Causes Of Saggy Breast And Ways To Treat it

According to Healthline.
Saggy breasts happen naturally with age. But many other factors can lead to saggy breasts. Here’s what you need to know about the causes, and treatment of sagging breasts.

Causes
1. Age

As we age, our skin loses its elasticity. This is natural and it will be noticeable all over your body, not just your breasts.

Once a woman hits menopause, hormone level changes in her body. These changes affect the volume and structure of the breast tissue and often leave the breasts looking deflated.

2. Smoking

Even your breasts can’t escape the damage cigarettes does. Any amount of smoking weakens and ages skin by decreasing the blood supply to the skin surface.

3. Exercise without support

Exercise that involves a lot of breast movement can put extra strain on the breast ligaments. If the breasts, especially large breasts, do not have proper support, it can lead to stretching of the upper embodiments and sagging of the breasts.

4. Weight loss or gain

Gaining or losing a good deal of weight, especially quickly, can change the shape of your breasts and stretch or shrink the skin surrounding them.

Treatment
Saggy breasts or breast ptosis may occur with age and other additional factors listed above. However, we can be more aware and adopt a few helpful tips into our lifestyle to help prevent it. These tips include;

1. Upper-body workouts.

Your breast tissue is mostly fat and the system of mammary ducts. Exercise won’t increase or decrease the amount of breast tissue you have. However, there are muscles underneath your breasts. Working out those muscles along with your shoulders and upper arms can make them firmer and more defined. It can also help make your breasts sit slightly higher on your chest wall.

2. Wearing bra during breastfeeding

Women avoid wearing bras during their breastfeeding period because they experience discomfort but that shouldn’t be done. This is because your breast should have at least some support. Your bras should not be very tight, but comfortable.

3. Plastic surgery

Many different surgical procedures can lift the breasts. These can help restore your breasts to a more youthful appearance. It’s an expensive option but has the most dramatic results.

4. Stay Hydrated and Eat Foods with Antioxidants

Our skin needs more than moisturizers, it needs water. Making sure you remain hydrated is important for overall health and it’s especially helpful for skin to retain its elasticity. Plain old water is best.

Fruits and vegetables have lots of antioxidants that also boost skin health and overall health. Antioxidants target free radicals, molecules that develop as the body breaks down food and when it’s exposed to tobacco smoke and radiation.