Braless is Best? Study Says Bras Make Breasts Saggier

[AsahinaKimi]

Marilyn Monroe slept in a bra to keep her assets firm and perky, according to Hollywood lore. A new study out of France suggests it might have been more effective for the screen goddess to go "au naturel" instead.

Yahoo! OMG: Lady Gaga's Controversial Assault Riffle Bra

Researchers spent 15 years studying the breasts of over 330 French women, and concluded that wearing a bra does not prevent sagging or ease back pain as commonly thought. "Medically, physiologically, anatomically—breasts gain no benefit from being denied gravity, Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon, from the University of Besançon, told France Info Radio. "On the contrary, they get saggier with a bra."

Taking measurements with a caliper, the researchers found that by not wearing a bra, muscles around the breast actually strengthened and the "nipple raised 7mm per year toward the shoulder." However, the scientists did not recommend all women abandon their bras since their muscles had probably already degraded.

more..http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/braless-best-study-says-bras-breasts-saggier-161300096.html

[In_The_Wind]

1. I've gone braless most of my life. I believe the study is correct.

[AsahinaKimi]

2. I never really believed all the stuff

surrounding bras.. how they "lift and separate"~ pure gooblie guuk.

[In_The_Wind]

5. I'm 64.

C cup and an active person.
If my breast needed support like that I would have known many years ago.
Howard Hughes invented the underwire bra.
http://www.bikiniscience.com/chronology/1940-1945_SS/JR4310_S/JR4310.html

[marlakay]

28. Same here 56

My husband says my breasts look like I am 19.

[In_The_Wind]

30. We did what was obviously the correct thing for ourselves.

And our bodies prove that.

[redqueen]

3. GOD DANG IT!

[UnrepentantLiberal]

15. Just what we need.

Another boobie-baiting thread.

[AsahinaKimi]

29. This was never meant to be bait...of any kind.

It came from a legitimate news source.. and its a fairly in depth story.. I see nothing wrong with it. As a female, I was interested in it, and was hoping others would too, without all the immature silly comments.

Edited to note: I should have seen the other posting, had I done so, this wouldn't be here at all, I don't like duplicating same stories.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

34. Sorry,

Booby threads tend to go sideways.

[Warren DeMontague]

36. "11 dimensional chest".

[UnrepentantLiberal]

42. .

[AsahinaKimi]

41. I will remember next time not to post any

Since some people have to turn it into a "tee hee" festival.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

43. She started it.

[AsahinaKimi]

44. I am done with this..

I am out of this post.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

45. Sorry.

[redqueen]

47. Im just mad I have spent so many years sleeping in these horrible things...

Thinking I was doing the right thing... But no, I was degrading my muscles.

Never again. This thing is coming off at every opportunity.

[BainsBane]

23. all those years wearing torture devices wasted, huh?

[redqueen]

48. Yes.

Sleeping in a stupid uncomfortable contraption and for what?!

[BainsBane]

50. no, redqueen

sleeping in bras? I've done it if I fall asleep by accident, but not on purpose.

[BainsBane]

60. I hope you didn't take offense

I didn't mean it offensively.

[Warren DeMontague]

31. I don't understand this response.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

37. .

[Warren DeMontague]

39. My dentist has advised me in no uncertain terms to stop doing that.

[RebelOne]

4. That study is bullshit.

I am 74 years old and have been wearing a bra 24/7 for the past 30 years and could still go bra-less even now, though at my age, I choose not to.

[BainsBane]

8. It's genetics

and the weight of your breasts. I haven't been able to go braless since age 12.

[RebelOne]

12. Fortunately, I have always been a B cup,

so I guess that has lot to do with it

[BainsBane]

14. my first bra

was a C cup, and I went up within a couple of months. So if you're smaller obviously gravity is not going to take a toll as much.

[Arugula Latte]

18. You know what else? Breastfeeding.

I used to think the women in National Geographic had "long" boobs 'cuz of no bras. But now I think the whole feeding babies thing had a lot to do with it.

I spent a total of four years breastfeeding, so although I probably got some good cancer-prevention benefits, it probably did no favors to my perkiness...not that there's any comparison between the two conditions.

[BainsBane]

19. I've heard it can make them go totally flat too

My aunt went from a D cup to not looking busty at all. I don't know everything involved since I've never seen her topless.

[Arugula Latte]

35. I think so. I think that was at work in National Geographic. :)

To clarify, I breastfed two kids for two years each, not one kid for four years, not that there's anything wrong with that ...

[BainsBane]

38. I didn't bat an eye

but I guess I assumed it was more than one child. I did recently read a study saying American children aren't breast fed long enough, but it focused on children fed for less than a year.

[Skittles]

51. I agree

[randome]

6. This thread is useless without...no, never mind.

I have one daughter who wants to go bra-less. At least now I can say it doesn't matter.

[we can do it]

7. I knew it!

btw, you've missed a lot of fun on the earlier thread on this today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2653461

[maddezmom]

9. This article gives a bit more info, tho

The ages of the women in the study, etc. I still think a lot has to do with size, activity and just pure comfort either way.

[we can do it]

10. Great, thanks checking it out now.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. oh rats..so he covered it eh?

Figures. I try and check if a story has been posted.. looks like this has. meh.. not gonna worry about it.

[we can do it]

16. Your story is more in depth, so you're covered!

[AsahinaKimi]

20. "covered"...

Punny! ^^

[we can do it]

22. hehehe

[redqueen]

49. Stuff gets posted more than once all the time...

I can't understand anyone minding that. Except when its some big news thing and there's like 50 threads about it, then I understand.

[Apophis]

13. Interesting.

Outrage police are here.

[justiceischeap]

17. Wow, I don't see any outrage.

Maybe we have different definitions for outrage.

[AsahinaKimi]

21. I noticed someone alerted on the other one..

Had I known there was another one, i would have not posted it.

[we can do it]

24. I wouldn't worry about it. 99.9% enjoyed the other discussion.

Its a pretty interesting story, I don't see how anyone could find it offensive in any way.

[BainsBane]

25. It looked like an SOP alert, didn't it?

Like the person didn't mean to send it to a jury?

Bras are like one of my favorite topics of conversation. I could fill encyclopedias full of knowledge on them.

[AsahinaKimi]

26. It seems silly to me to

alert on a perfectly good topic.. I mean its not like someone wrote some Immature stuff ..it was from an actual story, from a legitimate news source. But maybe some people just freak out about stuff like this. If that's the case, I apologize.

[BainsBane]

27. I agree nt

[Warren DeMontague]

32. My wife likes her bras.

Seems to me the process of washing them properly is somewhere just shy of nuclear reactor maintenance in complexity, though.

[Skittles]

52. they do take special care to make 'em last

same is true of bras

[Warren DeMontague]

58. I KNOW WHAT TO GET YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY

And maybe the machine, too.

[Skittles]

62. YEE HAW

[zappaman]

33. Unfortunately, it can lead to sagging

[Aerows]

61. Oh my word

He has mewbs on his back!

[Blue Owl]

40. Lady GaGa? Saggy TaTa?

Lady GaGa, take off that bra!!!

[we can do it]

53. I get cold easily, too, so I like my silk turtle neck. Very warm and very light.

[we can do it]

56. I know and I don't blame you. I can't stand my neck getting cold since my shoulder reconstruction.

I like warm feet, too....I guess I just like being warm.

[tabasco]

54. I love France!

Where else can you find this kind of ground-breaking research --- and where can I volunteer to assist?!