Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Shingles under the breast occurs when the virus that causes shingles, known as the varicella-zoster virus, reactivates in the area of skin serviced by the T5 ...

A shingles outbreak almost always develops on side of the body and follows a string of nerves servicing a specific part of the body (called a dermatome). There are a total of 30 dermatomes in the ...