Nipple Reduction FAQ – is the procedure painful?

Aurora is now part of The Private Clinic, a nationwide group of clinics with over 35 years of experience specialising in Cosmetic Surgery and Skin and a Trust Pilot 5 star rating. For comprehensive information, before and after photos and costs on Nipple Reduction procedures click here

Our expert Plastic Surgeon Adrian Richards is the Medical Director for The Private Clinic. Clinics are located in Birmingham, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Glasgow, London Harley Street, Leeds, Manchester and Northampton.

In this video in our nipple reduction FAQ series we cover the topic of pain, and how painful the procedure is.

It is quite a simple procedure, which doesn’t take long to perform, or any general anaesthetic. The surgery is almost always performed under a local anaesthetic. You can request a general, but this may bump up the price as you may need an overnight hospital stay. The local anaesthetic is administered through the thinnest needles possible to avoid as much pain as we can. The anaesthetic will numb the whole area, which will negate the pain throughout the rest of the procedure.