Welcome to EmpowHER, and thanks so much for your question.
Can you answer a few questions for me?
Is it JUST the nipples that hurt? And it's both of them, right? Or are your breasts tender as well?
When you picked at the dried gunk and it started to bleed, was that right in the center of your nipple? Like out on the tip? Or was it somewhere else?
DId it bleed sort of like a pimple bleeds when we pick at it? Or did it seem different than that in any way (like, it bled more, or it seemed more fluid-y than regular blood, or just anything else).
Do you have any redness or other discoloration on your breasts anywhere? Like a rash? Or any puckering, like a small dimple?
Please let us know a bit more and we'll see what we can find. From what you describe, yes, it could be a combination of PMS, cold weather, an overeager boyfriend and the extra friction/rubbing that moving could have caused. But with our breasts, we always want to be cautious that something else isn't going on.
So glad you wrote. Let's see if we can help you figure this out.
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Hi, Anon,
Welcome to EmpowHER, and thanks so much for your question.
Can you answer a few questions for me?
Is it JUST the nipples that hurt? And it's both of them, right? Or are your breasts tender as well?
When you picked at the dried gunk and it started to bleed, was that right in the center of your nipple? Like out on the tip? Or was it somewhere else?
DId it bleed sort of like a pimple bleeds when we pick at it? Or did it seem different than that in any way (like, it bled more, or it seemed more fluid-y than regular blood, or just anything else).
Do you have any redness or other discoloration on your breasts anywhere? Like a rash? Or any puckering, like a small dimple?
Please let us know a bit more and we'll see what we can find. From what you describe, yes, it could be a combination of PMS, cold weather, an overeager boyfriend and the extra friction/rubbing that moving could have caused. But with our breasts, we always want to be cautious that something else isn't going on.
So glad you wrote. Let's see if we can help you figure this out.
January 14, 2010 - 9:34amThis Comment
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