The mammogram debate never seems to stop raging. Today we hear that they aren’t as necessary as the medical profession would have us believe, and tomorrow we may hear that they are the worst thing you can do for your body, and actually cause breast cancer. The next we may hear that it’s all hooey and we should get them every six months.
You just never know, and it’s always wise to use your own judgement, your own knowledge of your family history, your knowledge of your own body, and your intuition, which can always be a powerful thing when you choose to listen to your own instincts about what is right for you and your personal health.
The latest coming out of the medical establishment is a finding that lower risk women may actually benefit more from having a mammogram only once every three years instead of the recommended one to two years now.
They may not need them as often as women who have been identified as a part of a higher risk breast cancer group, since their likelihood of ever developing cancerous tissue in their breasts is a lot less.
Women who have a family history of breast cancer, especially on the female side of their family (meaning on their mother’s side), are probably still going to be told to follow the same guidelines and get them at the more often recommended intervals.
Also, women who take genetic testing and are identified as having the right genetic markers for breast cancer would still have the same recommendations that are in place today.
Women who have denser breast tissue may even be recommended to have them more often, for the sheer chance that something such as a lump or mass could go undetected in normal hand-feeling breast exam routines.
Mammograms do offer a more detailed look at the breast tissue, and women with very dense breast tissue often are a lot harder to find cancer in.
While we consider dense breast tissue as a blessing when we are younger, since it gives us much firmer, more lifted breasts than when we get older and lose that tissue density, it can really make for a much harder to detect tissue mass that may be cancerous.
The scenario may present itself where women are in a very low risk group all the way around for breast cancer – no family history, less dense tissue and a great genetic background, and those women may not even get them but once every four years.
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We watched the “comedy” movie with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, normally a fairly adequate duo of worthy actors, last night. First of all, I want to say that Brookyn Decker has one of the greatest female bodies I’ve seen in a while. She’s gorgeous.
And oh my gosh, the woman’s breasts will even make a woman gawk at them, they are so perfect! I mean, what kind of God allows such a ridiculously portioned body to happen naturally!? And she is supposedly implant free, so I guess the surgical Gods are not the ones she’s blessed with – it’s the old fashioned hard way – genetics!
There are of course arguments on the internet about whether Brooklyn Decker’s breasts are real or not, but there are also rumors that Jennifer Aniston has had breast implants as well. It seems like you can’t get away with having a huge rack and a skinny body, or even a decent rack and skinny body these days without being called out for having implants, even if you’ve never had the surgery.
I guess it’s flattering. But this movie is anything but flattering for either woman. Brooklyn is a fledgeling actress, mostly a model who probably landed this role because she plays basically a Bo Derek part (in TEN) by being really sweet and innocent and mostly being eye candy in a teeny weeny bathing suit for guys to gawk at.
I must admit, seeing her come out of he water in the tiny yellow bikini is quite breath taking, even if you’re a totally staright woman! It’s almost embarrassing to look at because you feel fixated when you see something of such extreme beauty and sexiness.
It’s too bad the movie was terrible.The humor was forced and obvious, aside from some good jokes here and there. It was very sophomoric in my opinion, and some of the jokes really were ridiculous, almost an insult to one’s intelligence who is watching.
The child actors in the film are abismal and pretty much make the movie even worse and an even bigger bear to watch. Brooklyn holds her own for the most part, but you can tell she’s new at it in some scenes where she over acts or moves her head way too much.
Nicole Kidman and Dave Matthews (yeah, the Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews band!) are actually quite funny in this movie. Nicole bears her body a bit too, as does Jennifer Aniston, who always had a rocking fit body.
If you are going to see this movie, be ready for some really terrible scenes and some of the worst humor ever….I didn’t like it at all. But it really wasn’t my brand of humor at all.
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When it comes to our breasts, the way men and women view this particular part of the anatomy is very different when it comes to their own bodies. Women tend to want larger, fuller breasts, while of course men do not want this part of their body to grow because the breasts are traditionally a female body part that identifies women and men and separates them from one another.
It’s only July, and so far I’ve seen examples of both men and women trying to either show what they’ve got or cover up what they’re ashamed of in the summer time. For men, it’s often covering up this part of the body that makes life hard to enjoy.
Imagine a man who suffers from gynecomastia, the disorder that makes men grow larger breasts and feminizes their appearance, and how much angst he must feel when going to the beach, or perhaps a water park, where he has to disrobe and show his chest?
Or imagine a woman who either has breasts that are saggy and have stretch marks, or has breasts that she feels are way too small, way too big, or asymmetrical in some noticeable way?
