>I don't know if this will help, but..... I had a mother who also had a >recurrent white dot on her nipple. She also often got red and streaky on >that quadrant, and had mastitis a couple of times. One time I had a white spot on my own lactating nipple. It was extremely painful. Hot soaks helped immensely. Kathleen ********************************************************************* Kathleen B. Bruce RN, BSN, IBCLC (email = [log in to unmask]) "All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Schoepenhouer **********************************************************************