I have heard that it can take up to 2 months to heal fully. One mother I helped recently was into her "6th week of waiting." Supposedly, because the environment is constantly wet, it takes longer to "seal" although breastmilk keeps it relatively safe against infection. Nicole Bernshaw *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html