Sagging? Blame smoking, not breastfeeding

November 3, 2007

Don't

blame breastfeeding for sagging breasts - a new study has found that

feeding does not affect breast shape, but smoking does. Researchers at

the University of Kentucky, led by plastic surgeon Brian Rinker,

arrived at this conclusion after a study with patients in Britain. & quot;A

lot of times, if a woman comes in for a breast lift or a breast

augmentation, she'll say 'I want to fix what breastfeeding did to my

breasts', & quot; Rinker said.Rinker's team interviewed 132 women -

with an average age of 39 - between 1998 and 2006. Ninty-three percent

had had at least one pregnancy, and most of the mothers - 58 percent -

had breastfed at least one child.The team also evaluated the

patients' medical history, body mass index, pre-pregnancy bra cup size,

and smoking status. The results showed no difference in the degree of

breast ptosis - the medical term for sagging of the breast - for those

women who breastfed and those who did not. The team, however, found

that several other factors did affect breast sagging, including age,

the number of pregnancies, and whether the patient smoked. & quot;Smoking

breaks down a protein in the skin called elastin, which gives youthful

skin its elastic appearance and supports the breast... so it would make

sense that it would have an adverse effect on the breasts, & quot; Rinker said.

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November 4, 2007

Can you list a source for this please! I'm very interested in more details.

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