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Is nipples lint normal? i do not have inverted nipples. the nipple boogers resembles naval lints in terms of smell and texture. have this since teenage years. when i shower, it will come off with water. it is waxy texture and not liquid. no pain/utch?

Q: is nipples lint normal? i do not have inverted nipples. the nipple boogers resembles naval lints in terms of smell and texture. have this since teenage years. when i shower, it will come off with water. it is waxy texture and not liquid. no pain/utch?

: Color followed by Possible cause white, cloudy, yellow, or filled with pus an infection of the breast or nipple green cysts brown or cheese-like mammary duct ectasia (blocked milk duct) clear breast cancer, especially if only coming from one breast or papilloma bloody papilloma or breast cancer

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Color followed by Possible cause white, cloudy, yellow, or filled with pus an infection of the breast or nipple green cysts brown or cheese-like mammary duct ectasia (blocked milk duct) clear breast cancer, especially if only coming from one breast or papilloma bloody papilloma or breast cancer

Answered 10/21/2021

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A member asked:

Is nipples lint normal? i do not have inverted nipples. the nipple boogers resembles naval lints in terms of smell and texture. have this since teenage years. when i shower, it will come off with water. it is waxy texture and not liquid. no pain/utch?

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