Freeman Areola Marker Round Shape | Areola Marker Cookie Cutter for Breast Surgery
Price range: $ 22.00 through $ 45.00
Freeman areola markers are circular steel templates that a plastic surgeon sets over the nipple to measure and outline the new areola before the first cut. A center hole drops over the nipple so the ring sits true, and the five diameters we make, 34, 38, 42, 45 and 50 mm, cover breast reduction, mastopexy and reconstruction without reaching for a second instrument. The rim comes blunt, sharp, or blunt at one end and sharp at the other, so the outline is either laid down in surgical ink or scored lightly into the dermis where a wet prep would otherwise wipe the ink away.
Key Features
- Round template with a center hole that locates on the nipple
- Five diameters: 34, 38, 42, 45 and 50 mm
- Edge options: blunt, sharp, or one end of each
- Finish options: gold plating, satin, titanium blue
- Cut from high quality medical grade stainless steel and fully autoclavable
- Reusable, with no ink or cartridge to replace
- Three year replacement warranty against manufacturing defects
- Item code AA-31.31
What a Freeman areola marker is
The Freeman pattern is the plainest instrument in the whole of this category and it does one job completely. It is a ring of a known diameter on a handle, with a hole at the center of the ring. The surgeon puts the hole over the nipple, settles the ring on the skin, and the new areola is marked out at a size he chose rather than a size he guessed. It is an instrument that carries the measurement, so the surgeon brings the judgement and the steel holds the number.
That matters because the areola is the one part of a breast reduction a patient looks at in a mirror for the rest of her life. Two areolas marked by eye will not match. Two areolas marked from the same ring will, and the second side takes about four seconds.
Catalogues list it by its full job as well, as a nipple areola complex marker, and by the shape of the thing as an areola marker cookie cutter. All three names describe this instrument. A 38mm areola marker is the size most reduction lists order, with 42 mm second.
Key design features
The center hole
The hole is the whole instrument. Without it the ring has to be eyeballed into position, which is the error the template was invented to remove. With it the nipple is the datum and the ring can only sit in one place.
Five diameters, and why the range stops where it does
We make 34, 38, 42, 45 and 50 mm. Below 34 mm the ring is too small to be useful on an adult female breast, and above 50 mm it stops being a template and becomes a trace of the areola that is already there. The step between sizes is small enough that a surgeon can move one size and see the difference, which is not true of a 10 mm jump.
Blunt, sharp, or one of each
A blunt rim takes surgical ink and lays a wet line. A sharp edge areola marker scores the dermis so lightly that the line survives a prep, a drape and an hour of handling. The one-end-of-each pattern exists for the surgeon who inks the first side and scores the second, and it is the option most often ordered by people who have lost a line mid case.
Three finishes
Gold plating on the handle makes the instrument findable on a crowded tray at a glance. Satin kills the reflection under an overhead light. Titanium blue does the same job and also separates one set from another where two surgeons share a sterile store.
Which diameter to order
Size is the only real decision on this instrument, and it is a decision about the patient rather than about the steel. The sizes below are the ones we stock.
| Diameter | Typically chosen for | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 34 mm | Smaller frames and conservative reductions | The smallest ring we make |
| 38 mm | The most ordered size on a reduction list | Pairs with the 38 mm keyhole ring |
| 42 mm | Larger reductions and mastopexy | Pairs with the 42 mm keyhole ring |
| 45 mm | Mastopexy on a fuller breast | Pairs with the 45 mm keyhole ring |
| 50 mm | Reconstruction and the widest areolas | The largest ring we make |
Where it is used
The instrument belongs to breast work, and inside breast work it turns up wherever an areola has to end up a chosen size on both sides.
| Procedure | What the marker does there | Which size tends to be reached for |
|---|---|---|
| Breast reduction | Sets the new areola before the keyhole limbs are drawn | 38 or 42 mm |
| Mastopexy, the breast lift | Sets the areola at the new, higher nipple position | 42 or 45 mm |
| Breast reconstruction | Matches a reconstructed areola to the remaining side | 45 or 50 mm |
| Augmentation with a periareolar approach | Marks the incision line on the areola border | 34 or 38 mm |
What it marks, and what it must not do
Half of using a template well is knowing what it is not for. The right hand column is the part a new user gets wrong.
