Breast Accessories

Surprisingly, the presence of extra nipples and breasts is not uncommon. Anne Boleyn was rumored to have a third breast (making her popular, temporarily, with King Henry VIII). The ability of humans to grow more than two breasts has its genesis in our primordial past. Much like a nursing sow, our distant primate relatives had nipples running from their armpits to their groins.

Today, supernumerary breasts can germinate along these same “milk lines” when awash with sex hormones. It is not odd for a pregnant woman to grow a breast in her armpit, often resulting in discomfort post-childbearing, as it lactates in unison with its two sanctioned colleagues. One poor woman grew an extra breast on her the bottom of her foot, ouch!. Men are not immune to this phenomenon. The congenital extra nipple is quite common. There are also cases of men sporting milk-secreting breasts. In 1980, there was a 74-year-old man documented as having a fully formed breast on the back of his thigh, which he mistook for a fatty tumor.

~ Medagogue