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“Wearing A Bra Causes Breast Problems!”
By Ken L. Smith
November 2017
Dear BreastNotes:
I found lumps in my breast, went in for the
checks, and was diagnosed with cysts in my left
breast. My GP said: “Each cyst is on the bra and
underwire line... so, stop wearing your bra and let
nature heal.”
So, I have… it is as simple as that… and
after nine months, the cysts have gone, and I won’t
put my breast health at risk again.
Also, I’ve noticed a difference in my
breasts, and their ability to support themselves.
And I now have nipples… they were inverted. So… no
more bra.
I found your site by accident, but it’s
helped give me the confidence to go bra-free, and be
healthier.
Many thanks,
Patricia
10/24/17 |
I received this note and was very pleased to see that Patricia
had found some relief from her breast condition. I was
especially pleased and amazed to hear that it was her doctor
that suggested that she remove her bra and allow her own body to
heal the condition that the bra, in his opinion (and in mine as
well), had caused in the first place.
Our doctors that we have all over the world are wonderful
people, and we entrust our health… and literally our lives… to
them. Sadly, there are some instances when doctors do not agree
with opinions of or discoveries by researchers that seem to “go
against” the earlier or “popular” medical opinions. It may be a
lack of medical training, or it may be a difference of opinions,
or maybe it is because they have just not had time in their busy
lives to dig into the matter and find out what the real, current
truth is. I hate to say it, but there is evidence that for some
medical personnel, opinions tend not to change if it will mean a
modification of financial considerations or the availability of
grant monies.
Anyway, since Sydney Singer and Soma Grismaijer published their
infamous book that told the results of their early 1990’s
studies of nearly 4,600 women (“DRESSED TO KILL – The
Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras”), there has been a
concerted effort by the medical establishment to ignore their
findings, even though they themselves have done no studies of
their own to show otherwise. And at least five other studies
have supported the Singer/Grismaijer studies.
Just how wide-spread is the philosophy that the wearing of a bra
increases one’s risks for breast cancer? To find out how
prevalent it is ‘out there’, last evening I Googled the words: “Women
that eliminated their bra”, and there were nearly 100 pages
of article titles and websites listed that were somewhat
connected to that statement. Not all were worthy of our
attention, of course, and many were listed multiple times, but
here are some of them, listed in the order in which they came
up, along with a brief comment about what they discussed:
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“Fifteen Reasons Why Women Aren’t Wearing Bras Anymore”
by Hetty Tullis on The Premium Network
http://www.thetalko.com/15-reasons-why-women-dont-wear-bras-anymore/
“New research is showing that women do not need to wear
bras. In fact, there is now evidence showing that not
wearing a bra is better for our overall health. A 15-year
study in France shows that there is no health benefit to
wearing a bra and that our breasts are actually better off
without them.”
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"Ladies
It’s Finally Time To Take Off That Bra…For Good!”
by Alanna Ketler on Collective Evolution
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/04/16/ladies-its-finally-time-to-take-off-that-bra-for-good/
“According to the American Cancer Society, there is
absolutely no evidence that wearing a bra can lead to breast
cancer. No studies exist which show such a link, they argue,
yet they themselves have made no effort to disprove the
theory, either. However, several studies have been conducted
which indeed show a correlation between wearing bras and the
development of breast cancer.”
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“Why I Never Wear A Bra In Public, And I’m Sorry I’m Not
Sorry” by Sheena Sharma on Elite Daily
https://www.elitedaily.com/women/never-wear-a-bra/1185241
“Removing a bra should not be the best part of my day. But
it is. It’s more satisfying than exercising. It’s more
satisfying than eating. And you know why? Because when I
unhook that pesky little clasp, I can actually breathe
again.”
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“The Purpose of the Bra” by Ken L. Smith on
BreastNotes.com
http://breastnotes.com/aware/aware-bra.htm
“In
our society today, most breasts are bound in bras, and thus
are supported from their earliest signs of development in
the "training bras" mentioned earlier, which prevents their
ligaments and connective tissues from ever developing beyond
a minimum amount (from puberty onward). This means the
ligaments are not prepared to do their natural job.”
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“Why the Best Thing About a Bra is Taking it Off” by
Kara Maria Ananda
http://karamariaananda.com/blog/2013/6/11/why-the-best-thing-about-a-bra-is-taking-it-off
“A
woman's breasts are naturally designed to move, bounce, and
jiggle as she moves. This is the way that evolution has
crafted women's breasts over thousands and millions of years
to support optimal health and human lifestyle. Bras inhibit
the natural movement of the breasts, and this interferes
with the way the breast is designed to optimally function.”
