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How To: Self Breast Exam with Dr. Jenn Simmons

Name: How To: Self Breast Exam with Dr. Jenn Simmons
Uploaded: 2025-05-12T15:57:00+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Jenn Simmons, MD
Description: Short instructional video in which Dr. Jenn Simmons (MD) demonstrates and explains how to perform a self-breast exam: recommends timing (day 7 of…

12 May 2025 · 1 min

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Short instructional video in which Dr. Jenn Simmons (MD) demonstrates and explains how to perform a self-breast exam: recommends timing (day 7 of menstrual cycle or first of the month for postmenopausal), using lubricant (powder, oil, lotion) to reduce friction, lying down with arm raised, using fingertips to palpate in a radial pattern, and contacting a doctor if a lump is felt.

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Because I don't believe in mammograms. People ask me all the time what to do about screening. While you wait for QT imaging to come to a town near you, I think you should learn how to do a proper breast examination. When we get to know our breasts, we can recognize when there's been a change. The best time to examine your breast is day seven of your cycle. So one week after you started your cycle, or if you're postmenopausal, the first of the month after that, you're going to make sure that you take friction out of the picture. So use either powder or oil or hand lotion or something that's going to allow your hand to glide over the breast.
Then, while lying down, raise your arm up over your head and using your fingertips, which are the most sensitive part of your hand, you're going to go around your breast in a radial fashion. And if you feel something, it will feel like a bump in the road.
If you find something, that's when you should reach out to your doctor and have it evaluated. So ladies, let's remember to feel them on the first.