Do Bras Really Help Breasts?

This is a topic outside of what I usually talk about, but it's related to health with respect to women, so I wanted to share the info for those who can gain value from it.

"Medically, physiologically, anatomically - breasts gain no benefit from being denied gravity. On the contrary, they get saggier with a bra."

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That's the claim made by Jean-Denis Rouillon, a French Professor with a background in sports medicine. But these conclusions are preliminary and unpublished. They are also only conducted on your women. The effect of bras on older women might be different.

A ruler and caliper were used to measure changes in breast features of over 300 women over 15 years. Women ranged between 18 and 35 years old. The conclusion he came to was that women who never wore bras had a nipple height that was 7mm closer to their shoulders per year of non-wear compared to those who did wear bras.

He said that older women who have had children should not abandon their bras yet.

One women whole-heartedly agrees with Rouillon's conclusions, saying:

"There are multiple benefits (to being without a bra): I breathe more easily, I carry myself better, and I have less back pain."

Instead of bras helping to conserve the shape of breasts and prevent sagging, they might do the opposite.

For the data to be more representative of a population, there would need to be 300,000 participant sin the study, rather than the current 320 young women. But so far the data suggests young women who stop wearing bras will not have a deterioration in the orientation of their breasts, and also an improvement in the orientation of their breasts.

A former CEO of a bra maker contradicts these conclusions, saying:

"We have no evidence that wearing a bra could prevent sagging, because the breast itself is not muscle, so keeping it toned up is an impossibility.... There's no permanent effect on the breast from wearing a particular bra. The bra will give you the shape the bra's been designed to give while you're wearing it."

What is known for sure though, is that buying the improperly fitting bra can cause breast pain and discomfort.

"There's a social stigma about certain sizes; many women don't want to be seen as too small or too big and buy a bra that doesn't fit well in order to be what they consider to be a normal size."

Ligaments can be stretched beyond repair, causing breast damage that increases as the improper bra continues to be worn in life. Many women keep buying the same bras, and won't look at other types, possibly due to ignorance or embarrassment.

It might just be that many women have bad bra fits, and struggle to find the perfectly fitting bra. Wearing no bra alleviates the discomfort of back pain, chest compression, difficulty breathing and breast pain for many. Given that breasts come in all shapes and sizes, it might be too demanding for a manufacturers to create a perfect fitted bra for each woman. It may be that no bra is better than a bra, or it might be that a perfect fitting bra is the best.

I tried to find more research since 2013 about more conclusive evidence for bras, but I couldn't. It doesn't seem to be that much of an important field of research. I wanted to talk about this because it's interesting and affects the health, well-being and image of many women. I hope it's been as informative for you as it was for me.

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References:
https://returntonow.net/2018/03/29/bras-make-breasts-sag-15-year-studies-conclude/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/french-study-suggests-younger-women-should-stop-wearing-bras/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/259073.php
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/watch-your-words-french-bra-study.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-bras/french-scientist-bemused-by-buzz-over-bra-research-idUSBRE93B0Y020130412
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/116240.php

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