A Delicate Problem
Inverted or non-protractile nipples are an unattractive reality for big amounts of women, causing psychological distress and making nursing a hardship on mother and baby.
Inverted nipples occur as a result of short lactiferous (milk- bearing) ducts which tether the nipple and prevent it projecting.
Until recently, the only real effective method of correction was surgery involving sectioning of the lactiferous ducts under anaesthetic. Though surgery achieves cosmetic correction, it effectively destroys breast function and therefore rules out breastfeeding once and for all. High costs also make it a lower than ideal solution.
Other traditional treatments have involved the usage of ‘breast shells’ or ‘Hoffman’s exercises’. In trials, both they have been discovered being at best ineffectual and uncomfortable, at worst harmful.
A Simple Solution
The Niplette can be a revolutionary device introduced by Douglas McGeorge FRCS (Plast), a respected UK plastic surgeon of choice.
The Niplette is made up of transparent nipple mould having a sealing flange, mounted on a valve plus a syringe port. It works by applying gentle suction towards the inverted nipple. When held within the nipple, air could be withdrawn in the mould using the small syringe, and also the inverted nipple is ‘sucked out’ into it.
The speed of suction is controlled by the woman herself, based on what’s comfortable.
The Niplette works because sustained suction gently stretches the lactiferous ducts which hold the nipple ‘in’. Because there is no requirement for duct division, breast function is not altered and therefore breastfeeding is possible.
Clinically Proven
Clinical trials are already carried out around the Niplette in the UK, France and Holland. All have proved successful in achieving a lasting correction to flat or inverted nipples, if the condition existed since puberty, or was due to breast reduction surgery. As long as they hadn’t undergone breast surgery, expecting mothers who was simply concerned with nursing all went on to breastfeed successfully.
Approach to Use
The Niplette is simple and painless and may be utilized by women of all ages. It uses the principle of tissue expansion, achieved in this instance through long-term suction to stretch the lactiferous ducts. It tucks discreetly inside the bra and can be worn day and/or night.
The rate of correction achieved depends on the amount of inversion, your the individual’s muscle tissue as well as the rate of wear and tear. A permanent correction is normally achieved in between one and three months of continuous use. Ideally, it ought to be worn in 8 hour periods each day or night. Should any later tendency to retract be seen, the Niplette may be safely applied again every so often.
Breast Feeding Doable
The Niplette may be used in the first half a year of childbearing by girls that are involved that they might find nursing difficult. When the breasts are so sensitive while pregnant, it can be used after the birth with the baby, for a couple minutes only, before each feed. The Niplette will suck the nipple out enabling the infant to latch on easily. Employed for the initial few days it helps get nursing established.
When the milk supply is plentiful, the Niplette’s suction will probably be impaired. However, by that point the infant is going to be utilized to feeding and you will be capable of suck the nipple out itself. Once nursing has ended, the Niplette are able to be employed to achieve a permanent correction.