Dear Nancy, I've seen many patients with fleshy, or brown pigmented "skin tags" during pregancy/breastfeeding. They can get them anywhere but commonly on the neck/chest. I've seen them on the breast but not particularly areola. they are usually very "fine." The Moms who get them at all seem to have MANY of them. I assume it is hormones that causes their proliferation at this time. When I see "skin tags" on the areola, I thnk they are more likely to be "hypertrophied" glands of Montgomery. I have had at least one patient describe these as skin tagsand ask when they would go away. Unfortunately, she had not breast-fed :( and was about 2 mos post partum at the time. They did "go away" in another couple months. Lawrence's 3rd edition p.36 says "The Montgomery glands become enlarged and look like small pimples during pregnancy and lactation." meg Margaret A. Wright, PA-C [log in to unmask]