Cover Up

Created on 13th February 2012

After surgical procedures, whether cosmetic or medical, many women choose to have the nipple and areola touched up to complete the breast reconstruction

It's easy to forget how precious our health is as we rush about our day-to-day business. Those who have undergone treatment, cancer or other serious illnesses will know very well how the effects of the treatment can seriously impact their lives. Specialist medical tattoo techniques enable us, Hina Solanki of Sol Cosmedics, to camouflage abnormalities and accomplish visual improvements in the areas of:

• Loss of pigment in the areola

• Scars left from breast implants or breast uplifts

• Restoration of the nipple and areola after mastectomy

You may have small scars from breast surgery which you require to be camouflaged and simply want no tell-tale signs of surgery at all.

Many women opt for breast reconstruction after mastectomy and as part of this process choose to have the nipple and areola (the pigmented area surrounding the nipple) created to complete the breast reconstruction. The thought of further surgery to reconstruct the nipple and areola, for some, is too much to contemplate and they opt for cosmetic tattooing as an alternative method of creating a realistic looking result. Micro pigmentation procedures can also improve the look of scarring by breaking down the taut scar tissue and creating a more even-textured surface.

Advanced medical tattooing techniques can diminish and disguise scars from either surgery or injury. Hina Solanki of Sol Cosmedics will custom blend the correct pigments that harmonise with the surrounding tissue and then implant them to make the scar less noticeable and reduce its contrasting, shiny appearance. This procedure can be performed on the very darkest skin tone to the very lightest.

It's like an advanced form of tattooing but the pigments don't enter in to the skin at such a deep level. First a consultation is arranged where the scars can be examined and then the treatment is done on a following appointment. Anaesthetic cream is used to numb the area before treatment which makes it a pain-free procedure.