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Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, answers a question posed by a reader who wonders why she has an additional sensation, or an extra nipple, on her chest.

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00:00hello there welcome to the final week of putting dr g on the spot in the month of october clearly
00:06clearly we're focusing on pink october which is conditions related to breast and we're focusing
00:14on breast condition affecting men and believe it or not today we're going to talk about the
00:19third nipple or the extra nipple that shouldn't be there in our lives we should only have two nipples
00:31for both men and women however when there is a super numeric mammillary gland or an extra nipple
00:40then that itself might pose a little bit of concern and that can actually happen more in men than women
00:48so why would that happen in fact during development the nipple regress to where it should be
00:55and that itself is called the milk line that milk line can line anywhere from the armpit
01:01all the way to the position it should be sometimes the development of this will result in a little
01:09extra one which is hidden away not as obvious but sometimes that itself can give pain or mistaken as
01:16a mole and that itself can be a bit of an issue when it comes to medical that point itself sometimes
01:24can have excess amount of nerves that can be of a sensual sensation for somebody who's actually
01:33engaged in sexual activity however in the medical viewpoint that area is also more prone to
01:41getting breast cancer and sometimes that condition is associated to other congenital conditions such as
01:51an absence of a kidney or even the kidney itself related to renal cell carcinoma and later on in the
02:00adult life why would that be the case actually nobody knows in fact there's no even genetic link between the
02:06breast and also the kidney cancer however that is observed in many medical literature so what can be
02:14done about it in fact most people are oblivious that they have a third nipple until it's pointed
02:20out by the doctors however if this is very unsightly or it's painful or constantly getting infected of the
02:28alveolar tissue then that itself can be surgically removed quite easily so don't be alarmed if someone
02:35tells you that you got more than two nipples because nature has somehow intended to give you some extra one
02:42of super numeric mammillary glands we all know movember november is when we talk about putting on a
02:50moustache and talk about men's health issues and on this occasion we're going to talk about testicular
02:57cancer stay tuned for the whole month of putting dr g on the spot in the month of november
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