Help!

Since the start of my pregnancy (June 2025) my one nipple has been cracking, developing tiny white blisters, scabbing over, weeping, sticking to my bra, bleeding, burning and itching! It’s also peeling constantly if it’s not doing any of the above. I’ve had 3 lots of antibiotics, every type of cream you can think of, antiseptic wash for surgical patients and been seen my multiple GPs and breast specialists. They keep telling me it’s hormonal and will go away on its own but I’m now 10 weeks PP and it’s still not getting better. Does anyone know what this could be and what I can do to make it better?? Desperate

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I had this year's ago and got given cream which helped it came back a couple times which I didn't use cream apart from the first time and it went away on it's own not had it since this was before I had kids so might be different for you but they told me I had eczema of the nipple x

Have you tried jelonet gauzes these are the only thing that helped heal my cracks so really recommend

Have you tried the silver cups? You squeeze a little milk in and cover your nipples with the cup. Wear them in between feeds and silver has natural healing properties and will also stop them sticking to your bra. These fixed all my pain/cracking and I wore them religiously for the first 4 weeks, I'm 7 weeks pp now and havent needed to use them for a week or so, now I'll just use them if issues arise again

Oh sorry I didn't realise, I still think the cups could help, they're not necessarily for breastfeeding x

Sounds like eczema of the nipple. Have you tried some antifungal steroid cream in it?
It may stop and return after some time. It's probably triggered by hormones.

I’ve been having the same issues and got told I have eczema on my nipples with one being worse than the other.
I’ve been prescribed a cream and a soap. I can’t say if they work yet as I only got them yesterday.

I found though if I soak my boobs in warm water (washing up bowl etc) the fabric comes away much more nicely and helps the sting than just pulling the fabric off if you haven’t already tried that.

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