'Like scalp, underarm, pubic, leg and all other body hair, there are genetic differences in texture, amount, and visibility.'ĭermatologist Elizabeth Bahar Houshmand adds that nipple hair usually isn't on the actual nipple at all. Gohara estimates that about a third of us have particularly noticeable hair in our nipple area.

'Hair on the areola is completely normal! We are mammals by definition mammals have hair!' says Mona Gohara, associate clinical professor in the department of dermatology at Yale School of Medicine. 'Nipple hair is not commonly talked about and does not seem to be widely accepted as normal.' 'Many women develop thick, dark hairs around the nipple, and it does not mean there is any underlying medical issue,' says dermatologist Joshua Zeichner. (Partially due, no doubt, to the bizarre censorship of 'female' nipples in general.) The thing is, nipple hair is completely normal in people of all genders and yet it remains taboo, particularly for women's bodies. Personally, I've always felt ashamed of my nipple hair, as I've never really seen any media portrayals or public discussions about it.

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