weird red/pink mark on my breast

im 14 female & today i noticed a really strange pink/red mark or almost rash near my nip & im very concerned since ive never ever had anything like this ,im not close with my mum at all either so it isn't like i can go and ask her & my dad would be clueless for obvious reason but i am very worried about it & im praying it's nothing serious but the breast that it's appeared on is a bit disfigured which makes me even more worried ,could anyone tell me what this could possibly be?

  • Hello and thank you for your post.   

    I am sorry but no one here can tell you exactly what is the matter, if anything is. However, it is very, very unlikely that you have breast cancer. This is because, looking at the statistics about the age women develop breast cancer, no one was diagnosed at your age. I hope this is reassuring to read.

    It might be a good idea to see how this goes, try not to touch it and perhaps moisturise it with a-non perfumed cream to see how it goes. If after a couple of weeks it is not getting better then you can make a GP appointment to talk about it. 

    I realise that it can be difficult to talk with parents about some things so I hope that if this is really worrying you that you do think about going to talk it through with either your mum or dad.

    Also please try not to google your symptoms as this cannot tell what is the matter and will worry you.

    Another charity called Breast Cancer Now has information for teenagers about their breasts that you hopefully will find reassuring to read, click here   to see it.

    I hope you will be okay.

    Take care,

    Caroline