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What could cause a female to have a dark outline around her nipple?
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Areola discoloration: It is difficult to determine whether the discoloration is normal or just a difference in your pigmentation pregnancy causes nipple darkening what is your ethnicity and of course your doctor should look at the lesion can't tell from just a written question.
Answered 4/9/2015
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