Don’t ignore inverted nipples, you can’t afford the consequences!

According to relevant department surveys and statistics, at least three out of every 100 women in the world suffer from inverted nipples. This shows that the incidence of inverted nipples is still quite high, and in severe cases, it may affect breastfeeding. Let's take stock of the specific hazards of inverted nipples.

1. Impact on breastfeeding

Whether the nipples are flat, inverted or everted, they will make breastfeeding inconvenient. If the nipples develop abnormally, especially inverted, it will affect the sucking of the newborn, making it difficult to breastfeed normally. In addition, due to inverted nipples, the newborn cannot hold the nipples, the milk cannot be sucked out, and the newborn is prone to dehydration. Patients with inverted nipples will have their breasts enlarged due to pregnancy, and milk secretion will cause breast swelling, which will make the inverted nipples more serious, and the mother will also give up breastfeeding for her own reasons.

2. Affects the beauty of breasts

Inverted nipples affect the beauty of women's breasts, which in turn causes them to lose their beautiful curves, which has an adverse effect on their overall image.

3. Affects sex life

The nipple is also one of the female sexual sensitive points, and the stimulation of the nipple can also make women reach orgasm. Inverted nipples will make it difficult for women to obtain effective sexual stimulation, and even affect the male's sexual desire.

4. Affect the patient's mental health

If a woman suffers from inverted nipples, she will usually feel anxious, lack confidence, and worry too much, which will seriously affect her mental health.

5. Affects the baby's health and women's postpartum recovery

Inverted nipples prevent babies from getting enough breast milk, which affects their physical development and health. For new mothers, postpartum recovery will also be affected.

6. Cause diseases such as nipple areola inflammation and mastitis

Long-term nipple inversion will compress the lymphatic vessels under the areola, causing lymphatic reflux obstruction and collagen tissue infiltration. In addition, nipple inversion prevents the epidermal cells and areola secretions from the nipple surface from being removed in time, which irritates the nipple skin and causes inflammation of the nipple and areola. Severe cases can cause mucosalization of the inverted skin accompanied by eczema. Some patients will experience erosion and bleeding, forming chronic inflammation. The mammary duct is connected to the inverted area, and the inflammation spreads to the mammary gland and causes reverse infection, causing mastitis. If it is not corrected in time, long-term stimulation will cause the mammary duct to shrink due to chronic inflammation, making the inversion more serious and forming a vicious cycle.