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A member asked:

My son is 27 and has a very tender nipple?

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Dr. Cornelia Franz answered

More info: Does he have a nipple piercing? Is it swollen? It could ba any number of things...Some significant and others not. If it bothers him a lot, he should be seen.

Dr Fricke agreed

Answered 10/4/2016

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