WATCH: Can inverted nipples be corrected?
Often patients with inverted nipples do not realise they can be corrected. Inverted nipple surgery can be performed under local anaesthetic (awake) and even in severe cases the procedure has excellent results. Inverted nipples are very common among both men and women. Between 10 and 20 per cent of the population have inverted nipples. Sometimes the nipples are inverted from birth and sometimes they develop as people age or following pregnancy. In most cases, inverted nipples
