Dark Nipples - Causes and How to lighten safely

There is a relation between the body skin color and the nipples color; if you are white, you nipples are expected to be pink and if skin tone is dark the nipples and areola color would be almost dark or brown.

The dark nipples may be a sign of an illness, pregnancy or other conditions, in this article you will know all about causes of dark nipples and how to treat them to be more fair.




Dark Nipples and Pregnancy - A true indication ?


dark nipples during pregnancy and breastfeeding



To be clear, there is no fixed relation between being pregnant and having darker nipples and/or areolas. however, about 80% of women consider the darker and larger nipples is the first sign they can notice about their new pregnancy. The real cause of this darkness of your sensitive areas including nipples, areolas and vagina, is returned to the skin pigment ( melanin ) enhanced activity as a side effect for the pregnancy hormone(s) and the most important one is Human Chorionic Gonadotropin ( hCG ). As many women couldn't notice any color or size change in the breast nipples upon early pregnancy, you might use this symptom as an alarm to take a pregnancy check to be sure.

Other early pregnancy signs beside the dark nipples are:  

Tender nipples, slightly painful and tender breasts ( and soreness ), night frequent urination ( this sign might indicate also diabetes ), Nausea ( especially at morning time ), constipation and unexplained stomach cramping.


Dark Nipples and Puberty




Dark Nipples and Puberty


In both young girls and mature women, the nipples shape and color would change just before the period time. Some women can even sharply know the period time by observing their nipples state!. For girls from 11 years and above the darker areolas and nipples is a sign of puberty, plus breast puffing.

After your period is over, your nipples will return to its normal color within hours.

Dark Nipples After birth and breastfeeding


Dark Nipples After birth and breastfeeding


Have a new baby? congratulations!, but you also may expect brownish dark nipples and areola with or without cracking, This is absolutely normal after birth. If you will breastfeed your baby, this will make them being darker for a while, but if your baby will only use powder milks, your whole breast case including nipple colour will return as its previous status within weeks after delivery.


baby breast feeding effect on nipples color
baby breast feeding affects nipples color


 How to safely Lighten Your Dark Nipples ?

There are many women ( and men also ) , which are implicated in the breast nipples color. About 12 % of white women in the United States like to have dark nipples or even brownish black nipples, but most of women favor the light pinkish nipples over the dark nipples.

In today's market, dozens of products are called bleaching products, the bleaching process means to make the treated area lighter in color. The most common active ingredient in bleaching products ( and the most effective too ) is Hydroquinone.

Hydroquinone ( Called also Idrochinone, and Quinol ), is a famous chemical substance used to be applied topically and give a relatively fast bleaching results, but the bad news is that Hydroquinone is recently prohibited by many medical organizations in USA and Europe, because of some adverse effects which have been reported for the Hydroquinone, but in other countries hydroquinone still the effective and even the trusted product to bleach dark skin spots.

For the Nipples and areola area, the condition may differ, because the nipples region is more sensitive, more drug absorbable. So , in most cases the physicians don't advice in using the Hydroquinone-contained products to bleach the vaginal , areola and dark nipples regions.

In some instances, the safe natural bleaching products have not the enough power to give you the whitening results on certain areas like dark bikini lines and dark nipples, or at least can't achieve the desired resultant that you wish, within the time you can wait. I tell you that you as yet can use the Hydroquinone bleaching creams, but you have to take into account these points :

1 - In the first usage of the product, you should apply a sensitivity test on your skin before starting the daily usage.  This sensibility test is performed by putting a tiny slice of the cream on your hand skin, and waiting for 5-10 minutes. If your skin is sensitive to this product, you will observe a redness and/or swelling in the test area, In this case DON'T use this product.
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2 - During the usual use of the product, If you notice any strange reaction on your skin, such as rash , redness, excessive itching , You must stop using the product usage usage adverse reactions will disappear after you cut applying this product, so don't be worry.

3 - Don't spread the bleaching product over a wide space of your skin, try to minimize the treated area to the necessary darker places only.

Natural Recipes for whitening dark nipple and areola:

• Concentrated Vitamin C Lotion: 

   The vitamin c is a famous melanin blocker as it prevent the pigment accumulation in the outer skin layers. Plus being a strong anti-oxidant, the concentrate of orange or lemon juices which is rich in this vitamin, have a magic whitening effect on all skin areas including nipples and areolas. If you skin is too sensitive you shouldn't try this recipe.

• Liquorice Extract For sensitive area whitening:

   The liquorice root extracts either hot or cold solutions are very useful when it comes to lightening the most sensitive body locations such as the area around vagina Or dark nipples and areola. The liquorice powder is being sold at any herbs stores or even big markets. Liquorice fine or coarse powders can prepare an effective fairing solution by dissolving two spoons of the powder in a 100 ml of water (hard or heavy water will minimize the effectiveness ), and leaving it for 6-8 hours. Another method is to boil a suitable amount of liquorice powder in 150 ml of pure water for 10 minutes. You can also add a little of lemon juice to the preparation as a source of vitamin C.

Facts about your nipples:

1- Inverted nipples is not indicating any medical issue, however it is found that ten women of every 100 have inverted nipples of different grades. The cause of inverted nipples is the short milk ducts from the milk glands to the nipple surface. The inverted nipples are a problem when it comes to natural breast feeding, but women with inverted or tiny nipples still have the option of using breast bumps to suck the milk out in a baby bottle.

2- The darker nipples is known to be more sensitive than pink ones in women, they are even more sexy for many people, thats explain why women in some countries like to dye thier nipples and areola area to make then more contrast and brownish.

Thanks for Reading , and Good Luck for all.



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