Teenage breast bumps

Here's an overview of the major physical changes girls can expect as they go through puberty:. Girls usually begin puberty between the ages of 8 and 13 years old. The earliest sign of puberty in most girls is the development of breast "buds," nickel-sized bumps under the nipple.

Increases and decreases in female hormones, like estrogen and progesterone, may make your breasts tender. They can also cause you to feel thickening, and even some lumps and bumps in your breasts as your period comes and goes each month. Could those lumps and bumps be cancer? Most breast lumps in teenage girls are fibroadenomas.

There is no perfect shape or size for breasts. Normal breasts can be large or small, smooth or lumpy, and light or dark. Your breasts start growing when you begin puberty.

Breast lumps in both men and women raise concern for breast cancereven though most lumps are not cancer. Less than one-fourth of all breast lumps are found to be cancerous, but benign breast disease can be difficult to distinguish from cancer. Consequently, all breast lumps should be checked by a health care professional.

Gynecomastia is a condition in which men have enlarged breasts. Both boys and men can have the condition. It can occur in newborns as well.

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Greene, my year-old son has a sore lump directly under his nipple. Could this be puberty related? This lump is tiny and hard and underneath the skin of the nipple.