Ok so my friend mentioned this a long time ago but he got lumps on his nipples and now im getting them and the hurt constantly. He went to the docter and the docter said its nothign bad they will go away in a year. I was wondering dose eveyone get thme and if so what can i do to num the pain?
We're told in biology class that men produce adrogens (like testosterone) and women produce estrogens (like estradiol) and that during the teenage years, these are the hormones that are responsible for puberty. What they usually don't mention is that all humans produce both male and female hormones. It's just that men produce more testosterone than estrogens. Women produce more estrodiol than adrogens. The swelling and tenderness of the nipples is caused by the estrogens that your body has begun to produce. The swelling tends to be a little more pronounced between 12 and 16. It can be pronounced enough to produce a lump that is visible through a T-shirt. Normally, the swelling and tenderness peaks after about a year. It will go through short cycles where it goes away and comes back periodically until you're about 16 although it can last as long into the early twenties in rare cases. There's really not a treatment for it. Since the estrogen is needed for normal hormonal function (it's what makes the hair on your head nice and thick during puberty, for example), we can't really remove the estrogens that cause the tenderness. If the swelling persists after your teen years, then you may want to revisit the issue with your doctor at that time.
