I have sat with women having abscess surgery and I agree that a vertical
incision is a lot less destructive. Interestingly, not only does it tend to
destroy only one duct, BUT it seems to heal up really nicely and with nary
a scar or one noticeable enough for the mother to care.  So much for the
plastic surgeon's need to be "neat" and do it along the areolar margin.




Def. of LC service: "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities
brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."
Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Homewood, IL)- [log in to unmask]
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