I’m writing a few words as someone with experience because I’m worried people may think too lightly of periareolar incisions. I had breast surgery after suffering from a complex for a long time, and there are parts I’m half satisfied with. Because it really was such a complex for me. I also like that I no longer have to wear padded push-up bras. But if I could turn back time, I think I would still have surgery, but with a different method. I had it done at a clinic in Apgujeong that is famous for omega periareolar incisions. From the preoperative consultation, they said the scar would barely form, and even if it remained, one or two sessions of semi-permanent tattooing would make it barely visible. But to tell you the result, because of the scar that is still there (the scar area remains pink, and my actual areolar border is brown, so the areolar border is patchy pink and brown. Since the areola was cut and the scar spread sideways and widened, if all of it were covered in brown, the areola would become too wide, so that part was covered with skin-tone tattooing, but it still didn’t cover well, so the border is patchy with pink areas, brown areas, and skin-tone areas that don’t look like real skin tone) So I’m now about to have my sixth semi-permanent tattoo session. After working out, I don’t even shower there; I come home and shower. Because I hate the gaze of the person next to me staring straight at my chest. I’m also upset that the circumference of my areola has become much larger compared with before. It looks like an older woman’s areola. And this tattoo is also not something to take lightly; it hurts more than you’d think. I’m originally good at tolerating pain, but once, right before my period when even brushing against the areola hurt, I got it done and ended up breaking out in cold sweat all over my body. At first, when I worried about the scar, the clinic said that if I paid a small tattoo fee once, they would care for it for free for life, so I shouldn’t worry. Then their words changed, and they said it would be 100,000 won per year. I wondered why I had to pay this. I’m already upset that this scar remains, and I’m so annoyed thinking about how many more times I have to endure this difficult tattooing. It felt dirty and petty, but I paid in case they might pay less attention to my care. And apart from the money, I just wanted it to be managed well. I hope today’s visit to the clinic will be the last. I want it to end with six sessions. Still, part of me thinks at least I didn’t get capsular contracture, but I hope people preparing for periareolar-incision surgery will be a bit more careful.
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