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
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
In most cases, surgeons remove the nipple and areola as a safeguard as well.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
Supposed by some to be a diminutive from area or areola.
From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Few studies have been done on why the areolae, in particular, might be reactive to the cold.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2011
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 Massee, George
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 Massee, George
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 Massee, George
P. convex, white, reticulately sulcate then cracked into wart-like areolae, polygonal, apex truncate and fuscous; g. with decur. tooth; s. solid, equal, white with bay scales, ring apical subobsolete. luxurians, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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
