(Partially due, no doubt, to the bizarre censorship of “female” nipples in general.)
“Nipple hair is not commonly talked about and does not seem to be widely accepted as normal.”
“Hair on the areola is completely normal!
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We are mammals; by definition mammals have hair!”
saysMona Gohara, associate clinical professor in the department of dermatology at Yale School of Medicine.
Gohara estimates that about a third of us have particularly noticeable hair in our nipple area.
DermatologistElizabeth Bahar Houshmandadds that nipple hair usually isn’t on the actual nipple at all.
Why is nipple hair still taboo?
Bahar Houshmand notes that nipple hair is very common, but people rarely talk about it.
So it’s no surprise that the hyper-sexualization of this body part makes it super taboo in general.
How can we normalize nipple hair?
“Science is always the answer,” says Gohara.
“Recognize that it is biologically normal.”
When in reality, its just body hair."
And if you’re still not into it, how can you remove nipple hair?
Though you want to be careful if you have dark skin.
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