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
Receiving the areola tattoos after breast reconstruction surgery made Provenza feel complete again.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2016
She numbs the area and applies the tattooed areola in one session.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2016
If the nipple and areola have been removed, the woman can decide whether she wants to get a tattoo to mimic the look, or she may seek something artistic to create a new appearance.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2016
The projecting elevation of the breast, which the child takes in his mouth when nursing, is called the nipple; the darker colored area surrounding the nipple is called the areola.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
Few studies have been done on why the areolae, in particular, might be reactive to the cold.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2011
P. exp. obtuse, glabrous, tawny, cuticle cracked into areolae, hence the surface is crowded with minute dark wart-like papillae; g. adnate, broad, dark rust; s. filiform, almost naked, blackish.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
But these areolae may perhaps rather be considered as merely the points of production of the tubes.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Henry Smith Williams
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
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
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
