Hi - the article "Revisiting Nipple and Breast Pain: A Conversation With Anne Eglash, MD" is really interesting and discusses a biofilm / crust may give you some ideas. It is in Clinical Lactation, Volume 6, Number 3, 2015, pp. 124-128(5).
Ellen
Ellen Rubin, MA, IBCLC, LLLL
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