Paler areolar

I meant paler ,lol

Hi Alip , yes my nipple hated radiotherapy, it went black, then a huge scab fell off it (sorry if tmi!!), and ended up almost colourless. It’s also now inverted which it wasn’t before. It’s gradually getting its colour back but remains partly inverted, but gradually less so. Very weird! I’m nearly 5 years post diagnosis and over 4 years post rads so it’s taken a long time to resolve. So far so good re annual mammograms. Xx

Thanks for reply HappyFeet1 I appreciate it 

I thought it was only me!  Well I still have a blue boob after blue dye for SLNB, now areola is blue grey and nipple bright red…very attractive ha ha.  Oh the joys of it all x

Oh yes Ochno , the long lasting Smurf effects! I had a blue boob for months. After surgery I also had a big haematoma and generous bruising so all in all quite the rainbow effect! It did all resolve without intervention but was quite alarming at the time. I was lucky that the breast care nurses didn’t mind seeing me frequently post op to monitor it! Xx

I’m 4 months post surgery, it’s still all looking a bit Technicolored.  Blue, still bruised, red rash, grey nip and scar like a puckered upside down smile.   I’m glad to hear that hopefully it will improve with time.  

Yep mine are smaller and paler after surgery and the one side had extra rads is like scabby round the stitches, I have a bilateral

mammonplastomy and the sizes are great but they are kind of like square shaped - they were quite droppy before, neigh pendulous  but now the are like oblong shape - I’m hoping massing and natural weigh will even them out a bit. My cancer was huge in the one breast - 8cm and 6cm so I’m so lucky to have been able to have my ow, but still bloody terrified if I get a reoccurrence. Good to see that we are all in it together ️️️and understand 

Both mine are now paler, assume because of now being in a medical menopause. My radiated one is a little rougher to touch, like the skin never fully recovered (it's been over 2 years since my radiotherapy)

My irradiated one goes absolutely white I wonder if it's oedema causing it.

I finished radiotherapy in March and since then my nipple and areola has got lighter and lighter to almost the same colour as my skin I do wonder if the colour will ever come back x