Woman's Breasts Need A Break Too!

As I was browsing the online store to buy myself a couple of new bras, I stumbled upon news saying research has found that bras do nothing to help support a woman's breasts and could even be doing damage,

"Our first results confirm the hypothesis that the bra is a false need," Rouillon told France Info. "Medically, physiologically, anatomically, the breast does not benefit from being deprived of gravity. Instead, it languishes with a bra."

The 15-year study involved 330 volunteers between the ages 18 and 35. Researchers measured their breasts using a slide ruler and a caliper and recorded any changes throughout the study period.

When I read this, I feel relieved with the result of study because truthfully, I don't like to wear bra when I'm staying at home for all day long. I only wear bra when I leave the house or there's a guest coming to our place. Most of the time that I spend at home, I go braless because I really think it's unnecessary to wear bra at home. Some of my friends would commented saying my breast will sag faster if I don't wear bra but here is what the researcher has found;

Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon, a sports medicine specialist from Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon in Besancon, France, published a study that shows that wearing bras may not prevent women's breasts from sagging, and may in fact increase it.

Women who did not wear bras had a 7 millimeter lift as measured from their nipples each year. Their breasts were also firmer, and their stretch marks faded. 

The researchers believed that wearing bras prevented the growth of breast tissue, which lead to deterioration of the muscles that support the breasts. If you don't wear a bra, the muscles are worked-out more, the findings suggest.

Overall, he found that women who did not use bras benefited in the long term, developing more muscle tissue to provide natural support. As France’s The Local notes, Rouillon also noticed that nipples gained a higher lift, in relation to the shoulders, on women who went braless. When bras are worn, the restrictive material prevents such tissue from growing, which may actually accelerate sagging, the study concluded.

To confirm this, I looked up more about premature breast sagging and ran some test on my breasts to see whether they're sagging or not. Therefore to answer the questions, I ran the following tests:

THE PENCIL TEST
Place a pencil under the breast under-fold and if your breasts hold the pencil, then you have sagging.
My result: Negative. The pencil fell down.

THE BRA TEST
Do you need a bra to keep your breasts up on your chest?
My answer: Nope.
Do your breasts fall when you remove your bra?
My answer: Nope. In fact, they stayed in the same shape even after I removed the bra.
My result: Negative.

The reason why my friend made such comment because she thought that my breasts are not blossom enough. Little did she know, I've stopped wearing underwire and push-up bra since two years ago and women have different breast shapes. Just because your breast is not fuller enough, doesn't mean it's sagging.

Different shapes of women's breasts

Sagging breasts means the nipples are pointing downward but mine are absolutely not. My breasts tissue also seems to be placed perfectly. 

Since I've hit puberty and developed mature breasts shape in my late teens, I don't wear bra religiously at home and now I am turning 26 years old and to me, at least in retrospect, I don't develop premature breast sagging due to my braless habit.

However ladies, breast sagging is a natural process that happens with age where the breasts lose their suppleness and elasticity. Like all the tissue in our body, they’re made up of collagen and elastin, which break down as we age. If you're married and have children, and your breasts started to sag, it's normal because enlargement of the breasts during pregnancy, followed by their deflation after the end of breast feeding, stretches the Cooper’s Ligaments which reducing fibrous tissue, breast volume and leading to sagging. But if you're unmarried and never got pregnant but your breasts begin to droop, it's a sign of premature breast sagging. Fret not, there are remedies for breast lifts. 

WHY I STOPPED WEARING UNDERWIRE BRA

Two years ago, the introduction of Genie Bra caught my attention. It looks like a women sports bra. Genie Bra has no seams, wires, hooks or adjusting straps. It is made from nylon; its stretchable soft fabric provides a comfortable wear. 

It fits well and with it having no adjusting straps, I never have the inconvenience of the straps slipping off my shoulders. Each bra comes with removable pads which can be slipped in the specially designed insert pockets to provide extra lift and coverage support, to enhance shape and for perkier look.

Most importantly, I don't have to deal with the normal bra's underwire's poking out since Genie Bra is wireless. The support is adequate and it doesn't push my breasts up as a push-up bra which I really love because I don't like to draw men's attention to my bust. 

Knitted wide support band conceals back fats and bulges

But, let me just be honest. The reason why I'm switching from underwire bra because Genie Bra is machine washable and never loses its shape! I repeat, NEVER! I had enough dealing with the poking through wire, loose strap and distorted cup shape of underwire bra. I've been wearing Genie Bra for almost two years and it still fits me perfectly although it's getting worn out. 

Genie Bra is not the prettiest and sexiest lingerie but rather adequate for their practicality, moderate support and comfort.