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Bras aren't medical items, they're more likely to have a detrimental effect than a positive one, epecially if they're ill-fitting.
"There is no medical reason to wear a bra. ... The decision is yours, based on your own personal comfort and aesthetics. And even though, as little girls, we were told that bras save us from hanging breasts, ... whether you have always worn a bra or always gone bra-less, age and breastfeeding will naturally cause your breasts to sag." - Dr. Niels Lauersen
"Breasts were fine before the invention of the brassiere. ... This is similar to the myth that women supposedly need corsets to support their stomach muscles...wearing a bra...has no medical necessity whatsoever. ... Except for the women who find bras especially comfortable or uncomfortable, the decision to wear or not wear one is purely aesthetic — or emotional ... If you don't enjoy it, and job or social pressures don't force you into it, don't bother. ... A mistaken popular belief maintains that wearing a bra strengthens your breasts and prevents their eventual sagging. But you sag because of the proportion of fat and tissue in your breasts, and no bra changes that. ... If you don't like wearing a bra, don't wear one." Dr Susan Love
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071101170723.htm
http://www.007b.com/sagging.php
Yeah, those quotes I posted are older than the study; I just wanted to point out there's no medical reason for a bra.
If i don't wear a bra my back will hurt, as will the muscles around my boobs due to the lack of support.
:yes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7342144.stm
That's more dude to muscles/ligaments atrophying from wearing a bra most of your boobed life. If you were to not wear a bra for a while the pain would disappear.
"In a French study of 250 women who exercised regularly and were followed by questionnaires and biometric measurements for a year after agreeing not to wear a bra. While there was some initial discomfort at the first evaluation, this gradually disappeared and by the end of the year nearly all the women had improved comfort compared to before the study. The measurements showed firmer, and more elevated and youthful breasts. One example of a woman who had breasts that were uncomfortably large, and who had improvement after two years of being without a bra is given."
Try not wearing a bra for a year then get back to me :thumb:
i would but it would chafe my knees
If these studies -which I've read about in the past- are true, then saying "I can't go without" is very much like saying "I need smoking, can't give up".
The similarity (remember the if): In both cases you only need something because you're used to it.
it does cost more to make larger shirts and other garments where i work. An XXL uses twice as much ink, fabric and paper that a Small shirt does. Thats about £15/16 pounds to make an XXL and about £8 to make a small.
We sell them at the same price too.
And designing the larger sizes (XXXL or bigger) is a pain.
theyre not true
Though, I only brought them up because of the ridiculous suggestion that bigger bras should be subsidised. I don't think women should walk around braless constantly just because they can, just that they're worn more for aesthetic reasons rather than health.
How is that a health issue?
If anything bigger bras should be subsidised
did you even look at the link i posted earlier about most breast reduction surgeries could be unnecessary and all that is needed is a good fitting bra.
If you are constantly carrying a bag of rocks and youve got a crap bag, its going to damage your back more than if you carry them in a properly fitted supportive rucksack.
Same principle. Its not rocket science
Also, read your own link; it state pretty clearly that an ill fitting bra is the
cause of the pain. Which ties in nicely with the studies I've mentioned and other studies:
"A study by the University Hospital of Wales asked 100 pre-menopausal women to go without a bra for three months, then return to wearing one for another three months. On average the number of pain-free days went up by 7 per cent when the women stopped wearing bras.
The study concluded that breast pain and health complications relating to the breasts were increased by wearing a bra."
"The British School of Osteopathy found that ill-fitting fashion bras put stress on bones and muscles, which can cause breathing problems. The study reported that badly fitting, tight and underwired bras supported the breast by pressing on the rib cage which restricts breathing and puts pressure on the diaphragm."
It's not rocket science, it's boobology.
A well fitting bra is the best option of the three
That's the only link I can find and I can't read French very well.
250 is hardly a 'small study' and the results are definately statistically significant. I think it holds more weight than you saying 'probably'.
Besides, you're ignoring the Welsh study abstract I quoted above.
do you think its imaginary?
Using public money for bigger bras is just idiotic anyway.
if the studies were/are true, then that'd due to wearing a bra in the first place as much as going braless, and pain would reduce within a month of stopping wearing one once the cooper's ligament and chest muscles had a chance to go back to normal.
Still think it's a stupid idea though.
More youthful breasts??
what like those braless tribal women in national geographic maybe?