Rice-like pimples on nipples when you are pregnant may be Montessori nodules or other causes such as eczema or allergies.
1. Montgomery’s nodule: Montgomery’s nodule is a small nodular bulge outside the areola that appears when a pregnant woman is 8 weeks pregnant and her breast follicles and lobules proliferate and develop, causing her breasts to gradually increase in size, and she needs to consider Montgomery’s nodule when she is pregnant and discovers that there is a milia-like papule on her nipple.
2. Eczema: Eczema is a chronic inflammatory itchy skin disease, this may appear at the nipple, will lead to papules on the nipple, the papules may be rice-like.
3. Allergy: If you wear poor quality underwear or apply poor quality body lotion after pregnancy, it may lead to nipple allergy, which will cause rice grain pimples to appear on the top of the nipple.
Pregnant with rice-like papules on the nipple should also consider other factors such as tumors, patients need to go to the hospital as soon as possible for medical examination.