# How Many Nipples Do YOU Have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240 "2002-10-21T15:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/1 "2002-10-21T15:15:05Z")
Do you have more than the standard number of nipples on your chest? I’ve got 4. The other two are quite a bit smaller than the main two, one is dime-sized and the other is only about as big around as a number 2 pencil. They are located about 3 inches below the main nipples. They also appear to be somewhat inverted. They don’t get hard when I’m cold, and they don’t have any sensation as far as I can tell. My non-superfluous nipples are very sensitive, though. From what I’ve read, having superfluous nipples is a very common thing, affecting 2-3% of the population. Mark Wahlberg has a third nipple ([http://itsb.ucsf.edu/~vcr/Actors7.html](http://itsb.ucsf.edu/~vcr/Actors7.html)). I frequently see them on other people, but when I try to tell them that it’s a third nipple they usually try to dismiss it, saying that it’s just a birthmark. But I know better. So do you have extra nipples? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/2 "2002-10-21T15:28:04Z")
Um, no. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/3 "2002-10-21T15:31:43Z")
I have the usual allotment, but my wife has an extra pair on her upper abdomen below the others. I would never have noticed if she hadn’t pointed them out - they’re very tiny and similar in color to the rest of her skin. I ususally forget they’re there. ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/4 "2002-10-21T15:39:46Z")
Good point, **Skammer**! There’s something called a ‘nipple line’, that runs from each arm-pit to the groin. Along these lines is where the extra nipples are usually located. They can be very small, so you need to look closely. ---
**Author:** ![Nausicaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@Nausicaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nausicaa)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/5 "2002-10-21T16:16:50Z")
I have three total - two in the normal place and one underneath the left boob. I always thought it was a birthmark and only learned recently that it was an extra nipple. Unfortunately I get no sensation out of it at all (damn!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/6 "2002-10-21T17:43:39Z")
I only have the factory model. 2. But I have a box in my desk with 12 more in it. Wanna see? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/7 "2002-10-21T18:44:07Z")
Now I know why you call yourself **Surreal**. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/8 "2002-10-21T18:50:58Z")
I know a person with an extra, functional nipple. The nipple is functional in that it gets hard when cold. Unfortunately, it does not lactate, the bearer of said nipple being male. Darn. Woulda been a hoot if it did. But I have only two nipples. And they’re too lazy to get hard at the same time; one gets hard, and the other stays soft. Then they switch places. Stupid winking police-light nipples. ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/9 "2002-10-21T18:55:38Z")
I have two. Now get that pin away from me. ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/10 "2002-10-21T18:56:57Z")
I stand corrected. This cite says that **5%** of the population has at least one extra nipple- [http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/N/nipples\_extra.html](http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/N/nipples_extra.html) ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/11 "2002-10-21T19:10:34Z")
I have three, and the doctor calls it an ‘accessory nipple’, so I guess I’m supposed to wear earrings on it or something. ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/12 "2002-10-21T19:11:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nausicaa \* > \*\*I have three total - two in the normal place and one underneath the left boob. \*\* Same setup here. I didn’t know the extra was a nipple until I was pregnant with my first child and my OB mentioned it – I thought it was a funky mole. I’ve breastfed two kids and the spare doesn’t lactate. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/13 "2002-10-21T19:56:13Z")
Robert, excellent Good Omens drop! I’ve wondered how the witchfinders went about that end of the business and how well it would go over today. **"So, um…how many nipples do you have?** _Piss off!_ **Well, if you don’t tell me, I’ll have to call you a witch and you’ll be hanged.** _Okay, fine. Two._ **Great. Now, let me see them.** _What?_ **Witch! Witch!** _Okay, okay, here."_ Somehow, it doesn’t have the same impact without the threat of impending witchness. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/14 "2002-10-21T20:07:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tygre \* > \*\* > > Same setup here. I didn’t know the extra was a nipple until I was pregnant with my first child and my OB mentioned it – I thought it was a funky mole. > \*\* I hope what I’ve always considered a mole under my right breast is, in fact, a mole. I don’t _want_ a third nipple. Now y’all have scared me. I’m normal, dangit, **NORMAL**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/15 "2002-10-21T21:31:15Z")
My girlfriend has a third nipple about three inches below the standard one on her right breast, and it’s sensitive too. She says the kids at school called her “Triple Nipple”. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/16 "2002-10-21T22:14:24Z")
I believe we had a thread about this topic before. I have four. The extra pair is about 5 inches below the normal pair, are small and look like moles or freckles. They have no sensitivity. My daughter also has four, and her extra pair are about halfway between her breasts and her navel. They are so small they are almost unnoticeable. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/17 "2002-10-22T02:34:04Z")
My son has three. I didn’t even realize it was there until the doc pointed it out. ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/18 "2002-10-22T04:00:31Z")
I’ve got a spare, about 3 inches below the right one. I was wondering who’d bring up the “witch’s teat” rumor. Now pardon me whilst I go feed my familiar! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/19 "2002-10-22T05:18:28Z")
I have two, which is really two more than I know what to do with. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240/20 "2002-10-22T05:55:35Z")
I’ve also got an extra pair about 5 inches lower. My cousin only has one on … his left side I think. But his dad, my father’s brother, has 6. 3 pairs going down his lines. It runs in our family. I like em. They’re cute. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nipples-do-you-have/133240.md?page=2)