Conditions
Sagging Breasts
For many years women have believed that breast-feeding their ‘bundle of joy’ has cruelly robbed them of their once buoyant breasts. One second they’re there – in all their full, gravity-defying glory – and then after much suckling and several disarming toothless smiles, they’re gone! However, myth-busting US scientists have revealed that, while ageing, smoking, and getting pregnant in the first place, can lead to sagging breasts (or breast ptosis), nine months of breastfeeding a baby will not add to the droop. Smoking breaks down a protein in the skin called elastin, which makes skin look young and supports the breast, and pregnancy has negative effects that increase with each child. Even jogging or exercising without a proper sports bra can lead to sagging, with the uncontrolled movement of the breasts straining fragile tissues and ligaments. But whatever the reason for the things heading south, operations such as a mastopexy (breast uplift) can put some bounce back in your life – but always seek advice from your GP.
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hiya am 25 and i have saggy breasts. I've have 3 kids i need help to get my body back. I've no self concious about my body just get my down. when i look at my self with nuffing on. I've been with my man sins i was 16 and iam still keep my bra on even don't take it off at bed time. i would like my 34c back am a 32A pleace help xx :(
hey after having mylindsey breasts have just dropped massively , i always was big busted but now they just upset me and depress me when i look at myself in the mirror . I also have a lump under my right armpit almost like a extra bit of breast , can be sore at times . I cant stand them anymore and i cant bare to strip down in front of the other half anymore . Please help me . Even some advise as to What i could do . I have been to see someone regards up lift but just cant afford it at all . X
Hi there I've just been diganosed with emdrmosis with this condition my hormones gain weight on me and now I have ended up with saggy breasts were one is bigger then the other and one lops to the side more also my belly has gone saggy and one my hips is a lot bigger and different shape then the other under my breats and belly were its saggy I sweat and end up with little spots,,I've been given hormone tablet but nothing is working and I still get the pains in my ovarys were I had a cyst,please please can someone help me I'm 21 5ft 1 and over weight because of my condition I need help it gets me down so much
i get a fizzing feeling in my breast,and as there is breast cancer in my family i am concerned,can you help . i have had a mammogram which was normal, and i check myself regularly, but i still worry. has anybody else had this weird feeling.
I’m 26 years old and since going through puberty my breast developed low and sagging the went from a A cup to a DD cup in about 6 month. I was referred for surgery 3 times but different things got in the way since then I have had 2 children which I breast fed and I have lost 2 and a half stone I'm now a A-B cup and all I can describe my breast as flaps of disgusting skin. I have been referred for surgery again and gone through all the process first funding was declined so I have appealed and its been declined again on the ground of not being a special case. My Pals officer says I need to research and show them it is but other then seeing what a mess my breast are what can I do!!
Hello, I am 17 and I am a B cup. I have a boob slighter bigger than the other, and on the other boob the nipple is big and points downwards and it sags a bit. I want bigger boobs and don't want them to sag.. I'm very concious of my boobs especially around my boyfriend.. Can you help me please?
Hi , am 16 and am very self concious of my body I have really small boobs and I won't even let my mum come in my room whilst am getting changed I can't go for spray tans because am scared people will laugh at me all my mates have boobs and are always rubbing it in and taking the mick I have to wear long sleaved tops and can't wear vest tops or anything .. I don't want to go to the doctors because I feel stupid .. When I sleep with my boyfriend I still have my bra and top on he trys to touch me but I don't let him please help me
Hi, I'm 19 and have 36 DD boobs, since having my son I went up to a 38 G. And since my boobs have come back down to a DD they are really sagging, when I lie down in bed they totally droop to the sides, not only do they droop but there is so much excess skin on them, when I where a bra all the excess skin crinkled up, it has already put a strain on my relationship because I won't be naked in front of him anymore. The same has happened with my stomach due to having an emergency C-section. I exercise & exercise but it sags, have lost all my baby weight but it still sags and I have some excess skin, is there anything I can do about this? I really want surgery but can't afford it. Its really making me feel depressed now, I have no self confidence what so ever x
I am 18 years old and I have always had very saggy breasts. Not only is it uncomfortable but I get upset every time I look at them. They are triangular and the areolas are very big. Recently I have lost 6-7 kilos and I went from a cup C size to a B. Is there anything I can do such as exercises to make my breasts less saggy? Is there a chance that they will become more full or am I too old now for them to grow?
I'm 18, and have very saggy breasts, when I started school in year 7 I was bullied about the size of them. My doctor advised me to lose weight (I weighed 15 stone when I started school) and lost 7 stone, but from losing all that weight my boobs became droopy and saggy. I was then bullied throughout school for that. I'm so uncomfortable in my body. I'm a C cup now and my nipples point to floor, I feel like I have an 80 year old womans breasts, not the breasts of an 18 year old. I WANT AND NEED SURGERY!!
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