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Nipples

A MyBCTeam Member asked a question 💭
Paris, IL

Anybody that has had nipple reconstruction is it normal that after a few months it's as if you never had nipples in the first place? I wonder if that's the case why we are even offered this procedure? I was expecting it to be permanent guess the joke was on me.

November 18, 2014
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A MyBCTeam Member

I decided not to have the tattooing. I like the thought of being able to wear a white tank top and not having brown showing through. I will just make periodic appointments with my plastic surgeons medical spa and have callogen injected into them.

November 20, 2014
A MyBCTeam Member

I mean 3D Tattoos...ha

November 18, 2014
A MyBCTeam Member

I did some research and am opting 3D nipples. In lament terms, you basically are creating something esthetic that is a scar, and the bodies natural reaction is to heal. So some peoples have healed completely flat or the scar healed so well it feel off!

November 18, 2014
A MyBCTeam Member

Check out www.AmyBlackTattoos.com in Richmond, Va. She does nipple 3D tattoos. I watched her do my friend's last week. Amazing! So life like!!

November 19, 2014
A MyBCTeam Member

I personally feel that it is better to have the nipples tattooed by a professional tattoo artist. There are several who do this kind of tattoo now. Some PS do have regular tattoo artist on staff. A tattoo artist uses a very different type of ink then a lot of PS use in their offices. I went on the internet and typed in 3D tattoo's. I have found one in Chicago and one in St. Louis, the closest to me. But now I have decided not to do the nipple and am having my tattoo artist right here in my home town tattoo over the whole scar. We are working on a design and hope to start after the first of the year.

November 19, 2014

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