Hello, thank you for your enquiry.

For your information, congenital nipple inversion which present since birth is quite common and it is not always a disease, this happened due to firm connective tissue or ducts in your breast which causes the retraction.

The congenital nipple inversion will not affect your daily life as well as your relationship with your partner. No operation is necessary for these case, unless your aim is cosmetic issue. Certain people will refer this to plastic surgeons to correct their inverted nipple just because of the appearance.

Reports showed that even after you gave birth and decided to breastfeed your baby, with a proper technique the inverted nipple will not affect the feeding as well. The function is normal.

In the other hand, an acquired inverted nipple, means that a woman had an inverted nipple from previous normal nipple, is because of pathological cause, disease of her breast. In this case, the woman is required to meet a doctor as soon as possible.

For more information, you may refer to your doctor or contact us for an online consultation for assistance.

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