For some breast cancer survivors, nipple-areola tattoos can be an important final step in the reconstruction process.
, in which she usually knows what to expect. In contrast, because every patient's mastectomy results are different, areola tattooing is highly individualized."It’s really unpredictable what [a client will] come in with," Aava says. "Sometimes they have a lot of scars in the area so we have to start with treating [those] first and softening the scar tissue so the pigment will stay. And sometimes it takes multiple treatments.
A major difference between nipple-areola tattoos and tattoos on other parts of the body is the general absence of pain during the procedure. "The area is normally numb," Aava says because most of the While everyone is different, these types of tattoos typically take about five to seven days to heal, according to Sauler. "[The tattoo] is really not invasive," she says. "It's just scratching into the dermal layer of the skin, so it's not very deep," and the care is similar to taking care of a scratch. Dellacroce recommendson the tattooed area — even if it's covered by clothing — for about a month after the procedure to ensure proper healing.
Sauler started her training institute, in large part, because she was seeing botched nipple-areola tattoos that were done by members of the medical community. Patients often came to her to have the work corrected or touched up. So, Sauler says, "I started training medical providers, I started training tattoo artists, I started training permanent makeup people to provide the service…fine-tuning [their techniques] and giving them the proper equipment.
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