Home » Fashion »  Lingerie »  Top Bras : Underwired and Overrated Did you know that while wearing a bra is never physically harmful, it has no medical necessity whatsoever?

A mistaken popular belief maintains that wearing a bra strengthens your breasts and prevents sagging. But you sag because of the proportion of fat and tissue in your breasts, and no bra changes that. Furthermore, breastfeeding and lactation increase the breast, and when the breast tissue returns to its normal size the skin is still stretched out and saggy.

Except for the small muscles of the areola and lobules, the only breast muscles are behind your breast -- muscles that will not be affected by whether or not you wear a bra. If you've been wearing a bra regularly and decide to give it up, you may find that your breasts hurt for a while.

Don't be alarmed. The connective tissue in which the ducts and lobules are suspended is suddenly being strained. It's the same tissue that hurts when you jog or run.



No type of bra is better or worse for you in terms of health. It makes no difference medically whether your bra opens in the front or back, is padded or not padded, is made of nylon, cotton, or anything else, or gives much support or little support. The only time when a bra is recommended for medical reasons is after any kind of surgery on the breasts.

Then the pull from a hanging breast can cause more pain, can slow down the process of the healing of the wound and create larger scars. For this purpose, wear a firmer rather than a lighter bra. Otherwise, if you enjoy a bra for aesthetic, sexual or comfort reasons, by all means wear one. If you don't enjoy it, and your job or social pressures don't force you into it, don't bother. It's all the same.