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Q: What are the little bumps around the nipple called?
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Why do you have bumps around your nipple?

They are called milk glands(bumps) prepares baby's milk


What are the bumps around the girls nipple?

They are perfectly normal and called Montgomery Tubercles. Their job is the secrete oil to lubricate and protect the nipples.


What is the brown around the nipple called?

It is called the areola.


What's the circle around the women's nipple?

The circle around a woman's nipple is called the areola. It is a darker, pigmented area of skin that surrounds the nipple and contains small bumps called Montgomery glands that secrete lubricating fluid during breastfeeding. The size and color of the areola can vary among individuals.


Are big bumps around nipple normal?

That means you're gay.


Your 14 year old son has bumps and tenderness around nipple area. Is this normal?

Were all have 'bumps' in the dark area around the nipple. As to the tenderness, he may be responding to new surges in hormones now.


What are the small bumps around a womans nipples for?

When you are pregnant those small bumps leak fluid to help lubricate your nipple to help it not dry out.


If your nipples are slightly reddish and bumpy with little almost white bumps on it is this normal?

DON'T worry about those 'funny bumps' on the areola, those are supposed to be there; they are called Montgomery glands or areolar skin glands. Their function is partially unknown, but scientists suppose they are there to lubricate the nipple/areola area.


What does the bumps around a girls nipple mean?

It is normal to have small bumps on the flat, brown part of your breast called the areola. These bumps are called Montgomery glands. They secrete oil that helps to lubricate the areola. They become slightly larger and slightly red/pink when you are pregnant and breastfeeding


What do you call the bumps on a ski slope?

The little bumps are called moguls.


What does it mean when the bumps around your nipple produce a lot of pus?

Pus is normally a sign of infection. You should be checked by a doctor as soon as possible.


What is nipple neck virus?

Causes abnormally large bumps on neck