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10 Important Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Wear a Bra to Bed

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  10 Important Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Wear a Bra to Bed Most women can’t wait until the end of the day to remove their bras. It is a relief to get rid of those tight straps and under-wires. But some women believe that wearing a bra to bed can help prevent sagging of breasts. However, doctors claim that breast sagging is inevitable with age as the connective tissue which supports the breasts may lose its elasticity in due course of time. Other factors like genetics, pregnancy, breastfeeding, dramatic weight gain or loss are likely to have more effect on sagging of breasts than keeping a bra on when sleeping. On the contrary, wearing a bra to bed can have adverse health effects. Why Should You Not Wear A Bra While Sleeping? Most women may want to know if wearing a bra at night is good or bad. There is some confusion regarding the practice of wearing a bra at night. While some women may wince at the mere thought of it, others believe that the extra support can avert sagging breasts...

Can Wearing a Bra Cause Breast Cancer?

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  Can Wearing a Bra Cause Breast Cancer? Caroline Novas, National Center for Health Research There are several persistent email and internet rumors about potential causes of breast cancer. One is that wearing a bra, or wearing an underwire bra, causes the disease. The idea that bras may cause cancer was fueled by the 1995 book called Dressed to Kill by Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer. It claims that women who wear underwire bras for 12 hours a day have a much higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who do not wear bras.They maintain that bras restrict the lymph system, which results in a build-up of toxins in the breasts. [1]  However, according to the American Cancer Society, there is no evidence that compression of the lymph nodes by bras causes breast cancer; in reality, body fluids travel up and into the underarm lymph nodes, not towards the underwire. [2]  Similarly, there is no sufficient evidence that going braless will help reduce your risk of de...