| The task | What the marker does | What it must not do |
|---|---|---|
| Setting the areola size | Holds one known diameter and repeats it on the second side | It does not decide the size. The surgeon does |
| Marking the line | Lays ink, or scores the dermis so lightly the line survives a prep | A sharp rim is not a blade and is never pressed to cut |
| Centering | Locates on the nipple through the center hole | It is not forced down onto a nipple that is swollen or retracted |
| Symmetry | Gives both sides the same number | It cannot correct a difference in breast position. Only the plan can |
How it compares with the rest of the family
Three instruments in this category mark an areola and they are not interchangeable.
| Instrument | Diameters on one tool | When it is the right choice |
|---|---|---|
| Freeman, single ended | One, chosen at order | A fixed list where the size is known in advance |
| Freeman, double ended | Two | A surgeon who routinely moves between two sizes |
| Grossman 4-in-1 | Four, at 40, 44, 48 and 52 mm | A reconstruction practice that needs the range on one handle |
| McKissock keyhole pattern | One ring plus the resection limbs | When the areola and the skin removal are drawn together |
Materials and finish
Every Freeman areola marker we make is cut from high quality medical grade stainless steel. The steel itself is made to a German specification. We do not publish a grade number. The number on a certificate tells a surgeon nothing about whether a 38 mm ring still measures 38 mm after two hundred autoclave cycles, and the answer to that is in the making rather than in the alloy.
The finish is applied after the rim is cut, so a gold or titanium blue ring measures the same as a satin one. Nothing is plated onto the measuring edge itself, because a plating layer on a 34 mm circle is a change to the 34 mm.
Caring for it
Wipe the ink off before it dries. Dried surgical ink on a scoring rim fills the edge and the next line comes out fatter than the ring. Warm water and a soft brush are enough; nothing abrasive goes near the rim, ever.
Autoclave it with the rest of the tray. There are no joints, no screws and no spring, so there is nothing inside to trap moisture and nothing to lubricate. Store it where the rim is not resting against another instrument, because a scoring edge dents and a dented edge prints a dent.
Ordering and wholesale
The Freeman areola marker is made in our own workshop and sold direct, which is why the price sits where it does against the catalogue houses. Order one for a single tray, or in quantity for a hospital list or a distributor line. We do OEM work under your own brand and your own item numbers. Send us a sample and we will hold a run to your pattern rather than ours. Stock items ship from our own workshop. Backorder items take 10 to 12 working days to make. Every instrument carries a three year replacement warranty against manufacturing defects. Production is controlled under an ISO 13485 quality management system.
Frequently asked questions
What are Freeman areola markers used for?
Measuring and outlining the nipple-areola complex before the incisions of a breast reduction, a mastopexy, a reconstruction or a periareolar augmentation. The ring sets the size and the center hole sets the position, so both sides are marked from the same number instead of by eye.
Do you need a sharp or a blunt edge?
Blunt if you mark with surgical ink and work quickly. Sharp if your line has to survive a prep, a drape and an hour of handling, because a scored line cannot be wiped off. The one end of each option exists so you do not have to decide once and live with it.
Is a Freeman areola marker a single size or a multi ring instrument?
The Freeman pattern is one diameter per end. This single ended version carries one ring in the size you order. If you want more than one size on one handle, the double ended Freeman carries two and the Grossman carries four.
What size areola marker is most commonly ordered?
38 mm, by a wide margin, and 42 mm second. Those are also the two sizes that pair with the keyhole pattern rings, which is why a reduction tray usually holds both.
Can it be sterilized and used again?
Yes. It is solid steel with no ink, no cartridge and no moving part, and it goes through a standard autoclave cycle with the rest of the tray. That is the difference between this and a disposable: the ring you measured with last month is the ring you measure with today.
Related products and categories
The double ended version of the same pattern is the Freeman double ended areola marker, which carries two diameters on one handle. For four sizes on one instrument see the Grossman areola marker 4-in-1. When the areola and the skin resection are drawn in the same pass, the McKissock keyhole pattern carries a matching ring and the graduated limbs together.
The rest of the family sits under marking and measuring instruments, and the wider set for this operation is under breast surgery instruments.
| Weight | 0.12 kg |
|---|---|
| Select Color Option | Gold Plating, Satin finish, Titanium Blue Color |
| Edge Type | Blunt Edge, Sharp Edge, One End Blunt and Once End Sharp |
| Select Diameter | 34mm, 38mm, 42mm, 45mm, 50mm |
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