How to do breast self-examination?

1.  Stand in front of a mirror, raise your arms and observe your breasts.

2.  Then, put both hands on your hips to engage the chest muscles, look for puckering, dimpling, or changes in size, shape or symmetry.

3.  In the shower or while lying down, put your right hand behind your head, examine your right breast with pads of your left hand, using your index, middle and ring fingers. Starting from the edge of the breast and move your fingers toward the nipple in circular motion; apply enough pressures to feel the different layers of breast tissue thoroughly. Squeeze the nipple to observe for any discharge.

Then, repeat the steps on the left breast.

4.  Women aged 20 or above should perform breast self-examination once a month between Day 7 to Day 10 of the menstrual cycle. For menopausal women, they should perform breast self-examination on the same day every month.

Please seek medical advice if you notice:

Any change in the size, shape and symmetry of your breasts.

Discharge from a nipple, nipple rash or change in shape.

Lump, lumpiness or thickening; changes in the skin e.g. puckering, dimpling or rash; new and persistent discomfort or pain in the breasts or armpit, in particular occurring in only one breast after menstrual cycle.

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