Dimples.

[Marzy]

 Month long lurker, first time poster. I’m 23, with a family history of bc on my dad’s side my grandma had it twice. I was having some odd breast pain last year, had a clinical exam and was suggested I get a mammogram but never did…

 

I’ve been having an odd ache in my right breast for more then two weeks so I checked and found 3 smallish dimples under my right breast and the nipple is looking a tad bit odd as well it looks like another dimple underneath it. I had new doctor do a clinical exam, he found nothing suspicious but sent me in for an Ultrasound. Ultrasound came back normal, but the doctor never examined my dimpling nor told me any reasons why I would have them in the first place. I had asked him to call me with the results even if normal and he never did, I had to call him to find out. Is this the norm with doctors?

I decided to get a second opinion with a breast specialist despite the ultrasound coming back normal, I really want to know why I would have dimples, when the other breast is looking/feeling just fine. 

I wanted to put this out there, maybe this has happened to someone here before, or maybe you’ve had dimples that turned out to be just random dimpling. 

 

Thank you! 

[ann-m]

Hi Marzy,
Yes, certainly get a second opinion, sometimes professionals don’t communicate well & you need to feel it’s been taken seriously.
From what I’ve seen, most bc is not genetic & it’s not unusual for another family member to have had it, especially in older women & it is one of the most common cancers anyway.
It’s good nothing was seen in ultrasound, so it would be extremely unlikely there’s a problem, but it would just help you to put it away if you could feel more reassured on that.
ann x