dear Kika,
i have a friend, who once had candidiasis on her nipples during one of her 
pregnancies a couple of years ago.
Well, her areola is still white on that breast, so the pigmentation never 
returned.
best regards,
Eszter Schneiderné Diószegi, IBCLC from Hungary
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carmela Baeza" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 12:20 PM
Subject: Loss of pigmentation on areola


> 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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