Can you gauge nipples?

Yes you can, in fact that's typically what a piercer will do, especially with cartilage piercings. They pierce with a gauge size bigger than the actual jewelry. It allows room for swelling and placing the jewelry.
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Can you stretch your nipples?

Nipples can be stretched to heavier gauges but require a lot of time. All stretching methods can be used except dermal punching.
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What are flat nipples?

What Are Flat Nipples? Flat nipples are not raised. They appear to lay even with the areola and the surrounding skin of the breast. Flat nipples do not stick outward from the breast, but they don't turn inward either (those are called inverted nipples).
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What causes flat nipples?

Inverted nipples are often congenital, meaning they have been present since birth. This condition may result from milk ducts that do not fully develop or because the nipple base remained small while in the womb. Nipple inversion can occur in both males and females and often affects both sides instead of just one.
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How do I make my flat nipples stick out for breastfeeding?

Sioned suggests:
  1. rolling your nipple between your thumb and forefinger to encourage it to stick out.
  2. compressing your breast just behind your areola with your fingers in a 'V' or 'C' shape to push your nipple outwards.
  3. touching your nipple briefly with a cold compress or ice cube to make it erect.
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How do I make my nipples protrude?

rolling your nipple between your thumb and forefinger to encourage it to stick out. compressing your breast just behind your areola with your fingers in a 'V' or 'C' shape to push your nipple outwards. touching your nipple briefly with a cold compress or ice cube to make it erect.
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How do I fix my flat nipples?

Use both hands on each side of breast to make a “sandwich”, to squeeze nipple and areola. Use hands to press in on breast like the way you hold a big sandwich to put in the mouth. Use a breast pump for several minutes to draw out the nipple. The suction from a pump will often cause the nipple to protrude more.
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What can I do about flat nipples?

Here are 10 tips to help you breastfeed if your nipples are flat or inverted.
  1. Test yourself. Many nipples will stiffen and protrude when stimulated. ...
  2. Use a breast pump. ...
  3. Other suction devices. ...
  4. Hand express. ...
  5. Pull back. ...
  6. Try a nipple shield or breast shells. ...
  7. Stimulate the nipple. ...
  8. Hold your breast.
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Can I breastfeed my husband during pregnancy?

Generally speaking, breastfeeding your husband or partner is OK. It's not perverted or wrong if you want the person you are intimate with to breastfeed, or if they ask to try breastfeeding or taste your breast milk.
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Can you pump with flat nipples?

A flat nipple does not extend length-wise at all, or very little. An inverted nipple doesn't extend either, and the areola is drawn around it. It can be challenging to pump or breastfeed with inverted or flat nipples, but it's certainly possible.
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Why are my nipples so big suddenly?

Many factors can alter the appearance, shape, or texture of your nipple and areola. Sometimes these changes are temporary and due to hormonal shifts, pregnancy, or breastfeeding. Permanent changes of the nipple or areola are often seen with breast surgeries, weight loss, and aging.
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