I have seen many cases of severe nipple damage, including cases where it looked like most of the nipple had been destroyed. What I am always impressed by is how quickly and completely these nipples heal when the latch is improved and if infection is prevented. I find that mothers are sometimes panicked when their nipples look so bad (and hurt so much!) and think they have permanently destroyed them in some way, and they feel much better when I am able to calmly reassure them that I have seen other nipples that bad or worse and that they generally heal quite quickly and look normal afterwards. Teresa Pitman Guelph, Ontario *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html