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My nipples get dark purple in the shower- is the blood pooling?
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Vascular dilatation: Hot water is causing the blood vessels in your skin to dilate giving you the purple color. It is not blood pooling, rather the increase in size of the blood vessels passing through your nipples.
Answered 12/30/2020
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Heat: Warm water/heat makes your blood vessels dilate and emphasize the vascularity of your nipples.
Answered 1/23/2020
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