This is from Becky Ahrendsen RN IBCLC who is using husband Jon's LACTNET.

One pregnant mom I recently talked to thought she had inverted nipples and wanted to know how to prepare to BF.  Privately, I asked to see them. They stood out from the areola nicely, but her main concern was something that looked like earwax on the ends of them.  Apparently they do invert a bit at the very tip where this substance accumulates.  This occurred even before she was pregnant. She said her previous Dr. told her to scrape it off.  I asked if it hurt to do that, and she said, yes, it made them sore.  When I talked to her current Dr., she had not looked at this mom's nipples and the substance on the end of them.
Any experience with this?

Becky Ahrendsen RN IBCLC
Clarion, Iowa USA