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Nurse-aesthetician for nipple tattoo?

Page last modified on: September 30, 2008
Question from Carlotta: How do I find a nurse-aesthetician for my nipple tattooing? Will my plastic surgeon have one on their team?
Answer —Anna-Dee Rinehart, S.C.S.: If your team has a medical aesthetician that would be the first. You can find one through the Aesthetics' International Association. Their fee is usually incorporated into the general surgical fee when they work with a plastic surgeon. Some private aestheticians provide the service at no charge. It's important to have a nurse-aesthetician with a lot of experience, and preferably, they'd be referred by their plastic surgeon or oncologist. The individual usually has specialized training in this type of procedure.

Nipple tattooing is not painful, and it adds a sense of completeness to nipple reconstruction. Sometimes, if the pigment doesn't take the first time, it might require two or even three sessions for a fuller presentation.

On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Reconstruction and Safe, Sexy Cosmetics. Carolyn C. Chang, M.D., Anna-Dee Rinehart, S.C.S., and moderator Lillie Shockney, R.N., B.S., M.A.S. answered your questions about reconstructive surgery and safe, sexy cosmetics.

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Carolyn C. Chang, M.D. is a board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in breast reconstruction after mastectomy, TRAM flap reconstruction, and implant reconstruction.

Anna-Dee Rinehart S.C.S. is a nurse-aesthetician, aesthetic instructor, and director of education for Austin Medical Aesthetics in Austin, Texas.

Lillie Shockney, RN., BS., M.A.S.Lillie Shockney, R.N., B.S., M.A.S. is the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center.

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