Why do white bumps appear on the areola?

Many times, women should actually pay more attention to their own bodies. Only after having a good understanding of their own bodies can they know what kind of problems there are in their bodies. I don’t know if some women have had the problem of small white bumps on their areola. Here are some relevant knowledge.

The areola is the ring-shaped area of ​​darker pigmentation around the nipple. The diameter of the areola is about 3 to 6 cm, and its color varies. It is rose red during puberty, and the pigmentation deepens to dark brown during pregnancy and lactation. It always gets darker after pregnancy and never fades. However, the color of the areola varies from person to person, and one cannot simply judge a woman's sexual experience or whether she has given birth based on the color of her areola.

1. After a woman becomes pregnant, the color of her nipples and areolas may deepen from early pregnancy, gradually changing from light red to dark brown. This change is mainly due to the increase of estrogen and progesterone in the body after pregnancy, which is a normal physiological change.

2. For some women (mostly between 30 and 45 years old), even when they are not pregnant, the color of their nipples and areolas gradually deepens from pink-brown to dark brown. A breast examination may not reveal any lesions, but this color change indicates that the woman has a "transient" increase in estrogen in her body. Perhaps after a period of time, due to self-regulation, the estrogen level returns to normal, and the color of the nipples and areola also returns to normal. This is still a normal physiological change. In view of this, when examining the breasts, be sure to pay attention to changes in the color of the nipples and areolas. It is necessary to clarify whether the changes in the color of the nipples and areola are physiological or pathological, and make a clear diagnosis and active treatment based on the characteristics of the changes.

Therefore, there are still many small details in life that are worthy of our attention. Don’t think that some minor changes may not have much impact. Often, many diseases will gradually become more serious if you don’t treat them when you first discover them. So I hope everyone will not ignore this aspect.