Andrea asks: I would like to have a larger bust, but I really don’t want implants. I have heard of the Brava Breast Enhancement system, which seems to be endorsed by a lot of plastic surgeons, and some scientific studies. Do you have any inside info or insight?
The Left Brain responds:
If we keep getting questions about bras and breast enhancement I’ll have to add a special Boob category on the sidebar!
For those of you in the Beauty Brains community who are not familiar with the Brava system, it supposedly works by gently pulling on your breasts which keeps them under tension for hours at a time. This sustained tension causes the cells to grow new tissue that makes your breasts appear larger and fuller.
How does BRAVA work
According to the the BRAVA website, the System consists of two semi-rigid domes, with specially engineered silicone gel rims, and a sophisticated minicomputer, called a SmartBox, that creates and regulates the tension within the domes.
Semi-rigid domes? Engineered silicone rims? Sophisticated minicomputer? Is this a breast enhancer or some kind of Terminator Robot from the Future?
But I digress. The real question is: does it really work? Since our forte is cosmetic chemistry, not breast enhancement, we asked our friend Dr. Rob Oliver over at Plastic Surgery 101 to give his expert opinion. Based on his experience, Dr. Rob says that Brava doesn’t work well, it’s uncomfortable, and must be worn for weeks before you see results “ if you see any at all. He’s aware of very few people who use or endorse it.
The Beauty Brains bottom line:
That’s good enough for me – I’ll take the opinion of a doctor and scientist over the hype from the company selling the product any day. Dr. Rob said he’d try to post more details on his blog, so keep your eye on Plastic Surgery 101. In the meantime, if any of the Beauty Brains community has used this device I’d be curious to hear your experience. If you haven’t used it, I suggest you save your money.
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I suggest saving one’s money on all breast enhancement options, and being happy with what one has. Not all of us men think that breasts have to be large to be appealing. Small- and medium-sized breasts can most certainly be sexier than large ones. It’s an individual thing. One should be one’s own individual.
Assuming it really induces the growth of more skin cells, wouldn’t it just make your breasts droopy? It is certainly not going to induce growth of more fat cells…
Barry: Thanks for the words of wisdom. We really enjoy hearing from our male community members!
Tinni: You’ve identified just one of the potential issues with this approach!
there’s a product thats like that in japan
but it claims that you will only have to wear it for 3 hours a day
and is very comfertable
i dont know if it really works but they have how the product is described on the website and my friend have tried it before
you can look throught it…but its in japanese….so you might want to get a translater….
http://www.upll-c.com/index.html
it sounds as if it would have the same effect of using a breast pump, I bet when you stop using it the so called effects end
I’ve used the Brava and it works somewhat but it is a major PITA. You will sweat a lot while wearing the domes, will have trouble sleeping (forget about wearing them in public) probably get a rash, and after you take them off will have indents where the rings of the domes pressed up against your body that will last until approximately the next wearing (which, by the way, you will be dreading). When you first take them off the results are impressive but it’s mostly swelling which will gradually fade until it’s time to put the darn things on again.
Their $600 “smartbox” is a joke. I went through two during the time I wore the system and it was very difficult to get them to replace the one that broke even though I had spent a small fortune on their stupid system. The second one eventually broke too but by that time I had figured out how to suck the air out of the system through the tubing and plug the tubing with a little sprinkler plug I got at home depot for about $2.
So if you want to spice up your love life by being tortured (by the domes) for ten hours and have some fun with your sweetie and your super swelled up boobs like you get when you’re breastfeeding then by all means. According the Brava you will ultimately only grow about 1/2-1 cup max which is about what I get from PMS.
I’m sold! But seriously Maria, thanks for sharing your first hand experience. We love it when the Beauty Brains community gets involved in our posts. You guys make this all worthwhile!
this is the funniest thing Ive read all week! I never heard of those domes – but Marias first hand account is cracking me up. OH – and thanks Barry for saying something so sweet. Sometimes us women just need to be reminded that. We are constantly reminded how perfect we are supposed to look and how threatened we should feel. Im glad I read this!
