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Pre-reconstruction tattooing eliminates the need for skin grafting in nipple areolar reconstruction.
Plast Reconstr Surg
; 92(3): 547-9, 1993 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8192729
RESUMO
Tattooing the skin of the reconstructed breast as a prelude to reconstruction of the nipple provides a nipple areolar reconstruction that has a uniform color. There is no requirement for a skin graft donor site. Tedious tattooing of the nipple papule is avoided. It is much easier to tattoo a flat surface than a projecting papule, and this technique gives a more uniform color. We believe that this approach to nipple areolar reconstruction provides a simpler, dependable technique.