LOOK
- Undress to the waist and with your hands by your sides look carefully at your breasts in a mirror.
- Turning from side to side, look at one breast, then the other and also look at the under surface of each breast.
- Now raise you hands above your head. Look for changes in the size or shape of each breast in turn.
- Finally place you hands on your hips and press firmly inward, so that the muscles beneath your breast tighten.
- Once again look at one breast and then the other.
EXAMINE
You have probably noticed that your breasts change during your monthly cycle. With regular breast examination you will be able to distinguish normal changes in your breast from anything unusual.
HOW TO FEEL YOUR BREASTS
- Using soapy fingers in the bath or shower is often the easiest way to examine your breasts.
- Some women find it easier to examine their breasts lying down and others prefer sitting up.
- Just do it the same way each time.
- Use the pads of your fingers of one hand (not your fingertips) to examine your breast.
- Begin at the nipple and work in spiral movement outwards using firm, gentle pressure to cover the whole of the breast feeling right into the armpit.
- Do not squeeze or prod your breast.
- Do this first with your arm by you side and repeat with your arm raised and placed behind you head.
- By doing regular breast examination it will become easier to detect any unusual changes.