Can an inverted nipple be treated?

Can an inverted nipple be treated?

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Inverted nipples can easily be treated. It is a surgical procedure. Inverted nipples are simply caused by a short duct that leads out to the nipple and, hence, it needs a small surgical procedure to allow it to extend to be a normal nipple. There are a couple of considerations that women would need to know about before going through with the surgical procedure. That is, mainly, that if it's done before they've had any children and they are considering breast feeding, the operation could interfere with breast feeding in the future. The inverted nipple operation could also reduce nipple sensitivity and that might be an important issue for some women.