipples can be improved as soon as possible through treatment.