Hello everyone,

I have a mom with a two month old nursling who I have diagnosed of 
candidiasis (all the typical symptoms, and is getting better with the 
treatment. Her nipples are a bright pink. It is her areolas that have 
baffled me. The left one is a typical brown color, but the right one is 
loosing its pigmentation from the base of the nipple outward, so that 
now the areola all around the nipple is fair-skin colored (not white), 
and the outer edges are still dark brown. Mom says this has been going 
on for a month and a half.
I know some nevi (beauty spots) loose their pigmentation and either turn 
white or disappear. There is also vitiligo, a skin condition where the 
skin looses pigmentation in patches. But I have never read of these on 
the nipple.
Not that it has any bearing on the breastfeeding, I´m just courious if 
any of you have seen this and wether it can have any clinical importance.

Good day!

Kika

Dra. Carmela Baeza
Lactancia Materna
Centro de Atención a la Familia "Raíces"
www.centroraices.com

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