I've known of several women with areolar and/or nipple eczema who BF. It was
sometimes more severe/symptomatic than at other times during the lactation
period - varied from mom to mom. At least one found a purified lanolin more
helpful than a steroid cream, but others found the opposite.

Here's at least one article on it...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15129318?dopt=Abstract


Karen Gromada
www.karengromada.com/

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