On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:49:59 -0400, Mary Belle Coutts <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Does anyone know if the loss of the pigment of the areola during weaning
is at all connected to breastfeeding/having breastfed, etc. or just a
>freakish thing?  Thanking you in advance.....Mary, LLLL, IBCLC
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Has the mother's thyroid panels been done.  Loss of skin pigment,
especially over bony prominences and orifices, (think eyes, mouth, nipple
openings), is called vitilago, and is common among those with hyper and
hypothyroidism.

Kathy Chiu, IBCLC
National Director of Sales
Whisper Wear, Inc.
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