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Blood stains on bra?

Female, 23. I found blood stains (brownish), there is a little red circle on my skin, that is surrounded by darker skin and is painful if touched, but that has been there for many months. There are no lumps. It hurts like a cut would and the red part glistens.

Is that spot normal? Is it also normal to last for months?

Also, if it is actual discharge, what does it mean?
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If it's been there for many months, go see your doctor. It sounds like an infected lesion of some kind, but you would expect it to clear up unless there is some underlying reason it keeps getting re-irritated. (I assume you wash your bra regularly, and it would not be contributing by adding bacteria to the broken skin.)  

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I have been to 4 antibiotics the past couple months for other reasons, though. An infection wouldn't reslly make sense to still exist after all that, right? Thanks so much for your reply!
Yeah, it is the wound, it is still bleeding now.
If a person has a lesion caused by a specific kind of bacteria, usually the doctor prescribes an antibiotic appropriate to address that kind of bacteria. (Even if you get the right antibiotic it can sometimes take a longer treatment time than normal.) Also, your lesion might not be primarily bacterial, it might be from something else and just have infection coming as a side issue. You need a doctor to look at it.

Since this has been going on a long time, it's clearly not going away without appropriate treatment. See your doc and get diagnosed, for the treatment to be appropriate to the problem.
(And by "something else," I don't necessarily mean something scary, just something stubborn. I'm thinking of fungus, mastitis, dermatitis ... ask your doctor; it's just not possible to guess.)
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