It is natural for the original shape of your breasts to lose elasticity and droop, as time goes by. This is extremely common but this can also be a source of anxiety for some women.
In fact, breast “ptosis“, which is the medical term for sagging, is one of the most common conditions treated by plastic surgeons.
Not everyone has the desire or the means to surgically alter their appearance, but surgery is not necessary to begin making positive changes to improve your breast.
There are a various lifestyle changes and natural remedies you can adopt to help minimize or prevent the effects of sagging.
What Causes Sagging Breasts?
1. Aging:
Age is an essential factor in the reduction of firmness in the breasts. Size is not important, but it is important to have a properly-shaped and firm breast if you want to keep your breasts effective and healthy.
As per the American Academy of Dermatology, it is understood that when a woman reaches her late thirties, her skin begins to show the signs of aging and starts becoming loose.
2. Extreme Weight Loss
This can drastically alter breast appearance and chest shape.
3. Diet and Lifestyle:
Excessive consumption of nicotine, alcohol, and carbonated beverages have all been linked with weakening of the cellular structure and premature aging of the skin. Therefore, it is recommended to reduce on these damaging agents in your body to see an improvement in the firmness of your breasts.
4. Diseases
Some diseases are also linked to loose, sagging, or “fallen breasts”. Breast cancer or respiratory conditions such as tuberculosis can cause a significant weakening of the internal organ structure and cells, therefore, there is very little support for the breasts, and subsequently, they begin to fall and sag.
5 Natural Remedies for Sagging Breasts:
1. Breast Exercise
One of the best ways to add some firmness to breasts is through pectoral exercises. The most popular and easiest exercise is to do push-ups, which strengthens the pectoral muscles beneath the breasts. Overall, this will help in shaping up the breasts and reducing the excess fat deposits around the chest.
Also, lifting weights can strengthen pectoral muscles, including chest presses, arm curls, dumbbell flys (on your back, arms out to the sides, rising above you), and there are other variations that you can try to get your chest muscles working.
2. Massage
Massage your breasts at least 2-3 times per week using olive oil. This will help add firmness to your skin as well as improve the texture and skin tone.
Also, it will increase the elasticity of the skin and tone your chest. Massage draws blood to the surface of the skin, and increased blood flow stimulates cell repair, muscle growth, and other beneficial activities that reduce the severity and appearance of sagging breasts.
3. Nutrition and Diet
Try to eat a healthy and balanced diet to nourish and feed your skin so it stays strong, healthy, and resilient for many years to come.
Also, it is important to maintain an optimal weight for your body type. Being overweight puts pressure on your skin tissue, and that extra weight may add additional weight to your breasts, which could therefore, result in sagging.
Added to a healthy diet, healthy lifestyle decisions are necessary. Smoking tobacco is harmful to your skin, and your overall health. This may play a contributing factor to sagging breasts.
Most importantly, make sure that you are drinking enough water throughout the day and stay hydrated. Water powers everything in your body, and drinking adequate amount will improve the overall firmness and strength of the breast tissue and keep your skin strong.
4. Posture
Bad posture, such as having a bent or hunched back, can cause the breasts to hang by their own weight, putting more tension and pressure on the breast tissue and aggravating sagging.
While good posture, involves teaching your body to assume positions during movement where the least amount of strain is placed on supporting muscles and ligaments.
By keeping your shoulders back and your back straight, good posture works to evenly distribute the weight in your body and help protect against sagging.
5. Yoga
The benefits of yoga for your whole body have been widely studied, and it is primarily a mechanism of increasing flexibility and toning the body. Some of that toning can occur within the breasts, depending on the positions you commonly practice. Different yoga styles focus on the different parts of your body, so those that focus on the shoulders, upper body, upper arms, or pectorals are the best for adding firmness to breasts.
Some of the best yoga positions for strengthening the chest muscles are the Cobra Pose, the Triangle Pose, and the Standing Forward Bend. Also, certain yoga positions battle the effects of gravity, which is a major component causing breasts sagging. You can try backbends, headstands, and the inverted leg stretch to reverse some of the negative effects of gravity on your breasts.
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Sources:
Organicfacts
Healthline
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