# What can I do about my small nipples? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 15, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962 "2003-04-15T22:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SonOfArizona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SonOfArizona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SonOfArizona)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/1 "2003-04-15T22:25:33Z")
I should start off by confirming that I am, indeed, a guy as my username suggests, and I have a problem. I have, and always have had really abnormally small nipples. As long as I can remember I have been made fun of for it whenever my shirt happened to come off for whatever reason. It seems to be one of those things that people have no problem pointing out, so much to the point that they think of it more as an observation than as an insult. “Wow you have small nipples, dude.” “Haha guys! Check out this guy’s nipples! Why are they so small?” and so on and so on. Whatever the case, if nipples are supposed to get bigger as you get older, mine probably haven’t changed since I was 6, and now im 17, and given that I work out a lot and have developed some muscle mass, they look even weirder in contrast. I thought of a possible solution and I wonder if anybody has heard of anybody doing this - tattooing the color of my nipple around the nipple so that it appears bigger. (I should make it clear that it isn’t the actual protruding point of the nipple that is small, but the pinkish circle around it.) I figure if the guy could match the exact color, then that would be a quick and easy solution. On the other hand, don’t nipples change color in varying temperatures… I coulda sworn they turn purplish like lips if cold. Anyway… so does anybody have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/2 "2003-04-15T22:31:53Z")
Tattoos? ---
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/3 "2003-04-15T22:39:06Z")
Really, which would you rather be picked on for: small areolae, or noticeable tattoos around small areolae? I really don’t think you’re ever going to get a tattoo to blend right. My suggestion would be to not worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/4 "2003-04-15T22:43:44Z")
Fat guys always seem to have large nipples - try gaining 50 or 100 pounds. And the thread gets more disturbing… ---
**Author:** ![bloodytoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@bloodytoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bloodytoe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/5 "2003-04-15T22:43:46Z")
Start a small nipple fetich site. Charge people 2.99 a month to join. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/6 "2003-04-15T23:37:21Z")
I had thought small nipples were meant to be more masculin than large nipples. Any female dopers agree? ---
**Author:** ![futureman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@futureman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/futureman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/7 "2003-04-15T23:42:26Z")
all funny, but you say you are only 17. All you have to do is wait a while. I’m sure they’ll get bigger eventually as you aren’t through growing probably. I’ve heard about the tatoo thing too, but what if you got the tattoo and your nipples did grow, so it looked like you have Huge nipples. That would suck too. Just wait a while, and then if they still don’t grow, then you won’t care then anyway. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/8 "2003-04-15T23:46:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bloodytoe \* > \*\*Start a small nipple fetich site. Charge people 2.99 a month to join. \*\* This is pretty funny, except that I for one would sign up. Send me pics (to [lissener@yahoo.com](mailto:lissener@yahoo.com)), SoA, and I’ll examine them closely and see if I can make any more specific solutions. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/9 "2003-04-15T23:46:49Z")
Just enjoy them. I think mine are small…what do you compare them to? But they are just as sensitive as any nipples out there. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/10 "2003-04-16T00:12:28Z")
Can we have a diameter measurement? ---
**Author:** ![aeropl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aeropl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aeropl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/11 "2003-04-16T00:30:00Z")
How small are they? Are they really _that_ small? Some people tend to take one or two comments a lot more seriously than they should. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/12 "2003-04-16T05:22:27Z")
hmm when I read the thread title I thought it was going to be a question about breastfeeding or something… ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/13 "2003-04-16T05:39:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Incubus \* > \*\*hmm when I read the thread title I thought it was going to be a question about breastfeeding or something… \*\* Well it is, cause if he feeds his man-breasts some more breast-food his nipples will grow big and strong! ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/14 "2003-04-16T12:46:03Z")
Dude, my morbid curiousity has gotten the better of me. It’s time for a link and a pic! ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/15 "2003-04-16T13:12:32Z")
Just have them removed, guys don’t need nipples. Why would a guy even want nipples? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/16 "2003-04-16T13:20:55Z")
Tattoos are indeed the way to go. Women have fake ones tattooed on after mastectomies. Why not? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/17 "2003-04-16T15:59:34Z")
I have small nipples. Probably between 1/2 and 3/4 of an inch. My wife likes em. ---
**Author:** ![SonOfArizona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SonOfArizona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SonOfArizona)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/18 "2003-04-16T21:08:13Z")
Hahaha - Some funny responses. I never thought I would ever put a ruler up to my nipple, but i guess there is a first time for everything, right? Across they are aprox. 3/4 of an inch. Top to bottom, aprox 1/2 inch. > [@](#): > > All you have to do is wait a while. Well I wasn’t going to run out and get tattooed yet, because as I said I am still only 17. But I really don’t think they are gonna grow… I never heard of nipple growth spurts. > [@](#): > > This is pretty funny, except that I for one would sign up. Send me pics (to [lissener@yahoo.com](mailto:lissener@yahoo.com)), SoA, and I’ll examine them closely and see if I can make any more specific solutions. You a girl around my age? If so, I’d send some. > [@](#): > > Dude, my morbid curiousity has gotten the better of me. It’s time for a link and a pic! Alright I guess I’ll have to get a picture up on here. How would I go about doing that? I am not too good w/ forums. -SonofArizona ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/19 "2003-04-16T23:14:26Z")
You need to post the pic to a website ( if you don’t have one then check with your service provider, many offer free website space as part of their service) then post a link to the webpage here. ---
**Author:** ![Linguini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ab097/32.png) [@Linguini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linguini)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962/20 "2003-04-16T23:34:09Z")
Susanann: Remove em? Ouch. Some guys have pretty sensitive nips. They may not be functional but they still have allot of nerve endings. Ever see the an Ed Powers adult vid? He always has his nips pinched at the climax of the movie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-about-my-small-nipples/168962.md?page=2)