Better safe than sorry. It only takes 15 minutes.

Adult women of all ages are encouraged to perform breast self-exams at least once a month; at the end of your monthly menstrual cycle when your breasts are not as tender. Breast cancer can occur at any age, though it is most common in women older than 50. Many breast problems are first discovered by women themselves, often by accident. Breast lumps can be noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant).

J.H Medical center states, “Forty percent of diagnosed breast cancers are detected by women who feel a lump, so establishing a regular breast self-exam is very important.” While mammograms can help you to detect cancer before you can feel a lump, breast self-exams help you to be familiar with how your breasts look and feel so you can alert your healthcare professional if there are any changes.

How should a breast self-exam be performed?

1) In the Shower
Using the pads of your fingers, move around your entire breast in a circular pattern moving from the outside to the center, checking the entire breast and armpit area. Check both breasts each month feeling for any lump, thickening, or hardened knot. Notice any changes and get lumps evaluated by your healthcare provider.

2) In Front of a Mirror
Visually inspect your breasts with your arms at your sides. Next, raise your arms high overhead.

Look for any changes in the contour, any swelling, or dimpling of the skin, or changes in the nipples. Next, rest your palms on your hips and press firmly to flex your chest muscles. Left and right breasts will not exactly match—few women's breasts do, so look for any dimpling, puckering, or changes, particularly on one side.

3) Lying Down
When lying down, the breast tissue spreads out evenly along the chest wall. Place a pillow under your right shoulder and your right arm behind your head. Using your left hand, move the pads of your fingers around your right breast gently in small circular motions covering the entire breast area and armpit.

Use light, medium, and firm pressure. Squeeze the nipple; check for discharge and lumps. Repeat these steps for your left breast.

If you find a lump, schedule an appointment with your doctor, but don't panic — 8 out of 10 lumps are not cancerous. Wear P!NK, SHOP P!NK ... #Pinktober

Step by step instructional video;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdgfUXPmr0

Can I be of help for any lady who wanna try those techniques



BTW! Nice write-up you've got there.. *thumb up*


Mastur*bating my position, 1st time in NL history!! Yay! I'm firsta comment.. Daalu, Dankies. Yvete

Amefrica: Can I be of help for any lady who wanna try those techniques

I'm pretty sure you have no boo.ooobs. Is your interview still soon? Best wishes and keep us in the loop ... you deserve a party!

** Covers face and runs far away from thread **

Thanks

Bosom exam??...LMAO @Yvete You to ocorrupt oo.Na only bossom you fit think about!..Kai!

Ok

I can assist you guys to check please. How I will do it is simple. Just to place my mouth on the ni*pple and do a cross examination

I can help any lady who needs to develop a good technique for examining her tittties.

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Uhmmmm,God will save us frm bad disease

Bossom cancer again? Na wa o. Later,den go find hair cancer. Oluwa sha maa so wa lowo aisan ti o gbo oogun.

Yvete:

I'm pretty sure you have no boo.ooobs. Is your interview still soon? Best wishes and keep us in the loop ... you deserve a party!

.. Yes ma'am.. It's on thursday I will keep you guys posted.. #OneLove

What's with all this bossom! Bossom!! It's BR£A$T!!! That's more common. Enough of this civility

why do we call it Bosom when the whole world calls it BREAST .Breast cancer. there is nothing wrong with the word

Nice one.women are the pride of å nation and should be protected.please don't ignore,health ȋ̊§ wealth.Thank You.

Nice tips. Meanwhile wish me happy birthday Nairalanders. Pls pls. TX.

So Nairaland censors Bre$t seriously you guys are very childish

According to the US preventive task force.
It is not advisable to do a brea$t self examination . There is no morality advantage.
Women should go for mammography every 2-3 yrs starting at age 50.
A lump on a woman can mean anything , it can be a cyst , fibroadeonma. Not every lump is a cancer.

why do we call it Bosom when the whole world calls Bre$T it Bre$t cancer. there is nothing wrong with the word

Amefrica: Can I be of help for any lady who wanna try those techniques *

I am sure some of the ladies would not mind helping you with your rectal exam too.

which one is BOSSOM CANCER again?
Its BREAS`T cancer

nice tips for LADIES, can men of help?

ok

bosom cancer? seriously, what's wrong with br€@st cancer?

I see so many corrupt minds on this thread.... Amefrica, you are number 1 on the list

Nice one from my Sister, you know you got my 1,000,000 likes all the time.

Yayyyyyyyyy..... FP baby!

Ada Nri1: What's with all this bossom! Bossom!! It's BR£A$T!!! That's more common. Enough of this civility

As in, the censorship in NL is extreme. This is not North Korea. They'll pro'lly censor this post too

How many people know u are referring to brst cancer by using bosom cancer. Even in church and holy places, they refer to is as brst cancer. PLEASE!

Yvete: It's Nairaland's word censor ... grab the message ... forget diction. I typed bre..ast and it changed to bosom.

Ladies, please check yourself. Bre.ast cancer, chemotherapy and the frustration that comes along is not a joke.

That's the handiwork of Mr. Seun, most times NL makes my words harmless which is frustrating.. but me know say ur talking abt bre**ast.

The way some men press and suck women breas'ts as if their lives depend on it is enough to give the women breas'ts cancer.

emma_best2000: ok

Yepa! See this one! Smh! And you had to quote all the post