The color of the areola password, breast health concerns

What is the nipple and areola?

Nipple is located at the vertex of the protrusion of Mimi, and around the darker skin pigmentation around the nipple ring area is the areola.

Areola diameter of about 3 ~ 4cm, different color, red roses were adolescent, pregnancy, lactation deeper pigmentation, dark brown. Pregnant women for different individuals, the size and color of the areola are quite different.

For different female individuals, the size of the areola and color are quite different. Fair complexion who usually tends to pink color, while those with darker skin tend to brown; if it is black, dark skin color is like dark brown or black areola to tend.

Areola skin with hair and glands. Glands are sweat glands, sebaceous glands and breast. The sebaceous glands also known as the areola, the areola was small in some processes, large and superficial, to the secretion of grease to protect the delicate nipple and areola. Protect the skin secretion, lubrication nipple, and the role of baby lips.

The color of the areola password

Millie is a dancer, the devil has a remarkable figure. Particular pair of breasts ready to come, it is so very proud of her, by the reputation of many.

For professional requirements, Millie attaches great importance to the maintenance of their body, but also very concerned about the care of the beauty of the breast, usually the chest will always be maintained in the beauty salon. Even after just giving birth, she is immediately put into the weight-loss plan. Made her depressed, after giving birth, she discovered that the color change in the areola, and is no longer the previous matte color, replaced by a deep black.

Although the doctor, she knew it was pregnancy hormones cause changes in the body, but she will inevitably feel anxious, like his former beauty.

Female nipple and areola with normal color is light brown, red or pink, if the nipple and areola color has changed, you can prompt some women the endocrine system in vivo physiological changes or pathological changes.

Physiological changes:

1, women after pregnancy, starting from early pregnancy, the nipple and areola can deepen the color, from light red by turns dark brown, this change is mainly due to pregnancy hormones estrogen and progesterone due to the increase, is a normal physiological change.

2, some women (more than 30 years of age - 45 years), in the absence of pregnancy, the nipple and areola color gradually deepened into a dark brown from the brown powder, if you can make breast examination did not reveal any lesions But the color change at this time suggests that women have "one off" of the increase in estrogen, perhaps over a period of time, due to self-regulation of estrogen levels return to normal, the nipple and areola color has returned to normal, this is still a normal physiological changes.

Pathological changes:

1, the nipple and areola color deepened, and after double associated with itching around the nipple and areola, breast physical examination can be found within the bilateral or unilateral breast proliferative lesions or cystic hyperplasia. Nipple, areola color deepened prompted increased estrogen levels, as a target organ of breast lesions, the incidence is in line with the law.

2, the nipple and areola color deepened simple, becoming dark brown or dark brown, and even that small nodules around the areola gland formation, formation processes, then check the time and did not breast lesions.

Whether the patient should be thought of more serious liver disease exist? This is because the decline in liver function caused by liver disease, lack of estrogen in the liver to eliminate the normal solution, leading to the nipple and areola color deepened, severe liver disease, which occurs with the men of the "spider", "Cinnabar palm" exactly the same.

3, suffering from a benign tumor of the ovary, the ovarian secretion of estrogen increase, can lead to nipple and areola color deepened, around the areola gland can appear many small nodules. These patients received treatment in gynecology as soon as possible, to identify causes and timely treatment.

In view of this, the breast examination, must pay attention to the nipple and areola color changes. Need to ascertain the nipple and areola color changes are physiological or pathological, according to the characteristics of change, make a clear diagnosis and aggressive treatment.

Therefore, women should always check whether there are changes in breast shape. Can stand before the mirror, hands on his hips slowly rotating left to right nipple and breast physical view whether there is depression, swelling or skin damage, and then two-hand hold in the hips and press down hard while turning the body, so that the breast the outline seemed clear. If abnormal changes, to be compared with the other side to see whether the breast with bilateral symmetry, asymmetry, if any, would rush to the hospital inquiry had.