Inverted Nipple - Causes

Causes

The most common causes of nipple inversion include:

• Born with condition
• Breastfeeding
• Trauma which can be caused by conditions such as fat necrosis, scars or it may be a result of surgery
• Breast Sagging, Drooping or Ptosis
• Breast cancer including breast carcinoma, Paget's disease and Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC)
• Breast infections or inflammations such as mammary duct ectasia, breast abscess or mastitis
• Genetic variant of nipple shape such as Weaver syndrome, Fryns- Aftimos syndrome, Chromosome 2q Deletion or congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1A & 1 L or Kennerknecht-Sorgo-Oberhoffer syndrome
• Gynecomastia
• Holoprosencephaly, recurrent infections, and monocytosis
• Pregnancy
• Tuberculosis

Around 10-20% of all women are born with this condition. Most common nipple variations that women are born with are caused by short ducts or a wide areola muscle sphincter.

Inverted nipples can also occur after sudden and major weight loss.