Effect of Suture Material on Postoperative Nipple Areolar Complex Widening

Any surgery involving incisions made along the nipple areolar complex. These would include transgender mastectomy, cisgender female breast reduction/augmentation/reconstruction, and cisgender male gynecomastia correction.

The closing of a surgical incision by using sutures so appose and maintain apposition of two skin edges. Suturing may or may not require knot-tying depending on the material of suture used.