[PoisonIvy]

Hey, the nipple on my smaller breast is definitely a swelling hog, as well haha. Nipples or areolas in general tend to be puffy when you have small tubular breasts, so what I do is I put a soft ball inside the dome and then pump to kind of push the fat/swelling back into the breast, so the outer sides of the breast can grow. I am sick of the ball just falling around inside the dome sometimes and never really end up sitting where I want it to. Someone else on this forum uses toilet paper rolls as a nipple stopper, she cuts them down as much as she needs to and then puts something on top of it (where the hole is) so the nipple won't have a chance to expand any further from that point on. Yoghurt containers sound like a good idea, as well, depending on the size of course.

Glad to hear it is going so well for you and I will definitely let you know if I am having success with my method :-)

I like how heavy my small breast feels after pumping sometimes!

Oo I'd love to look into different methods than. Let me know if you find a good method for covering the nipples because I'm looking for a better method. I don't think my taping method is the best, but it feels better than doing nothing. I think my breasts are slightly tuberous, but they are still so small I feel like it's hard to tell what shape it would be if they were bigger especially since my smaller one seems underdeveloped. 

Today marks 1 week of pumping for me. Still no swelling that lasts throughout the day or growth but I didn't expect it right now, especially with how gentle I had to go at the beginning. The good news is my skin is getting use to it though so I've been able to steadily ramp things up. I seem to be doing a pump and release 10:2 method now which seems to be working well for me and I think I'll keep that long term. I've also been able to ramp up the pressure a bit, not by much. It's probably unrealistic and overambitious but I'm hoping there's something that lasts throughout the day by the 1 month mark, especially since by next week I will be doing 21 hours a week which it would be nice to get some kind of positive feedback that it's working.

I will. I am hoping to undo the puffiness of my nipple a bit by placing the small kangzhu cups around it. Basically, I want them to suck the fat out of the middle from several sides so as to stretch it. Not sure if this makes sense, to me it does :-) 
I have never been able to do the pump and release method with the soft ball inside the dome, as it wouldn't have stayed in place. After having used up my next toilet paper roll, I am going to this. I've had it in mind for a while, but had gotten used to the ball and always wanted to do it "some day". I think it's time. Especially since with the ball, I need to bend over for it to stay in place (my nipple is closer to the end of the dome that way so it can hold the ball in place while I am pumping. I heard it's good to lay on your back when you pump if you have tubular breasts, cause that way suction will be even, whereas when you bend over, all of the fat goes towards your nipple and it's harder to achieve a round rather than a long shape.

Good to hear your skin is getting to used to it. As far as seeing the first long-term results go, I heard you need to pump for 200 hours to start seeing a difference. Not sure if there is scientific proof for that or if someone made that up and others started spreading it around. Like me now :-)

Oo that would be nice if at the rate I'm going I started seeing results in about 9 weeks. I pump laying down too. I didn't know it was better for tubular breasts that way though.  Good luck!!!