Wrinkly Nipple: What It Means & How to Treat It

Womens Health Pamela R.

Treatments for wrinkles caused by inversion

Regular stimulation with your fingers, like the Hoffman technique, which involves pressing your thumbs into the base of your nipple to make it protrude

Use of shells or cups, which stimulate the nipple and make it protrude
Use of a nipple retractor device

Pamela R. March 29, 2022

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