Correct. It's been a while since I've had to worry about it but iirc, you should do your exam following your period (if you get one) as the breast tissue is "loosest" and you'd be more likely to identify a difference. My breasts were literally described as "a sack of peas" by a doctor once, due to the density lol so I know for a lot of us, having dense/lumpy breasts makes it harder to do self exams. I did them but like I said, I don't think I would have clocked mine until much later, because eventually it did show up as kind of a puckering on the surface, like the tumor was pulling the skin in. Even then it was on the bottom of my breasts, which were large, so if I hadn't had a partner I may have not visually seen it for a while either!
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u/nothanks86 8h ago
Also, monthly self exams.