# Nipple Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 13, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146 "2001-11-13T17:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Navin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Navin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/1 "2001-11-13T17:31:17Z")
If you scrape off your nipple, will it grow back? ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/2 "2001-11-13T17:37:08Z")
Years ago, my uncle suffered severe burns over 72% of his body, and his nipples were burned off. Not the same as scraping them off, but they never came back. ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/3 "2001-11-13T17:43:46Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![milo\_minderbinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@milo\_minderbinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milo_minderbinder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/4 "2001-11-13T17:51:05Z")
Ah, where’s Bob Geldof when you need him? Shooting his mouth off and saving some fish, no doubt. 😃 milo ---
**Author:** ![Chubbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Chubbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chubbs)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/5 "2001-11-13T20:16:04Z")
Now that’s good eats. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/6 "2001-11-13T21:50:34Z")
erm, why would you want to? ---
**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/7 "2001-11-13T21:57:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*erm, why would you want to? \*\* c’mon now…haven’t you ever been working out in the shop, and just have the undeniable urge to jam the belt sander against your tit? I HATE it when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Navin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Navin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/8 "2001-11-13T22:08:39Z")
i should clarify my question as to not cause any more confusion: in the event that your nipple gets scraped off accidentally, would it grow back? ---
**Author:** ![jonfromdenver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jonfromdenver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonfromdenver)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/9 "2001-11-13T22:11:50Z")
if your arm got cut off, would it grow back? sounds like someone is using some homer simpson logic here. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/10 "2001-11-13T22:16:10Z")
slightly relieved to hear that your question wasn’t along the lines of “I plan to scrape off my nipple…” ---
**Author:** ![Navin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Navin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/11 "2001-11-13T22:38:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jonfromdenver \* > \*\*if your arm got cut off, would it grow back? sounds like someone is using some homer simpson logic here. \*\* your fingernails grow back if ripped off… ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/12 "2001-11-13T22:53:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > your fingernails grow back if ripped off… \*\* Yeah, but your nipples don’t grow continuously. (Actually, if there’s too much damage to the nail bed, your fingernails won’t grow back if ripped out.) ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/13 "2001-11-13T23:12:11Z")
To clarify, the fingernail itself is already dead tissue, the bed is the only part still alive. ---
**Author:** ![dave316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dave316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave316)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/14 "2001-11-13T23:19:29Z")
if you were a starfish you could ---
**Author:** ![Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/15 "2001-11-13T23:22:58Z")
I would like to see a starfish with nipples. Wait. No, I don’t think I would. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/16 "2001-11-14T00:37:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jonfromdenver \* > **if your arm got cut off, would it grow back?** …but the nipple is not truly an appendage. Isn’t it a specialize piece skin? and the skin can in some cases repair itself. That being said, I remember a friend from the service who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and ended up with shrapnel in his chest. I seem to remember he lost a nipple and it didn’t grow back. He lost a portion of his face too so I never really thought of his nipple much. Then again I don’t think of most men’s nipples much. Since women’s nipples actually have a purpose, how do they fit into the equation? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/17 "2001-11-14T00:43:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Now that’s good eats. \*\* **Chubbs** , I don’t know whether to laugh or puke. One of my uncles was one nipple short. He claimed to have lost it in a fight, but he was a congenital liar so I doubt that. In any case it never grew back. ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/18 "2001-11-14T04:55:53Z")
[Hmmmm…](http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/1997-01-06/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/19 "2001-11-14T05:03:43Z")
If I lost my nipples through some mishap could I replace them with BEAUTIFUL DORRANCE #5X STAINLESS STEEL HOOKS! ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Sampler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Royal\_Sampler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Sampler)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146/20 "2001-11-14T05:19:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeep’s Phoenix \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\* > > your fingernails grow back if ripped off… \*\* > > Yeah, but your nipples don’t grow continuously. > \*\* Neither do your eyebrows, but hey, they grow back. At, a guess, though, I can’t imagine a nipple growing back if it were ‘scraped’ off, if for no other reason than the skin would be too damaged do it. But I would be icredibly surprised if they grew back either way… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/93146.md?page=2)