<My questions are, is the bleaching of the areolas a sign of long term yeast 
infection?>
This is a good question!
I saw a woman yesterday with symptoms of thrush who had loss of pigmentation 
over most of her areolae; when I pointed this out to her, she said this 
happened in the pregnancy. I found this rather puzzling.
A dermatologist told me that women with dark skin can have loss of 
pigmentation when they have dermatitis (instead of the red rash we see in 
light-skinned women.
It would be good to have comments from a dermatologist about this.
Lisa Amir
MBBS, MMed, IBCLC in Melbourne, Australia - who still comes home from work 
with more questions that need answering! 

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