How do you shape breasts?
Breasts are mainly composed of adipose tissue. There are also, of course, milk glands that make breastfeeding possible.
However, the amount of fat in a breast differs per woman. One woman has a bit more fat than the other woman and the place where the fat is located can also differ. As a result, breasts come in all shapes and sizes, from large breasts to flat breasts. When you increase in weight, the fat cells in your breasts will start to expand. When you lose weight, fat cells will shrink.
Collagen and elastin
When you lose a good number of pounds, it is almost inevitable that your breasts will become slightly slack. The skin around your breasts is formed by certain proteins called collagen and elastin. Due to extreme weight loss, these proteins are quite under pressure. As a result, the elasticity of the skin around your breasts is messed up. Yet there are a number of things you can do to minimize your breasts.
Losing healthy weight
What you absolutely should prevent in the first place is crash diets and yo-yo. This causes the quality of collagen and elastin to deteriorate and your breasts will hang. A better strategy is to lose weight at a moderate pace. When you lose moderate, the proteins (collagen and elastin) have the time to adapt to the new composition of your body. This makes your breasts less inclined to hang. For example, you can choose to lose a maximum of 1 to 2 kilograms per week. In addition to protecting your breasts, it also offers benefits for the future. If you adjust your lifestyle at a leisurely pace, the chances are that you will be able to sustain this in the long term. This also prevents you from yo-yo effect.
Key tips for a healthy bosom
Food
Starving yourself to lose weight? That often works counterproductive. When you lose weight and your fat percentage decreases, it happens everywhere, including in your breasts. This is often the case at the 'ends' of our body and it gets less towards your body. That is why, for example, abdominal fat is also so persistent. To maintain the fat percentage in your breasts, it is very important to get enough calories. Desiring yourself to lose weight is therefore not wise. As long as you keep eating healthy and varied (fats, proteins, and carbohydrates), your body will leave your breasts alone.
Movement
There is another way you can reduce the chance of flaccid breasts. Breast muscles sit directly under your breasts. When you train these muscles, your chest muscles will become bigger and they will come forward a bit further. That gives your breasts a lifting effect, as it were. Although you can strengthen your chest muscles in this way, it is not possible to make your breast tissue more elastic with strength training. A good tip is to always wear sportswear or sports bra during sports.
Be happy with your boobs
Finally, perhaps the most important tip: do not be too insecure about your breasts. Through the media, we are flooded with photos of ideal breasts, but that is far from reality. Most female breasts hang, especially with larger cup sizes. But breastfeeding can also change your breasts.
At a young age, your breasts are firmer and more elastic. That is because the breast still consists mainly of connective tissue. As you get older, the connective tissue will increasingly be replaced by adipose tissue. It is therefore normal that your breasts become slacker and hang more. And give yourself a nice lingerie gift. That can sometimes give you that extra bit of confidence!
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