[ShelaVenna]

I finally managed to take some half decent photos of the horrible skin texture change I got from pumping. They’re not very clear, but it should still be obvious why I freaked out and stopped pumping. I’ve read a whole lot of noogling threads over the years, like an embarrassingly massive amount of threads, and I’ve never heard of this happening to anyone else. This problem seems to be unique to me, so don’t let it put you off.

Just to recap, my pores swell up like goose bumps when I pump. That’s normal for me, and when I was younger, the swollen pores always went back down in an hour or two, so I didn’t think it was a big deal, now it seems like my pores are forming scar tissue in response to the swelling. From a distance, it doesn’t look that bad. It looks a bit like a mild rash, but I’m afraid it will get worse if I keep pumping. It’s been 5 days since I last pumped and the bumpy pores have gotten a little smaller, but not by much.

These are photos of the area right above my nipple. The rest of my breast is also bumpy but it’s not as bad as this area. Looking at these close up photos, I think I might also see tiny baby stretch marks starting to form, but they’re not visible in real life. I’m having second thoughts about ever pumping again. I’m just not sure how i can prevent this from happening. I’ll be very disappointed if I can’t keep pumping.

I’m still using retinol, vitamin C, aha, and bha on my breasts to increase and improve my skin collagen and elastin. This regimen didn’t prevent this from happening, but maybe it could have if I had prepared my skin for months before starting. I know this must have something to do with age related changes in skin collagen, because the pores swelled but didn’t scar when I was younger. Even so, there are lots of older, even elderly, people who pump on the noogleberry forum and on here, and I have never seen anything like this in all my years perusing the threads. So something unique must be happening in my case.