Conditions
Third Nipple
A third nipple didn’t prevent Francisco Scaramanga from becoming the world’s top-paid assassin in the Bond movie ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’…and why should it? After all, it’s not as uncommon as you may think. Around 1 in 18 people in the UK may have a third or ‘supernumerary nipple’ and the only real problem may be the social stigma attached to them. They’re often mistaken for moles, as they are not properly formed like normal nipples and can usually be found on an imaginary ‘milk line’ between the armpit and inner thigh. If you feel uncomfortable about yours, it’s probably best to speak to your GP to determine whether surgery is needed. However, Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg has decided against going under the knife to remove his extra teat, because he’s grown to love it. And to put all the rumours to bed about her third nipple, Lily Allen proudly flashed hers whilst hosting the Friday Night Project!
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I'm worried that I have a third nipple too. It wasn't made clear to me whether a third nipple could grow onto an existing nipple. I have 2 as normal and then when I woke up this morning I found a spot/pimple next to my right nipple, on the bit surrounding it. It looks slightly similar as the end is sort of the same and when I push down on it, it feels the same as when you push down on a nipple. Does anyone know what it could be?
I have a third nipple and it looks like it has a hole in it and blood keeps leaking out of it! I'm to embarrassed to go to the doctor! Should I worry!?
I have a right nipple which hasn't formed together properly, kind of like a split nipple. I saw a plastic surgeon on the NHS a few years ago who said he would be happy to correct it for me as I find this very embarrassing, and when I had my daughter 4 years ago have been unable to breast feed. I cannot wear any tops without a bra, and underwear and bikinis always have to be padded. My Doctors refused my operation on the NHS, as they have said it is cosmetic. I feel very conscious of my problem, and would love to have it corrected but cannot afford to pay for it to be done privately.
I have four, right up under each breast,tha older u get u will love them pure pleasure
I'm not sure if I have a third nipple. It's on my lower abdomen diagonally below my bell button and it's pink almost exactly like my nipples on my breasts. It looks kind of like it has a small areola and a tiny nipple inside it but I'm not sure. Could this be a third nipple?
hi, I'm 14 years old, and I have a third nipple too, as do all the people on this board, and I am rather happy with mine. I used to think it was a mole and then when j saw chandler bing on friends with his "nubbin" I realized I had the same thing right underneath my breast. My friends think it's fantastic because... Well I have no idea, they're weird. And I have yet to show my boyfriend cause we were talking about it, and he was talking about howd it be weird to have a third nipple. With that said I dont know how he would take the news of his gjrlfriend with the third nipple, but even so my nubbin is something I'm proud of! It makes me unique and even though its different doesnt mean it's wrong, right?
I am 14 and I have 4 nipples. I have had them all my life but when I was younger they just looked like dry patches, they are only slightly darker than my skin tone and are parallel to my other nipples however recently one of them has started to grow a bud like a real nipple. My mum suggested seeing the doctor about getting them removed, but I am worried about the scars it will leave and whether it will be painful. My younger sister also had identical ones when she was younger accept hers have disappeared leaving tiny white dots as if the rest of her skin got tanned apart from the dots. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
i am 40 ,i have 4 nipples, direclty under my chest,i was going in 4 surgary the doc said i could have it removed with my other prosider .but there was no garentee that it would not grow backthe one which had bump like a babys nipple.yep it grew back.but it dosent bother me. i.ve had them since birth .the doc said to me everyones from dogs???
I have what I have always been told by my mother as a 'beauty spot' but reading about third nipples I am now begining to question it. Only thing is this 'spot' is on a horizontal line between my two proper (conventional) nipples, so is it a third nipple? or just as always told to me - a 'beauty spot'? (a mole in other words)
I have had a third one since i was born.. Recently i noticed that it had produced something, i just dont know what. I want to get it removed but some sights say its harmless and others say it really hurts. What should i do??
Im twenty now, and have four nipples... the others are small, though, and happen to be on the underside of my breasts, so it's not overly noticeable. It's taken me a while to accept them, as a kid I thought it was neat (I have a twin sister who has the same problem, so we just ignored it all) but after hitting puberty the embarrassment hit. After a while, however, I've grown to accept them. As a teenager though I swore to one day get them removed. It was difficult during my first relationship - I felt so self conscious, but he didn't even notice, and accepted it without question when I finally broached the subject months later. Just stick through it. My sister did have one of hers removed - it began growing larger than her other one, and now she has this lil white scar. It's not very noticeable, though, although it did hurt at the time.
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