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3D Areola Tattooing

“3D Areola Tattooing: The procedure that gives back a part of what you never lost… with just a stroke of the needle…”

Also known as “mastectomy tattoo” or “nipple reconstruction,” this breast tattoo is our most specialized feature procedures.

Dal-Segno Medical offers incredibly realistic restoration tattooing by one of the nation’s ONLY physician-level tattoo artists with traditional apprenticeship training, offering world-class reconstructive tattooing to our patients!

After breast removal surgery with reconstruction, this procedure offers multiple benefits at a cost lower than any surgical procedure available:

  • In & out within 90 minutes with no need for anesthesia
  • Minimal (if any) downtime
  • Much more discrete than nipple reconstruction or “bowtie” procedure
  • Striking three-dimensional appearance with options for 4D reconstruction that are felt
  • Performed by world-class physician medical tattoo artist with apprenticeship and specialized university-level training specifically in this procedure
  • Costs only a fraction of any known surgical procedure to address nipple loss following surgery
  • Significantly more realistic appearing than any surgical procedure available
  • Patients consistently report immense improvement in self-esteem and self-image

Common applications of 3D Areola Tattooing:

  • Restoration following mastectomy with reconstruction
  • Areola re-shaping following breast reduction or augmentation to correct deformity
  • Aesthetic areola re-shaping to resemble hyper-realistic areolae with chosen shapes (hearts, diamonds, spades, etc.)
  • Re-pigmentation of areola and nipple
  • Addition of Montgomery glands to resemble more textured areola
  • Simulation of texture to an otherwise flat-appearing areola
  • Traditional tattooing of the breast for cover-up with selected design
Before: Patient healed following mastectomy with breast reconstruction prior to 3D Areola Reconstruction.
After: 3D Areola Tattooing can be noted with 3D hyper-realistic mastectomy tattoo to give appearance of natural nipple and areola.
Before: Patient with notable scars; healed following mastectomy with reconstruction
Post-Anatomical Design: Alignment and size elected by patient and drawn based on anatomical landmarks.
After : 3D Nipple tattoo can be noted with 3D hyper-realistic tattooing techniques to give appearance of natural nipple and areola.
Before: Patient with pre-existing nipple reconstruction not resembling natural anatomic nipple and areola.
After: 3D Areola Tattooing techniques incorporated into pre-existing nipple reconstruction to provide more realistic 4D appearance in this restoration tattoo.