Original Articles: PDF OnlyTwo-Step Technique for Transplantation of the Prominent NippleCucin, Robert L. M.D.Author Information From the Division of Plastic Surgery, the New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical Center Annals of Plastic Surgery: October 1982 - Volume 9 - Issue 4 - p 310-311 Buy Abstract A two-step technique for transplantation of the prominent nipple is proposed that uses the techniques of overgrafting and cryopreservation to prevent partial sloughing or loss of prominence. It is applicable in cases of free nipple transplantation in reduction of gynecomastia and breast reconstruction. © Williams & Wilkins 1982. All Rights Reserved.