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The author suggests that an aesthetically pleasing ratio between nipple and areola diameter exists which should always be taken in consideration during nipple and areola reconstruction. In a study of 40 nipple–areola complexes of 20 healthy, nulliparous, Caucasian female volunteers with a mean age of 25.5 years, the average nipple diameter measured 28% of the areola diameter, that is, a ratio of 1:3.6. A hitherto undescribed form of macrothelia is presented in which the nipple width rather than the projection (length) is increased. A successful technique for reconstruction is described, based on the new method of assessing the aesthetic relations within the nipple–areola complex and known anatomy.
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van Wingerden, J. Nummular Nipple Hypertrophy and Repair as Part of an Aesthetic Nipple-Areola Unit. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 21, 408–411 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002669900146
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