Elastin fibres are responsible for skin elasticity throughout the body.ĭuring pregnancy, your breasts undergo a multitude if changes.
Smoking -carcinogens in cigarette smoke cause elastin to break down in the body. Menopause -a drop in the hormone estrogen, which occurs normally during menopause, may be associated with a decrease in tissue collagen. Maintaining a healthy weight will help women avoid the progression of unnecessary stretching High body mass index - fluctuations in weight can cause unnecessary stretching of the breasts. For more information about when to get a maternity bra, read here. You may find it helpful to wear a comfortable and well-fitted bra during pregnancy to support your breasts as they grow. Gravity - gravitational pull takes its toll, especially on women with larger breasts. Aging -the loss of skin elasticity due to aging is the most common cause of saggy breasts. 
Your genetics - skin elasticity and stretch marks are normally a matter of genetics and skin type if you’re predisposed to stretch marks, there’s not much you can do to prevent them – but the good news is they will fade and become much less noticeable over time. There are also other contributing reasons that a woman may experience sagging breasts: They also found that a history of smoking contributed to sagginess, which they attributed to the negative effect that smoking has on elastin, a protein in skin, which keeps it looking youthful and helps support the breast. Research shows that is more likely to be your pregnancy, rather than breastfeeding that causes your breasts to sag and there is a connection between the number of times a woman has been pregnant and how saggy her breasts were. If you're concerned that breastfeeding is the culprit for causing saggy boobs, you can take a breath out because research shows that breastfeeding does not cause your breasts to sag (happy dance!) A group of plastic surgeons that perform breast lifts and breast augmentations studied the connection between sagginess and breastfeeding and they found no correlation. A common fear that pregnant women have is that if they do breastfeed, they will be left with unwanted, unwelcomed and permanent breast changes. Our modern culture is obsessed with seeing women “bounce back” to their pre-pregnant selves but is this a reality?īody and breast changes are a normal part of pregnancy and breastfeeding… and our bodies take time to recover. It’s normal to be worried about all the changes and even more normal to be concerned about what your body will look like after pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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