Is a Black Nipple in Pregnancy Dangerous? Why?

Do you know that during pregnancy, the color of women’s nipples becomes dark black? Yes, it happens to many women.

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2 min readNov 23, 2020
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During pregnancy, the hormonal variations in the body of women are very fast, which have various effects on the body. There are many types of changes in the breasts while pregnancy.

During this, it is common to increase breast size, harden the nipple, discharge from the nipple, and become sensitive to the nipple. But the color of women’s nipples becomes dark black? during pregnancy,( breast changes during pregnancy week by week).

Why Nipples Get Black During Pregnancy

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Due to pregnancy hormones, more melanin is produced in the body. This is a kind of pigment which is responsible for skin color changes. More millennin causes the skin to darken, especially the areas of the skin that already have more pigments, such as the area around the nipple.

In the last days of pregnancy, along with the breast size, the nipple size also increases as they are preparing themselves for breastfeeding

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