Q about crusty nips!

NoSpringChick · May 4th, 2009, 09:03 AM

Ok so for a good long while I have had what I thought was dry skin on the ends but then read that it was probably milk - like yellow crusties that don't wash off?.............. so I decided that I wouuld be brave and pick them off one side....... Do you think this was the right thing to do?

Anyone else got the yellow crusties and if so what are you doing about it?

I asked my m/w a while ago whether I should let them toughen up or use some oil to soften them, and toughen up was the answer - but does this mean keep the yellow crusties?

I'm having a wobble that they could be blocking the holes or something

Ravelyn · May 4th, 2009, 09:24 AM

Hey hun...
I have them too. But not as bad as they used to be. Now more liquid than crusties :>
Best thing I found was when laying in the bathtub, put a warm cloth over my breasts. It softens the crusty and they were easily wiped off when I was washing myself.

Sounds like dry skin mixed with leakage. You can use a nursing cream to keep them moist and stop them from hardening. Also, might want to invest in a bra that allows your nipples to breath.

Good luck.

nuttymummy · May 4th, 2009, 09:39 AM

i have this too.....but its scary!!!
sometimes ill find pieces that have come off!! Yak....but if i try to pull them off, they are kind of held in by a thread...n it hurts!! ouch!
its a bit like a tooth being held in by a nerve.....it makes me queasy just doing it but they wobble like a wobbly tooth....ive decided to leave well alone till they come off on their own!!

Kimboowee · May 4th, 2009, 10:34 AM

I clean them with a flannel lol

porkypig · May 5th, 2009, 03:40 AM

I have this too and pick it off sometimes. I realised the other morn that it is leakage cos my nips felt a bit wet and i looked on my sheets and there was a drop of ' leakage'! xx

Dukechick · May 5th, 2009, 03:46 AM

I'm sorry, I don't have them.... but I just wanted to say that the title of this thread made me laugh out loud!!
Good luck hun.
xx

itsmelou1984 · May 5th, 2009, 03:50 AM

i have them every now and again, but i have to wash them off as i just have to lol x x

MishC · May 5th, 2009, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by nuttymummy

i have this too.....but its scary!!!
sometimes ill find pieces that have come off!! Yak....but if i try to pull them off, they are kind of held in by a thread...n it hurts!! ouch!
its a bit like a tooth being held in by a nerve.....it makes me queasy just doing it but they wobble like a wobbly tooth....ive decided to leave well alone till they come off on their own!!

You've just sent a shiver through my body.

Lemonpie · May 5th, 2009, 04:19 AM

I too have this its horrible also had it with my 1st pregnancy

NoSpringChick · May 5th, 2009, 11:27 AM

Hehe thanks for the replies girlies

I have decided I will continue to pick them off even though it made me feel like fainting when I did it!

May 4th, 2009, 09:03 AM	#1
NoSpringChick Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,731	Q about crusty nips! Ok so for a good long while I have had what I thought was dry skin on the ends but then read that it was probably milk - like yellow crusties that don't wash off?.............. so I decided that I wouuld be brave and pick them off one side....... Do you think this was the right thing to do? Anyone else got the yellow crusties and if so what are you doing about it? I asked my m/w a while ago whether I should let them toughen up or use some oil to soften them, and toughen up was the answer - but does this mean keep the yellow crusties? I'm having a wobble that they could be blocking the holes or something

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May 4th, 2009, 09:24 AM	#2
Ravelyn Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mississauga, Ontario Canada Posts: 892	Hey hun... I have them too. But not as bad as they used to be. Now more liquid than crusties :> Best thing I found was when laying in the bathtub, put a warm cloth over my breasts. It softens the crusty and they were easily wiped off when I was washing myself. Sounds like dry skin mixed with leakage. You can use a nursing cream to keep them moist and stop them from hardening. Also, might want to invest in a bra that allows your nipples to breath. Good luck.

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May 4th, 2009, 09:39 AM	#3
nuttymummy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire Posts: 4,240	i have this too.....but its scary!!! sometimes ill find pieces that have come off!! Yak....but if i try to pull them off, they are kind of held in by a thread...n it hurts!! ouch! its a bit like a tooth being held in by a nerve.....it makes me queasy just doing it but they wobble like a wobbly tooth....ive decided to leave well alone till they come off on their own!!

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Kimboowee Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 9,445	I clean them with a flannel lol

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porkypig Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 3,306	I have this too and pick it off sometimes. I realised the other morn that it is leakage cos my nips felt a bit wet and i looked on my sheets and there was a drop of ' leakage'! xx

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May 5th, 2009, 03:46 AM	#6
Dukechick Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 4,758	I'm sorry, I don't have them.... but I just wanted to say that the title of this thread made me laugh out loud!! Good luck hun. xx

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itsmelou1984 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: west yorkshire england Posts: 407	i have them every now and again, but i have to wash them off as i just have to lol x x

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Lemonpie Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 106	I too have this its horrible also had it with my 1st pregnancy

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May 5th, 2009, 11:27 AM	#10
NoSpringChick Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,731	Hehe thanks for the replies girlies I have decided I will continue to pick them off even though it made me feel like fainting when I did it!

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