The small white powder particles extruded from the nipple may be caused by milk scale, fat particles, hair follicle clogging and other reasons.
1. Milk scale: women in the late breastfeeding due to excessive milk secretion, may be accompanied by lactation reaction, even if you do not have to squeeze the nipple, the milk hole will automatically secrete milk, milk will dry around the hole in the formation of white granular milk scale.
2. Fatty particles: during breastfeeding period, the mother due to a large number of tonic, intake of fatty foods, or often let the baby sleep with the nipple at night, it may cause the blockage of the milk holes mammary ducts out of the milk is not smooth, resulting in the occurrence of fat particles, the patient’s nipples will have white powder particles.
3. Hair follicle blockage: during breastfeeding prolactin secretion, excessive milk secretion, nipple long-term in a moist environment, may cause sebum secretion discharge is not smooth, there will be white particles on the breast, mainly related to hair follicle blockage.
The white granules extruded from the nipple may also be due to other reasons such as nipple overflow, when the above situation occurs, you can consult a doctor to improve the examination, to clarify the cause of the problem, and then follow the doctor’s instructions to choose the appropriate way of treatment.