Dr. Jeffrey Kenkel, UT Southwestern Medical Center (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Jeffrey Kenkel, UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Jeffrey Kenkel, M.D., chair of the plastic surgery department at UT Southwestern, said men with darker skin can lose the natural color in their nipples because blood vessels are lost when the nipple is removed and then grafted back to the breast. Darker skinned men have a nearly 50 percent chance of having nipple discoloration.

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