Hello,
I wanted to let you know that I have had very good success with badly 
inverted nipples (to the point that the tissue inside was still pinkish and had 
never touched clothing) Using a 10 or 15 or larger size syringe cutting off the 
tip after pulling back the plunger.  then turn it around put the plunger in 
backwards so the flat of the syringe is against moms skin, not where you cut 
it.  then have mom apply this over her nipples one at a time and GENTLY pull 
the plunger out a little at a time only to comfort and leave it there for as long 
as comfortable.  If you  do this several times in an hour the skin starts pulling 
out.  You can manually roll some more out.  This skin is very tender...  It may 
take a few days to get the nipple out completely, but once its out enough for 
a babe to get ahold of the breast and suckle they do the rest.  I have also 
tried the latch assist.  Same idea.  They have a stronger suck than I thought 
but in this case i think the syringe would work better.
Honestly, its never NOT worked.  But it takes time, up to a 3 days for 
stubborn cases.  Again, once the baby is able to latch and help break up some 
of the adhesions then great...except you may have a step back when the milk 
comes in.

Good Luck,
Robin

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