the breast but rather makes them sag and does little to alleviate back
pain.
According to the study, women who wear bras have saggier breasts than
women who don't. The French study follows findings from British
researchers that suggest bras might
pose cancer risks.
Cardiff University Prof. Robert Mansel and Simon Cawthorn, from
Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, asked 100 women to ban their bras for
three months and then return to wearing one for another three months.
On average, the women were pain free more (about seven percent more)
without a bra.
Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon, from the University of Besancon, who
led the 15-year study into women's breasts said, "Medically,
physiologically, anatomically, breasts gain no benefit from being
denied gravity. On the contrary, they get saggier with a bra".
The lengthy study involved 330 women aged 18-35, whose breasts were
measured at regular intervals with a slide rule and caliper.
The study found that women who went braless had better muscle tone and
higher lift than those who wore bras.
Those who didn't wear bras saw a nipple lift of about 7 mm a year
towards the shoulder. Their breasts also became firmer, and stretch
marks faded.
The research is still preliminary, Rouillon said, adding that he
doesn't advise all women to stop wearing bras, at least not yet.
One of the women who participated said, " I breathe more easily. I
carry myself better and I have less back pain."
The doctors say there might be a correlation between breast pain and
developing breast cancer, although they didn't connect bras and cancer
directly.
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