A bra is an important part of a woman’s clothing trusted to hold the breast firm but science thinks women would be better off without them.
According to the results of a 15-year-old study in France which was published in 2013, bras provide no benefits to women and might be harmful to the breast over time.
Jean-Denis Rouillon, a professor at the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon told France Info that medically, physiologically and anatomically, the breast does not benefit from being deprived of gravity.
To arrive at this conclusion, Rouillon has been studying the breast of 330 volunteers ages 18 to 35 since 1997 using a slide rule and a caliper to record changes in breast position as the women aged.
Rouillon observed that women who didn’t wear bras benefitted in the long-term by developing by developing more muscle tissue to provide natural support.
He observed wearing bras accelerated sagging of the breast because the bra’s restrictive materials prevents the breast from growing more muscle tissue to provide natural support.
Do not be in a hurry to dump your bras because Rouillon believes it would be dangerous to advise all women to dump their bras now despite the study’s findings because the study’s sample may not be representative of the population.
He also believes women who have worn bras for decades should continue as they would not benefit from taking off their bras now.
I still recommend wearing the bras until further research is done on this subject.
S.O.Z