I am a customer of Brava and had completed 12 weeks of an average of 12 nightly hours of wear. I did not miss any days, nor did I wear them for more than 14 hours in one day. I finished my wear time at the end of May, and thought my results were fantastic – 34/36 B. However, now it is July and I am back to my original size – 34 A. I am in the process of trying to get some of my $ back. There has been no real adverse affect on their appearance (i.e.: drooping due to stretched skin), so I feel I must be thankful for that little bit.
It’s so sad when you do everything a manufacturer tells you to do and the results only last a short time. I hope you get your $ back.
Thank you Barry..you remember us that our original body is more beautiful and nice..All kinds of unnatural products to breast enlargement are just wasting money and time..
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Hi to all that read this,i have to speak up for the brava system because this system has changed my life.I’m 43 and a mother of two which are all gorwn up now. I wanted to enlarge my breast and happen to come across brava and yes i was very skeptical but i did not want fake boobs i have seen to many disasters plus i wanted my own boobs not fake boobs that have to be changed every 10 years. I dont not work for brava or represent them in any way just to add that and my ip can be checked i’m in canada.When i first started with brava i was 35 across the breast i’m tall and weight 146 my bra size before the system was a b34 but it was all padding so i’d say i was a A cup with no padding.I been using the system now 28 weeks and the results have been amazing.Yes it can be a pain to wear because i wear mine any where from 12 to 16 hours a day sometimes 17 hours i realised the more i wore the system the more growth i obtained and yes am keeping. At first it was all swell but in time as the skin and cells did stretch i had very little swell and all growth and yes i have many many pics over the weeks of my growth because both myself and my husband and family are amazed with this .I have worked my way from there smalled dommes now into there c dommes and i really wish they had d dommes but i have the biggest they have now and am trying to figure out how to sit them on the chest wall so i can get more from the dommes cause now i’m am out growing these one.I have gone through rashes and breakouts but that is when i would get a new set and why because of the sticky stuff they use doesnt agree with me but no i did not stop using them and got a steroid from the doc the kept it under control till that stuff wwears off then the break outs stop.The Dommes are expensive to get to me because i have to have them shipped from the uk to new york then to me which end up costing me close to 500 a set between shipping and duty taxes.They take up alot of time and you have to be very very dedicated to this system for it to work which means in the first 6 to 9 weeks you should not miss any days thse weeks are very important for the growth after that a day here and there is ok as for me in 26 week i have taken a weeks break and that was it and when i did i lost 2″ and that was it. My breast measurment now is 40 when i have the system on for 14 to 17 hours i will go to 42″ after i take them off and 8 to 10 hours later i’m at 40″ across the breast and now take a c38 bra and am filling the whole bra out.Yes this system cost money but if you want to have breast and not fake one and can be dedicated like myself it will work and this system changed my life i have so much confindence now and can actually wear some very nice sexy things for my husband where as before i never would i never filled anything out.In between this i even ordered two other systems cheaper and i dont like them cause they hurt and are not even close to comfortable as the brava system.Remember you are wearing it for many hours you want comfort and be able to also still clean your home, laundry ,cook ect. and i can with the brava but i could not with the others. The seal would break losing air thats cause they are not shaped like brava’s they are just round and dont sit onto the chest cavity well.I know the brava system can be expensive but check on ebay they do have them now cheaper but be careful of the Dommes you dont want them split or cracked. I am still on my first smart box it works great for me every day after i use it i turn it upside into its lil tray they give you and run it a few hours so far so good no problems but in case i did run into trouble i purchased a airlock system from another system that fits onto my brava dommes i also purchased there dommes in a D size but i cant figure out how to get them to keep the seal so this way i will use the brava smart box and the reason why cause the smart box only puts so much pressure onto the breast and chest wall cavity so i will never have to worry about my breast being hurt from to much pressure which can happen blood vessels breaking and breast turning purple is not good, with the smart box this doesnt happen. Anyways its time for me to put my brava dommes on and i’m sorry this is a long one but every word is the truth and i sure have real pics of me and at home in my own house to proove this and if any ladies out there are going to use there system just remember you need much patience but it does work and you keep every inch in growth tissue you gain.
suzanne from canada