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What Your Areolas Say About You

Posted by Emily Farris

Ladies, are your areolas big and pink? Little and brown? Medium-size and pinkish-brown?

According to a new study, if they're big and brown, you're a filthy whore.

Just kidding! But there are medical factors that influence the size and color of your areolas.  

Apparently, newborns can only distinguish light color from dark color, so if you've just given birth, or are pregnant, your areolas will probably be darker, so your little one can find his food source. Neat, right?

Now, if you're not pregnant or breast feeding and one nipple becomes discolored or crusty (crusty nipples!) call your doctor. That is not good. 

Or, um, just don't like your pale areolas? These guys can help. But we don't recommend calling them.

[Yahoo!: What the Color of Your Areola Tells About You]


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Comments

daisyfoot said:

The surgically restored nipples are frighteningly circular.  I think they must have used a stencil or something.

July 1, 2008 2:51 PM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

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