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Areola pigmentation - TMI?

lisamonkee11lisamonkee11 member
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Hey ladies - I've noticed in the last couple weeks that the pigmentation on my areola has gotten really really dark. I know this is fairly normal but for those of you that already have children - does it go back to the normal color after pregnancy/breastfeeding?
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  • tosh24tosh24 member

    Mine went back to normal after I stopped BF. I can't speak for everyone, but I'm pretty sure that they usually do.

     

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  • mrsgabusmrsgabus member
    Mine went back to normal after the birth of my son... Now they are back but Im pretty sure in most cases they usually go back to normalish.

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  • christinaramirez08christinaramirez08 member
    I hope they go back to normal because man mine are super dark. My DH likes to laugh at them cuz they're so dark but I just remind him they are targets so the baby knows where to go to be fed.

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  • love_melongtimelove_melongtime member

    imagechristinaramirez08:
    I hope they go back to normal because man mine are super dark. My DH likes to laugh at them cuz they're so dark but I just remind him they are targets so the baby knows where to go to be fed.

    Pretty sure if my H laughed at ANY of the changes happening with my body... he'd be sleeping on the couch for a week! That would really hurt my feelings.

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  • eli_and_jeffeli_and_jeff
    LOL. DH dutifully tells me mine are lovely and don't look weird at all whenever I complain about how humongous and weird they look.  Some men are smarter than others :)
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  • babybuckleybabybuckley member
    My husband is usualy extremly observant but when I pointed out to him that mine were getting darker he couldn't see it. To me it's obvoius but he thinks they look normal.....The only thing he did notice was that a few freckles on my areola's had gotten darker.
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  • jlhook0jlhook0 member

    imagebabybuckley:
    My husband is usualy extremly observant but when I pointed out to him that mine were getting darker he couldn't see it. To me it's obvoius but he thinks they look normal.....The only thing he did notice was that a few freckles on my areola's had gotten darker.

    DH says he doesn't notice the darkness, but I so do. And I just noticed the darkened freckles this week! ick!

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  • MissBHaven1024MissBHaven1024 member
    Mine went back to normal about 4 weeks after I stopped breast feeding. However, you are not alone because I feel like mine have gotten SO much darker than I remember them being previously. But yes, they do go back to what you're used to.
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  • lisamonkee11lisamonkee11 member

    imageeli_and_jeff:
    LOL. DH dutifully tells me mine are lovely and don't look weird at all whenever I complain about how humongous and weird they look.  Some men are smarter than others :)

     My DH definitely falls into that category - he's expressive about the changes, but at the same time he keeps telling me how sexy he finds me & he can't really keep his hands to hisself. Even when I wish he would :)

     Thanks for the insight ladies - glad I'm not alone! And I'm glad they should go back to normal. I feel all National Geographic!

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