Between the anomalies of the nipple, that usually are not very frequent are.
- multiple Politelia or nipples. It affects between a 1 and 5% of the women and is more frequent to observe it in the left chest. In the men ginecomastia or enlargement of the chest is associated with one.
- Atelia or lack of nipples, that is related to the lack of mammary weave and although it is possible to be corrected by means of a plastic surgery or placing a graft of the other nipple, this is not going to have sensitivity or is going to serve to nurse.
- invested Nipples, problem that more or less affects 2% of the women. They can be due to congenital problems, by a mammary infection or mastitis, after a corrective surgery of the bust or by the scars that dissuade the weave after making some biopsy.
- bifid Nipples or duplicates, that share a same areola.
- fisurados Nipples, that are small and generally they cause the vomit of the baby when irritating to him paladar during the breast-feeding.
- imperforados Nipples, that do not present/display openings to eliminate maternal milk.
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