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“French Study Suggests Younger Women Should Stop Wearing
Bras” by Michelle Castillo of CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/french-study-suggests-younger-women-should-stop-wearing-bras/
“Professor
Jean-Denis Rouillon, a sports medicine specialist from
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon in Besancon,
France, published a study on Wednesday that shows that
wearing bras may not prevent women's breasts from sagging,
and may in fact increase it. ‘Our first results confirm the
hypothesis that the bra is a false need,’ Rouillon told
France Info.
‘Medically, physiologically, anatomically, the breast does
not benefit from being deprived of gravity. Instead, it
languishes with a bra."
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“Do the Natives Wear Bras?” by Ken L. Smith of
BreastNotes.com
http://breastnotes.com/aware/aware-bras%20on%20natives.htm
“If I don’t wear a bra, my breasts will look like those I
saw in the National Geographic Magazine!” How many times
have we heard a woman say this? How many times have we
ourselves said it? So, is it true? Will our breasts really
look like those of the natives in Africa and the Pacific
Islands and primitive Central America if we don’t wear a
bra?”
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“Droop Phobia, The Bra, and Breast Cancer” by Sydney
Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer, Medical Anthropologists, of
the Institute for the Study of Culturogenic Disease
https://www.naturistsociety.com/tns/images/DroopPhobia.pdf
“The female breast was not designed with a flaw that
requires 20th Century lingerie to correct. It is also
important to get past droop phobia. It’s nothing but a
cultural con; an artificial need created to sell an
artificial support. Plastic surgeons eager to stuff and cut
breasts into fashionable dimensions add to the pressure to
conform. Breasts are big business. So is cancer. The link is
the bra. Now that bras have been busted over droop, there
may be some progress in ditching the bra and ending this
breast cancer epidemic.”
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“Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Wear A Bra, According To
Science” by Alfredo Carpineti of IFL Science!
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/no-bra-day-special-are-bras-bad-you/
“The
researchers believe that young women would gain more tone
and supporting breast tissue if no bra were used. In the
study, women that stopped wearing bras – through choice, not
as a requirement of the study – had a
7-millimeter (0.3-inch) lift in their nipples when compared
with regular bra users. Bras, they claim, could hamper
circulation and reduce breast tone over time.”
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“What is Fibrocystic Breast Disease?” found on
007b.com
http://www.007b.com/fibrocystic_breast_pain.php
“An
easy experiment to reduce pain: take your bra
off!Fortunately there is an easy solution that works for
many women in reducing breast pain and fibrocystic lumps:
many women have found that by wearing undergarments less
restrictive than bras (camisoles, tank tops, etc.) they can
dramatically reduce or eliminate fibrocystic cysts and
pain. Medical anthropologists Sydney Singer and Soma
Grismaijer, and also Dr. Gregory Heigh, have found that
around 90% of fibrocystic patients improve when they quit
wearing bras.”
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“ ‘I’m Bra-Free’
– Personal Stories”
found on BreastNotes.com
http://breastnotes.com/aware/aware-bra-free.htm
Comments from those that have chosen to be Bra-Free.
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“Braless vs Breast Cancer” by Prof. Dr. Gayane Dolyan
Descornet with Women Health & Lifestyle
https://www.women-info.com/en/braless-vs-breast-cancer/
The author cites nine studies: 1978 – California –
associating breast temperature, breast cancer and bras
1993 – Harvard – women not wearing bras had 60% less breast
cancer 1991 – Japan – proving wearing a bra increases
breast sagging… especially larger-breasted women …and six
other studies.
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“Women, it’s Time to go Braless” by Elyane Youssef of
Elephant Journal
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/03/women-its-time-to-go-braless/
the author addresses major questions women face when
deciding whether or not to remove their bra.
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“Why Wear a Bra?” found on 007b.com
http://www.007b.com/why_wear_bras.php
another well-written article that addresses the “reasons”
women wear a bra, but points out how a bra is not the sole
answer.
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“Can Your Bra Cause Breast Cancer?” found on Health
Extremist
https://www.healthextremist.com/can-your-bra-cause-breast-cancer
“Bras
are designed to alter breast shape, they apply constant
pressure to the soft breast tissue and result in compressing
and constricting lymphatic vessels. You can observe evidence
of constriction from the red marks and indentations in the
skin caused by the bra. Research shows that wearing a
bra regularly can increase your risk of developing breast
cancer. Bras prevent lymph drainage and circulation.
