Don’t Forget Your Breast Examination Every Month

Self breast examination is a screening technique that involves a systematic step by step approach to check your breast for normal look and feel and to catch if there is any abnormality. There are basically different methods of performing this exam but all of these methods have two major steps to make this exam effective.

Steps involved in self examination of breasts are looking for a change and feeling for some abnormality.Examination about Feeling breasts can be done either while lying down, or in bath, or even while standing. Basic objective of this exam performed in either ways in either ways is to get a comprehensive understanding of inside of your breasts. 

To feel your breasts start moving pad of three middle finger of hand on your breast. Better is to make clockwise movements over breast. Be careful during this exam so that you can get a better understanding of how your breasts seem you in routine, because if you become familiar with routine feel of your breasts, you become more conscious on understand if something wrong is happening in breasts.

Feel collar bone and particularly your armpit area for presence of any lump because armpits are considered as a home for lumps to develop. You should be sure that no area is left unexamined because a minute ignorance can cause a serious harm to you. Put pressures of different levels on breasts with fingers to feel even the tissues close to chest wall.

After feeling your breasts next important step is to examine your breasts in mirror. You have to look that what is normal shape and size of your breasts. You have to be extra conscious regarding texture of breasts skin. After this you need to see your nipples and areolas for their texture and direction. By performing these simple steps you feel indeed very happy and satisfied about your breasts, so to keep this happiness and satisfaction always with you, be punctual in breast examination.