Painful areola from sucking with a breast pump can be relieved by applying hot towels to the breasts, which can effectively relieve breast and areola pain and also help unclog the mammary glands. Pain in the areola from sucking with a breast pump may be mainly caused by broken capillaries and is related to the woman’s own way of attraction. It is recommended that women can also use hot towels to warm their breasts for 20-30 minutes before using a breast pump and then massage them. The negative pressure of the breast pump should not be too great to reduce the damage to the breasts from the pump, and women can use the pump to suck out the excess milk if it is not convenient for them to breastfeed at ordinary times.