any unusual or painful lumps should always be checked out. at your age it is unlikely to be anything more serious than a cyst. it may not even be a cyst at all. you are at the age where your breasts are still growing so they might just be tender, and the breast tissue slightly irregular.

i have really really lumpy boobs. they're just naturally that way. you know those leaflets you get that encourage breast self-exams by feeling the boobs for lumps? well i did that years ago and all i could find was lumps lol. i didnt understand how i was meant to look for a lump in a bag full of lumps. i went to the doctor and was examined and told i just had lumpy boobs and that's the way i am. my mum is the same.

but anyway. you should get it checked out since you don't know yet whether it is normal for you. and especially since it is giving you a lot of pain when you touch it. yes i would definately get a doctor to check it out.

When I reached puberty at 15 I had exactly the same!

Just behind the nipple was a hard, circular area which was very tender to the touch. If I pressed my chest against something by mistake the pain was terrible. This lasted about nine months but eventually subsided. My cousin (male) who is the same age as me had exactly the same condition - panic not!!

i only just realised you are a male. sorry about the confusion

Ha,ha, that's okay =]

And Mr Tibbs, thank you alot too, saved me alot of hassle.

I also had this when I was about your age. Went to the doctor, he told me excess breast tissue during puberty is completely normal.

same!!!!! right at that age too. some kid gave me a breast twister a couple days before and i thought it was because of that lol. but no, its like testosterone build up or something. completely normal.

Gah!! medical question. I hated this time of puberty. yeah its normal. And usually it happens on both nipples. Trust me. It will hurt for awhile, so you'll feel like a girl with no boobs that when you get hit there you can be like. "OW MY MOOB health forum!".. Ha no im not gay.

just a stage in puberty i had it at 12

I had that when my boobs just started growing and stuff. My friend went to a doctor bak in Ukraine and she had the same thing, this guy was an fool, he told her they have to cut it out, and so they did...... After that she started having like problems and stuff and like a year later it turned into cancer....so shes still fighting it.
Its normal it willl go away, dont worry.

I had the same thing when i was around your age.. but i had it behind both nipples.. it went away in under a year.

this is normal if is painful take some painkiller and a warm wet towel will help.those goes away with time, if they don't you need to see your doctor if you are smoking pot the pot may create an unbalance with your hormones and create this. but because your age I think is normal if you see blood or milk comming out your niple you need to see your doctor right away..