Hi there! 17-yr-old teenage girl. I
believe I've achieved at least physical
maturity, since I haven't had any hormonal
problems in three years.
Today, I found a small cut-like swatch of
skin, barely more than the width of my
pinkie finger, where at first glance it
looks like a scab but on closer inspection
looks more like folded skin. Its darker
than the surrounding skin, and feels a
little harder when poked at by
fingernail.
My grandmother has recently had issues
with a tumor near her uterus, and both
hormone deficiencies and large breasts run
on my mother's side of the family.
However, my areola is apparently
considerably larger in comparison to my
breast size than my other female
relatives. Should I be worried about
anything? I planned to start regular
checkups with my gynecologist once I turn
18 in a few months, but should I pull the
appointment up sooner?
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MandMs
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Hi and welcome to ehealthforum! Posted: 05-02-08 02:07am
You don't need to worry about having a
larger areola. The areola can be a very
narrow ring, or may cover half of a small
breast. Also, the color varies from pink
to black.
Acctually, the appearance of the normal
female breast differs greatly from one
woman to the next and the breast of any
given woman normally differs at different
times during a woman's life -- before,
during and after adolescence, during
pregnancy, during the menstrual cycle, and
after menopause.
Do you find the cut-like lesion like a
growth?
Is it located on your nipple or areola?
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sandstar08
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Posted: 05-02-08 13:53pm
The lesion wasn't like a growth, rather
the opposite. More like a scab type of
thing than anything else, except that it
didn't lift up and away from the skin
underneath. Granted, its on the underside
so I couldn't get that great of a look at
it. It is on the areola though, a small
distance from the nipple but distinctly
separate.
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