Both the lymphatic and circulatory systems provide vital
nutrients and allow for the elimination of toxins. This lack
of nutrients or the excess in toxins can lead to the
development of cancer. The lymphatic’s systems role is to
flush out toxins and debris from the tissues. An impairment
of the lymphatic system’s flow can lead to the
toxification of the breast tissue.”
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“Could
wearing a bra be doing your figure more harm than good?
Controversial study says underwear 'is not needed'”
by Sophie Borland, Larisa Brown, and Peter Allen on
DailyMail.com
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307278/Women-better-bras-say-scientists-took-FIFTEEN-YEARS-inspect-womens-breasts.html
“Bra shopping often feels like more trouble than it’s worth.
And according to a French scientist, it actually is.
Jean-Denis Rouillon claims that bras ‘are not needed’, and
might actually be doing women’s figures more harm than good.
His controversial research concluded that a bra could
‘prevent supporting tissues from growing’, and that breasts
might be less likely to sag without one.”
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“Women
no longer burning their bras — they’re just not wearing
them”
by Lauren Pelley of TheStar.com https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/09/06/women-no-longer-burning-their-bras-theyre-just-not-wearing-them.html
“Amanda
Johnson is a 40-year old attorney from Seattle, Wash., and
an “early adopter” of the bra-free trend. She ranges from a
DD to an H cup, and says she endured terrible back pain and
indentations on her shoulders from wearing a bra for years.
Ditching a bra has lessened her back pain, and now she only
wears one to court, or around her teenage nephews. “
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“Bras Are Quickly Losing Women’s Support” by Leah
Bourne with New York Post
http://nypost.com/2015/12/14/bras-are-quickly-losing-womens-support/
Jessica Simpson made fashion waves during a recent trip to
New York City, but it wasn’t because of the skintight black
cocktail dress and stiletto sandals she was wearing – it was
because she was noticeably not wearing a bra.
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“Give Your Boobs A Break – Lose The Bra” by Piper
Hoffman of Care2 Causes http://www.care2.com/causes/give-your-boobs-a-break-lose-the-bra.html
“So
— how great would it be not to have to wear a bra? The
question is more urgent in the face of a brand-new study
finding that bras do not prevent back pain or saggy boobs.
To the contrary, they cause them. Lead researcher
Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon
said “medically, physiologically, anatomically, the breast
does not benefit from being deprived of gravity. Instead, it
languishes with a bra.” Rouillon
calls bras
a “false necessity.” So much for brassieres’ noble
purposes.”
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“Welcome to BraFree.org, where we celebrate healthy
breasts” on BraFree.org
http://www.brafree.org/
This web site isn't about women's liberation. It's about
liberating women. We're not anti-bra. We're pro-breast. We
believe healthy breasts can support themselves, free of
wires and hardware. We believe there are no known health
benefits from wearing bras - but there are disturbing
parallels between wearing bras and the incidence of
fibrocystic disease and breast cancer.
These twenty
articles
and websites are just from the first ten pages of the search… a
sizeable number. They are all trying to tell us all that there
is some serious concern about what the bra is doing to our
breasts.
Be Aware!! When women with larger breasts sat they “cannot go
bra free” because their breasts are too large, if you count
yourself as one of those ladies and want to try being bra-free,
go bra free an hour each day, and increase that time period by
an hour each week. That will allow your breast ligaments to
develop as they should have done, but did not do, because your
bra did the job for them. After a matter of weeks or several
months, you will not feel the soreness and tension in your
breasts and shoulders.
Patricia’s doctor is ‘right on target’. We can be thankful for
those doctors like him that are knowledgeable enough to realize
that we have been doing a lot of damage for a lot of years to a
lot of women. Last year (2016) 252,710 women were diagnosed with
breast cancer in the US. If the bras caused even 60% of them (a
conservative percentage suggested by some of the above listed
studies), eliminating bras could have saved one hundred
fifty-one thousand, six hundred six women from the
heartbreak of breast cancer… and forty thousand, six hundred
ten women would still be with us. That’s a lot of misery…
just because society does not want breasts to …wiggle! Those
are the same people that tell you that if you don’t wear a bra,
you are not “descent”.
Don’t let your life be run by other people’s ideas of fashion,
style, or morality!
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