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Breast firmness
Breast firmness is the feeling of hard skin or tissue in parts of or throughout the entire breast.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 36-year old asked:
How do I keep my breast firm locally?
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A 30-year old asked:
Any excercizes that are aimed at breast firmness?
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A 43-year old asked:
How can you increase your breast firmness naturally?
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A 34-year old female asked:
One breast firmer/harder than other around the top edge, is this normal? Scared it's cancer.
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A 31-year old asked:
How do you keep your breasts firm after having a baby?
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A 43-year old asked:
Will standing on my head make my breasts firmer and make them higher or do I have to get surgery?
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A 38-year old asked:
How long does breast firmness associated with mastitis last?
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A 41-year old asked:
How to know what exercises can I do to make my breasts firmer?
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A 42-year old asked:
Do breasts firm up after losing weight?
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A 41-year old asked:
How do you increase your breast firmness naturally by breastfeeding?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I am experiencing nipple discharge. The following also describes me: Breast firmness. What should I do?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What is mastitis, what causes it and can a 18 year old have it? I have inverted nipples and breast firmness
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A 17-year old female asked:
I am experiencing breast lump mobile or moveable lump, breast tenderness, and breast firmness but none of: nipple discharge, obesity, bleeding from nipple, bone pain, chest deformity, inverted nipples, cracked nipples, or warm skin. The following also de
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A 24-year old male asked:
Im a guy. 24 yrs old. My left breast is firmer than the other. When i pinch it it i can grab something that is firm and a bit off of an oval shape.
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A 38-year old asked:
If i wear a bra 24/7 from adolescence through old age, will it keep my breasts stay firm & perky?
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A 43-year old asked:
Is it possible for breast feel firm before your period?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Have had swollen area on rib below left breast, semi firm. Only painful if touched. It's getting bigger. What could it be?
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A 41-year old asked:
I have a burning feeling in my left breast, also firmness, swelling and tenderness. I am 50 years old?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Both breasts super firm, extremely sore to the touch. Has been like this for two weeks now. Period due in 2 weeks; definitely not pregnant. Normal?...
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A 43-year old female asked:
Can daily self breast massage (20 min daily give or take) cause harm to breast tissue? Also, do breasts feel firm when they are engorged with milk? Is it safe to massage breasts throughout pregnancy multiple times daily?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Could i be pregnant? I have had unprotected sex a number of times and last week i had spotting with small clots. I am tired, my breast feel firmer
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A 37-year old asked:
What to do if I have breast sore, firm, minor ache, and now rash with tiny veins?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Right breast; small, firm, tender lump. Both breasts aches, clear discharge from one of the small bumps around the right breasts nipple, chest pains?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Taken 3 recent HPTs & all are NEG.Just had a period 2wks ago & I have been noticing breast tenderness/firmness/heavier.Back pain/abdomin cramps/bloat?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can there be breast exercises to firm up sagging breasts?
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A 43-year old asked:
Should I do a breast massage to firm and fill out breasts? If I do it 15 in the morning and before bed how long will it take to actually see results?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can you tell me how i can get more firm breast?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Is it normal for one breast to be firmer than the other?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is it a problem to have very large and firm breasts with tiny pink nipples?
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A 31-year old asked:
I have enlarged firm breasts, pregnant or period symptom?
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