help for drooping breasts?

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RhiannonW

Cathlete
Hi everyone.

I just turned 40 and noticed my breasts have moved 20 miles north of the south pole, and lack any bit of perkiness they once dreamed about.
My question is, will chest work help this, or am I at the mercy of my age? I know the breasts are mainly made up of fat tissue, so will chest work really help?
I do some chest work currently, but am willing to do much more if it will help me better myself.


Any info you can provide is appreciated.

Thanks, in advance.
 
The only thing that chest work will help with is they won't jiggle quite as much. If you want that periness back, get a good bra! ;-)

Kathy
 
Actually, I have to disagree. I breastfed my daughter for 14 months and figured there was no hope for me, but since I've been doing fairly heavy chest work and lots of push-ups, things have DEFINITELY perked up for me.

I guess it depends on your size too, though. I'm pretty small - A cup. But there is a very noticeable difference from even 3 months ago. So don't give up hope!

BTW, I'm almost 42.
 
Let's hear it for us A cups. And I'm not talking about A-jock, cause I seem to remember her complaining that hers were actually enlarging with maturity. I knew there was a reason I loved my small breasts, besides the fact that they don't get in the way. When they started to droop, it really wasn't noticable. I hated having a larger busom with pregnancy. They really did just get in my way!
 
I'm a C and chest work has helped me tremendously. I don't think you can do anything about the "empty sock" syndrome if that's your issue, but building the pectoral muscles definitely firms things up! I have had the best luck doing incline presses and flyes.

Good luck!
Marie
 
A second vote for the incline chest work for both bench press and pec flys. Incline work targets more towards the lifting of the breast than laying donwn on a flat surface.

Hope this helps.
Lorrayne
 
I'm a C cup and finding the right bra makes all the difference. I've had to go with the more expensive types like Wacoal. It's a miracle what a good bra can do! I also agree with the other posters about the incline work.

Michele
 
I just tie mine in a knot and stuff 'em in a bra and that makes them look a bit perkier! :+ Just kidding!

I think the advice that you have been given so far is great and I concur with all of them!

Missy
 
It won't help when you're naked, or with droop, but incline chest work can develop the upper pectorals, to give you a bit of "cleavage" so you can look less droopy in clothes.

I agree that the right bra can do wonders as well.

Aside from that...you'll have to complain to whoever invented gravity.;)
 
>>I found the right size bras and now they look great. And I'm barely an A cup now<<

Where do you A cups find a good bra that fits? I have a terrible time finding A cup bras. Most A cups I find have skinny little backs and seem to be made for skinny little people. I like to have a wider, more comfortable fit. Sometimes I wear my fitness bras because they're comfortable but the compression gives me a real boy look (lol).
 
As a 43 year old woman who nursed 3 babes, was a DD cup, lost 50+ lbs and could barely fit into a B cup at my lightest, I know that drooping breasts are no laughing matter but......this thread reminds me of the joke about 2 women discussing this very matter and one says to the other, "if they droop any lower, people will think they're nuts!!"x( }( :+ :7

Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was quite amusing :)

I'm a solid C cup now and always buy good quality underwire bras with no less than 3 hooks at the back strap, if you're heavy chested it's a good idea to stitch the shoulder strap slider just below so that the weight of your breasts doesn't keep pulling on it and ultimately bringing any perkiness down with it. Heavy inclined chest work has given me the pec cleavage that Kathryn mentioned but done nothing for my perkiness (or lack thereof).

Take Care
Laurie:)

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I personally like Bali bras best. You can buy them at most women's department stores such as Marshall Fields, Bergner's, Younker's, Von Maur, etc.

The key to buying a well-fitting bra is trying it on before you buy it. Even in the Bali line, different styles will fit differently in the same cup size. The center of the bra should touch your chest...not be 2 inches away from your skin. If that is the case then you are buying bras that are much too small for you. But the key to good support is to buy a bra that does NOT have stretchy straps. That is the first thing I do when bra shopping is pull on the shoulder strap and see if it stretches. If it does, I keep looking. This is so important for gals with bigger cup sizes. If the straps are stretchy, your bust is going to bounce as you walk because the straps can't hold your bra in place...so you bounce. If you're buying bras with stretchy straps, you need to upgrade. I also prefer a bra that has boning on the sides. It just adds a bit more stability and cuts down on the bounce.

Another thing about poor bra construction is if the straps are stretchy, your bust is going to sag downward because the bra straps aren't holding you up.
 
>As a 43 year old woman who nursed 3 babes, was a DD cup, lost
>50+ lbs and could barely fit into a B cup at my lightest, I
>know that drooping breasts are no laughing matter
>but......this thread reminds me of the joke about 2 women
>discussing this very matter and one says to the other, "if
>they droop any lower, people will think they're nuts!!"x( }(
>:+ :7
>
>Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was quite amusing :)

LOL!!!:7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7 :7


if you're
>heavy chested it's a good idea to stitch the shoulder strap
>slider just below so that the weight of your breasts doesn't
>keep pulling on it and ultimately bringing any perkiness down
>with it.


Genius! I never would have thought to do that. What a fabulous idea!

Michele
 
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