23/10/2025
Breast Self-Exam
Doing breast self exams at home is a good way to familiarize yourself with your breast so you can notice changes.💗
Visual Examination 💗
This involves looking at your breast in a mirror with your shirt and bra off here are the steps:
1. Put your arms down by your side look for any changes and breast shape, swelling diming in your skin or position of your ni***es 
2. Raise your arms high above your head and look for the same changes
3. Put your hands on your hips and squeeze your chest muscle so that they’re flexed look for the same changes again.
Standing breast self-exam 💗
Many people perform a standing self-exam while in the shower. This is how you do a breast self-exam standing up:
1. Remove your shirt and bra.
2. Use your right hand to examine your left breast, then vice versa.
3. With the pads of your three middle fingers, press on every part of one breast.
Use light pressure, then medium and then firm. Feel for any lumps, thick spots or other changes.
4. Move in a circular pattern so you cover every area of your breast.
5. Press the tissue nearest your armpit. Be sure to check under your ar**la and squeeze your ni**le to check for discharge.
6. Repeat the steps on the other side.
Ref. Cleaveland Clinic
