Female breasts are sagging

Women often have problems with their breasts, which can be big or small. For example, breast cancer is considered a relatively serious disease that requires surgery. Women may also experience sagging breasts, which is usually found in older women. However, if it is found in other age groups, it means that there is a problem with the body. So why do women have sagging breasts?

Breast ptosis refers to the situation that under normal circumstances, especially in young women, the horizontal position of the nipple is above the inframammary fold. If it falls below it, it is called breast ptosis. The more severe the sag, the lower it will fall. :

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1. Breast sagging caused by breastfeeding: Generally, after breastfeeding stops, due to the decrease in hormone levels, the mammary alveolar ducts, glands and adipose tissue will atrophy, while the skin and supporting tissue will increase accordingly, which will cause breast sagging.

Breast sagging after lactation[1] occurs in women. The degree of sagging is related to the number of pregnancies and breastfeeding. This is mainly because after breastfeeding, the alveoli in the breasts of women shrink, and the fibrous connective tissue in the original stroma is extended and stretched due to being filled with milk in the late pregnancy and lactation period. In this case, after stopping breastfeeding, the fibrous connective tissue does not shrink completely and is relatively elongated, so the breasts become loose and sagging.

2. Breast sagging caused by weight loss: This is caused by losing weight too quickly, which causes the fat tissue and skin in the breast to become loose. More common in young and middle-aged women.

3. Breast sagging in the elderly: As people age, various functions decline, and endocrine functions also decline.

Women's sagging breasts are believed to be due to feeding babies, so sagging breasts are a symbol of breastfeeding. But this story happened before the Japanese ate sour plums and porridge after giving birth. From a physiological point of view, if you eat sour plums, porridge or kimchi porridge, it will cause breast sagging. Unfortunately, the changes produced in the mother's body are not only breast sagging, there are other effects. Even the muscles of the eyelids, cheeks, chin, upper arms, abdomen, legs, etc. will experience the same phenomenon as sagging breasts. The more children Japanese women have, the more wrinkles and muscle sagging they will develop. This tendency is closely related to the food they eat to recuperate after childbirth.

Because, from a physiological point of view, the acid and salt in sour plums and the moisture in porridge will relax the cells of the human body, and even the internal organs and muscles will relax and sag. Eating these foods after giving birth will produce such results. [2]

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Bad daily habits cause breast sagging:

1. Excessive dieting and insufficient protein intake

When the body is in a state of hunger for a long time, it thinks it has entered a famine era and will inevitably mobilize stored fat and protein to cope with it. One of the main structural components of the breast is fat and collagen. The chest fat decreases, the skin becomes loose, and the chest muscles are lost. Malnutrition causes the glandular tissue to atrophy, and the overall chest tissue decreases. However, the connective tissue connecting the chest muscles and breasts does not decrease accordingly, so the breasts become smaller and sag.

In order to prevent the breasts from becoming smaller and sagging during weight loss, you should eat high-protein foods and supplement with vitamins A, B, C, E, minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, etc. to provide the breasts with sufficient nutrition and maintain a balanced hormone level, which can make the breasts full and firm.

2. Like to wash with very hot water

Avoid using hot water to irritate the breasts when taking a bath, and don't soak in hot water for a long time. Otherwise, it will burn the stratum corneum on the surface of the skin, making the skin drier and drier, and the soft tissue of the breast more and more loose. The water temperature for bathing should be around 27 degrees.

3. Like to use a shower head to wash breasts

Don’t underestimate the impact of bathing on the breasts. Improper water impact may cause burden on the breasts. Do not use direct water to flush the ligaments on the shoulders. The position of the ligaments is roughly the same as that of the bra shoulder straps, and it is the ligaments that play the role of lifting the breasts. Protecting the ligaments can prevent and delay sagging. Using a shower head to rinse the breasts from bottom to top can help firm and lift the breasts.