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Nipple cream
Nipple creams and ointments can be helpful for cracked or painful nipples. But keep in mind that whatever you put on your nipples will go in your baby
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 33-year old asked:
What' can nipple cream be used for?
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A 39-year old asked:
I am looking for nipple cream which makes the nipple stand up?
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A 39-year old asked:
I am looking for nipple cream whichwill makes the nipple more erect?
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A 49-year old asked:
So many people have been telling me to get nipple cream. What does it do?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can I use bepanthen as nipple cream?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I'm breastfeeding my 4 week old baby. My nipples are paining and breastfeeding is really uncomfortable for me. Nipple cream doesn't help. What to do?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Currently breast feeding my 3month old baby. My areolas are normally dark, they are now peeling off and becoming pink. I do apply Nipple cream regularly. What could be the cause.
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A 36-year old female asked:
Breast is throbbing with pain well after breastfeeding. The nipple is sore and it looks like theres a crack on it. Nipple creams arent helping.
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A 34-year old female asked:
31 weeks pregnant leaking colostrum ( not much) only when i press my nipple or put cream on. Is this normal? Why does this only occur with some women?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can you place a drop of baby's oral nystatin on your nipples or the cream nystatin (for his yeast diaper rash)?
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A 19-year old female asked:
From sexual activity in the past I got scabs on my nipples. Is their a cream or something I can use to help try and make them look or feel better?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Is it normal for the Oily liquid secretion from Montgomery glands on the nipple to be white/cream colour when not pregnant?
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A 35-year old asked:
What do you suggest if my nipple is alway itchy and bleeds sometimes and mad gooey stuff comesanone know any creams?
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A female asked:
My nipple has been extremly itchy for a few months but have now lost all ferlinf in it i was given cream for the itch but it hasn't helped?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Nipples getting dark during pregnancy, it it permanent? are there any cream or ointment to get them back to normal after pregnancy?
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A 43-year old asked:
Could a woman use turmeric cream for puffy nipples!?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I have the following medicines:triamcinolone 0.1 % cream, clobetasol 0.05 % ointment, and tacrolimus 0.1 % ointment. Which can I apply to my nipples?
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A 28-year old female asked:
What causes itchy flaky nipples.And is there over the counter cream to minimize it.i had it before went to doctor examined was given dermatol?
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A 35-year old female asked:
I have very sensitive and itchy nipples. I have had the symptoms for two weeks. I have been using an antifungal cream that my pharmacy recommend.
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A 32-year old female asked:
I an breastfeeding and I have tissue damage on my one nipple, it is very painful, what can I do? I am applying cream , should I continue to feed ?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I am a 25 yo male. My right nipple is itchy. I tried to apply anti itch cream. It doesn't help. I hate it when im at work all day and its itchy.
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A 30-year old male asked:
Last night I have developed a sore and tender nipple. Its slightly swollen. I applied antiseptic cream and a dressing but still very tender?
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A 22-year old female asked:
My nipples are really sore and painful and today it's my 32nd day after my last period .Can i be pregnant?Can i apply some cream or keep ice ?
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A 29-year old asked:
What lotions or creams can I use to help soothe my nipples while not harming the breast milk?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I have nipple eczema and forgot to wash my steroid cream off before nursing. Is it likely okay?
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A 33-year old asked:
I used my moms breast cream, to make you boobs grow! a few days later my nipples started to hurt/sting, why?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have a red mark by nipple that is itchy and flakey. Ive tried putting more cream on to keep moisturized and it went away for about a week and now its back and more itchy than ever. No new cleaning products and nothing out of the ordinary. ?
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A 42-year old female asked:
I gained a lot of weight during pregnancy and only recently I have reached a prepregnancy weight. I weaned my daughter 7 months ago. One nipple returned to normal size, the other did not. I see occasional white cheese like cream on them. No scaling?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Hi. I got a skin rash on my penis around my meatus and it's weeping like eczema, i also have had eczema in my areola area in the nipples and always treated it with local creams (as well as the penis). This time i decided to go to a endoctrologist?
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A 49-year old male asked:
I am a 45 year old female who had a hysterectomy at 39 but still have both my ovaries that produce eggs.over the last 3 days my breasts especially the left one is very sore on the nipples.last night when I squeezed them cream/yellowish sticky substan?
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