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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hi, i'm 16 and i've noticed that my breasts sag more than other 16 year olds i know. i wondering if there was something i could do. Plunge bra's help give me a better cleavage, and my corsets really boost up my bust, but i sometimes get self-concious when i'm nude in front of my boyfriend, as i think my sagging breasts are noticeable. i'd like firmer gravity defying breasts but i can't find a non-surgical sollution! help!!
Im 17 and my boobs are sagging. I hate it becuase all my friends can wear tops with no bras and i cant. Im a 38DD and i actually want them smaller or lifted becuase i cant stand them. Theyve even got stretch marks and to make it worse, ive even got large nipples and one breast starts slightly higher up than the other. What can i do?
Hiya, Im 26 and im a 32D my left breast looks fine in a bra, nice and plump but my right breast looks a bit deflated and not firm at all in the bra, when im not waring a bra the right side slopes down more than the left? is there anything i can do without surgery, maybe an exsercise to lift it up a bit? Thanks
Hi, I'm 20 years old and i recently found out i had something called "tubular breast syndrome" i am a small a/b cup, my boobs sag, my nipples are puffy and there is no definition or volume on the underside of my breasts. It is currently causing tension between me and my boyfriend in our sex life. hes never seen them and i wont let him i hide myself and i don't feel comfortable, this is then making him feel uncomfortable. i have no idea what to do, I am aware that this is something which would most likely have to be corrected by surgery. but how and who does it? is it cosmetic as it is a deformity, and what do you do if you can not afford surgery? someone please help me in coming to some kind of resolution to this problem, its something that has made me depressed for a long time. thanks x
Im 15 an pregnant My boobs are a 34E and after reading everything on here im scared there going to go really small after the pregnancy .
im 14 and my breasts are starting to sag,i am 36dd and ive been wearing thw right bras and they are still sagging,its depressing because all my friends arent sagging and mine are and i dont know what to do .
i am 27 with two children i had 34c pert bust before havin the kids i am now in a a cup it is so embarrsing and i now stuggle with my self esteem i look flat chested and hate it so much plz help is there anyway i can get my boobs back without surgery as i can not afford it x
Hello, i am 27 years old and i dont have kids yet. I wear 34E bra. I am not confident cos my boobs are saggy. What can i do to lift them? Any exercises to lift them? HELP!!!
hi iam 24 years old,i have four children…and thats why i need help as every time iv had a child my boobs has just gone please help, as iam so enbarist of my body and i need a breast enlargement.that would be the anser to all my problems.
I am a 24 female and have had 2 children..
the problem is that i am a 'a cup and have quite saggy breasts, and do not fill in to the a cups prop and with gaining weight during the pregnancys..i have lost now my weight and along with the breast feeding i think helped my natural 'c cups (which went to d when pregnant)...to an a!..to which i wear but do not fill in..i feel low in body confidence as it is and i am also riddled with stretchmarks, to which i have come to terms with just,after loosing the weight it though would help but i am still stuck with this problem..is there any means of advice,or support?
,as would be much appreciated.
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