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Is it true that wearing a bra even when you sleep makes them permanently perkier?
  • rozy
    The mom friend swears by this but I highly doubt it and it sounds like a myth to me.
  • Right BrainRight Brain
    @Rozy: perhaps you should ask this question at the Booby Brains blog. :D
  • lindygirl1960
    That's a good one Right Brain!  :))
  • georgia
    But seriously, ladies, I tried it for several years and it didn't work for me.
  • bebelyn86bebelyn86

    I don't see how it really would make a difference. Lets look at a garment that is known to rearrange a body, the corset. Corsets are known for rearranging ones organs and bones permanently if worn continually. Corsets are made with steel boning.I don't know of any bra that offers any permanent structural change to the breast itself. Bras round out and lift the breast with soft cushion, and cushion is not a know material to shape fatty tissue (in this case a breast) in anyk way. In my opinion wearing a bra at night could have negative side effects such as acne on ones back and even ingrown hairs on the armpits. 

  • Fitz
    Well take it from someone who has worn. Bras since I have had buds it works. I still do my husband doesn't mind,my bra comes off for showers and special occasions(wink wink) I have had four children and breastfeed two of them. Btw (38c perky ones) I am 39 and my husband always comments on how good my breasts look. Plus I had wore a girdle I started that around 14 ,for the longest had a 24 inch waist until I had my last baby. But its still small. My grandma insisted that all the women and girls in the family follow these rules. We all have great bodies or just totally awsome genetics! Either way I love what I have but maybe its something that should have been started in the early teens.
  • Fitz
    Also a well fit bra does wonder and a good moisturizer. I like a snug fit myself..when my bras start to get a bit worn I double em up! I ♥ a great bra with tons of support.
  • rozy
    Me too I despise nonfitting bras and also people who try to scare you out of wearing under wire bras telling you you will get cancer and die.
  • Fitz
    Yes so true. Wire doesn't bother me,but saggy boobs do.
  • Ally E.Ally E.
    it all depends on the natural shape of the breasts, in our family breasts are the perky kind (triangle if you wish) and my 45 year old mother still had perky breasts even though she wears bras only when out and about (which is max 2 hours a day, as she's a housewife). on the other hand I had a few friends with the saggy shape breasts and at age 14-15 they already were close to their waist as they wore 34DD. I can only imagine what they look now that they are 25 :)
  • rutiga
    I have read about this myth in reverse. That not wearing a bra makes them perkyer because then the fat tissue gets messed up by the wire.
    Personally I do not belive in any variation of this. 
    I think it is more about genes than bras.I only wear bras on special occations because I like the look and hate the feeling. I have very perky small bobs but I am only 20. In my family the smaller brest the perkyer. Maybe it is about the weight of the breasts and nothing else? 

  • beautyreviews
    I just had to comment on this. My grandmother always told me to wear a bra to bed after breastfeeding my 2 girls to avoid getting more stretch marks. Talk about old wives tales. Anyway, I tried it for a while, but it's really uncomfortable to sleep in a bra all the time. Can someone reply back at tell me if they ever heard of this?
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