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
In most cases, surgeons remove the nipple and areola as a safeguard as well.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
The ulcers of lupus are of various, generally irregular shape, the rims not hard, the ground flat and covered with purulent matter and decayed tissue; they are commonly surrounded by a faint reddish areola.
From Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated by Fr. (Friedrich) Brendecke
Few studies have been done on why the areolae, in particular, might be reactive to the cold.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2011
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
The genus differs from Echinocactus in the suppression of the spine-bearing areolae, and the naked ovary.
From North American Species of Cactus by John Merle Coulter
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
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
