Nipple pigmentation, also called areolar pigmentation, is the darkening of the nipple or the areola. The source describes it as dose-dependently induced by the effect of estrogens, so that it can occur normally during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and it can also appear as a side effect of high-dose estrogen therapy. In the Medicine Atlas it is recorded as a hormone-related change in skin pigmentation that is often a normal physiological finding rather than a disease in itself, and it is noted here as a described condition only, without any medical advice.
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Nipple pigmentation or areolar pigmentation is pigmentation (darkening) of the nipple or areola.
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