One elective specialty
AREOLA is an elective institute. It replaces the natural areolar surface with a precision-manufactured plate system for adults who have chosen to do so. Every pathway the Institute offers is elective — chosen rather than indicated — and every plan is privately paid in full.
What the Institute does not provide
AREOLA does not provide oncologic care of any kind, does not participate in post-mastectomy or cancer-related reconstruction, and does not provide gender-affirming surgical care. It does not treat disease, does not accept referrals for medically indicated reconstruction, and does not hold itself out as competent in any of these areas.
Why the boundary is stated plainly
A person seeking reconstructive or gender-affirming care deserves a clinician whose entire practice is built around it. Directing that person elsewhere quickly is more useful than a consultation that ends in the same referral weeks later, and stating the boundary in public is the fastest way to do it.
Where inquiries outside scope are directed
Patient Services will say so at first contact and will suggest that the person consult their own physician or a specialist practice in the relevant field. The Institute does not maintain a referral list, does not recommend named providers outside its own network and does not take a fee of any kind in connection with an onward inquiry.
Adults only
AREOLA sees adults. It does not evaluate, plan or treat anyone under eighteen under any circumstances, and it does not accept an inquiry made on behalf of a minor.
What the Institute expects of itself
A practice that is entirely elective carries a particular obligation: to scrutinize the decision rather than the demand. Specialists are expected to decline a plan where the patient does not sound settled, where expectations do not match what a plate system can do, or where waiting is plainly the better course — and to say so directly.
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