Dark Nipple after Surgery

[rasputin]

Hi guys,

Just checking if I need to be concerned about this. I had surgery 5 days ago and my nipple has turned very dark purple (not quite black).

Any advice much appreciated! Not scared enough to start ringing my doc, should I be?

This is just on my right nipple btw and apologies for the grossness of such an up-close shot

[Dr. Elliot Jacobs]

The purple is a bit of a bruise (which is actually free blood).  Sometimes blood gets into the ducts which lead to the nipple -- which leads to a purple nipple.

Fear not -- nothing to worry about -- it will disappear and it is harmless.

Dr Jacobs

[rasputin]

The purple is a bit of a bruise (which is actually free blood).  Sometimes blood gets into the ducts which lead to the nipple -- which leads to a purple nipple.

Fear not -- nothing to worry about -- it will disappear and it is harmless.

Dr Jacobs

Thanks for the reassurance and taking the time to reply, Dr Jacobs!

[Hi_Top_Guy]

The same thing happened to me, Rasputin.

My left nipple was really bruised up and it's still darker than the right one, but it's slowly coming back to normal color.

[annoyed30]

even though i didnt have the incisions on my nipples, both of em actually scabbed up a little bit and kind of peeled off.  They were really dark and one day they skin just kind of peeled off to reveal a normal colored nipple haha.  really weird but i think its pretty common

[rasputin]

Cheers guys, I had seen some similar stories but there weren't a lot of pictures so couldn't say if what I had was the same!

Topguy, how long postop are you?

[Hi_Top_Guy]

I'm 2-months and 2-weeks, going into week 3!