areola
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A Facebook spokesperson said the site allowed images of post-mastectomy areola tattoos on a page or profile but not within advertising.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2021
She numbs the area and applies the tattooed areola in one session.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2016
Receiving the areola tattoos after breast reconstruction surgery made Provenza feel complete again.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2016
In most cases, surgeons remove the nipple and areola as a safeguard as well.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
An ulcer surrounded by an inflammatory areola and the granulation tissue together illustrates the etiology of cicatricial tissue.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Few studies have been done on why the areolae, in particular, might be reactive to the cold.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2011
For example, turtles that retained the areola of the third central lamina, retained also the areolae of the fourth and fifth centrals; when only one central areola remained, it was the fifth.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
P. exp. edge striate, squamulose, whitish, cuticle broken into greyish tawny areolae or scales; g. broad, whitish, brownish when bruised; s. yellowish-white, squamulose, ring thin, fugacious.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Greenhow reports a case in which the mammae were absent, although there were depressed rudimentary nipples and areolae.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
P. 6-12 cm. exp. depr. even, purple, dull red, etc., cracking into areolae from edge towards disc; g. adnexed, crowded; s. 6-8 cm. solid, white with tinge of purple; sp. 7-10. vesca, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
She said her mother going through a lumpectomy - the partial removal of a breast - because of cancer inspired her to “create areolas through tattooing and help women feel whole again.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