Both of these scenarios can be troublesome, and can really interfere with enjoyment of the summer time. Summer is traditionally a time where you can feel more free, and you can dress more minimally. Part of the great fun of summer is feeling the warm sun on your skin, on your chest, and feeling the gentle breeze against parts of your body that don’t always get to see the light of day.
It’s putting on a bathing suit, or swim trunks, and being able to bare the upper part of your body without feeling a constant nagging burden of shame.
People who have a lot of self conscious feelings about the chest area, whether they are a man worried about his flabby chest, or a woman worrying about her small breasts, really have something taken away from them during this time of peace and freedom from the binding times of winter.
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I received the following interesting information on how a combination of herbal concoctions in Chinese medicine may help women who are being treated for breast cancer via chemotherapy, and wanted to share the press release with you.
Chinese medicine benefits patients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer
Chinese medicine can help support women who are being treated for breast cancer, according to new research published in the current issue of The Oncologist.
The study showed that capsules comprising 14 herbs helped to prevent anaemia and to maintain patients’ immune systems whilst they were taking chemotherapy.
Sixty five women aged 18-69 with breast cancer were recruited by researchers at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Israel. Five capsules of herbs were taken daily (6g per day) for two weeks prior to chemotherapy and during treatment. The study was randomised, controlled and double-blinded.
The herbs reduced the incidence and severity of reductions in red and white blood cells caused by chemotherapy. They also reduced the damage to white blood cells (neutrophils) which have an important role in preventing infections. The destruction of red and white blood cells is a potentially serious side effect of chemotherapy that can interrupt treatment and reduce the ability of the immune system to fight infections.
There were no safety problems or adverse interactions between the chemotherapy agents and the herbal intervention, known as LCS101.
The researchers concluded, “The addition of LCS101 to anthracycline and
taxane-based chemotherapy is safe and well tolerated, and may significantly prevent some chemotherapy-induced hematological toxicities in early breast cancer patients. These results should encourage further larger and more extensive clinical trials.”
Emma Farrant, secretary of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine said, “These findings are encouraging. Although there are conventional drugs that fulfil a similar function, they are expensive and can have unpleasant side effects. Chinese herbal medicine may provide a cheaper and more gentle alternative and we would welcome more research into this important area.”
In Europe, nearly half of breast cancer patients report using botanical medicines. The RCHM advises that in cases of serious illness such as cancer, herbal treatment should only be given when a patient’s GP or consultant has been informed.
The RCHM was set up in 1987 to self-regulate the practice of Chinese herbal medicine amongst its members. For information about the RCHM, please visit www.rchm.co.uk or call 01603 623994.
For media enquiries, contact Sue Flook on 01453 790821/07788 154753 or
sue@furnercommunications.co.uk.
The research has been published The Oncologist, Vol 16, No 6, June 2011.
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Apparently there is still lingering concern around the approved use of silicone breast implants, even though the FDA released them for approval a few short years ago, to be used not only in breast reconstruction patients, but also in women who were seeking breast augmentation cosmetic surgery.
Silicone implants have long been idealized as the more natural feeling, natural looking implant, and also have been coveted because they don’t have the negative side effects of getting the “dented” look, or rippling look on the side of the breast, or even in the front. This issue has caused concern for many women who have gotten saline implants.
It makes sense, because saline implants are essentially bags filled with salt water, and they may not have as much resilience as the silicone implant. However, if a saline implant leaks out into the body, it is only harmless, colorless saline liquid, which is salt water and a totally inert liquid in the human body.
Even though saline may produce what some feel is a slightly inferior result as far as appearance and feel goes, it is still the safer option when it comes to potential complications.
Breast implant alternatives have become a very appealing option for a lot of women because both silicone and saline have their risks, depending on severity of the situation. You’ve got appearance concerns with saline, and other more serious concerns with silicone.
Complications that may be more likely with silicone implants include scar tissue encasing the implant, which results in something called capsular contracture which can result in a lot of pain and discomfort, and at its worse, removal of the implant which requires an additional surgery of course.
There is also a very slight chance, or correlation between silicone types of implants and a rare cancer that affects the lymph nodes. This is quite scary, and even though the link is small, you may want to make this consideration as well.
Whether you have silicone or saline though, you need to be mindful that your breast implants are definitely not meant to be kept in for too long, and that since they are a material that can break down in the body over time, they do need to be replaced periodically.
The recommendation is to get them replaced once every ten years currently. The longer you go without replacing them after the ten years is up, the more you risk things like deflation, indenting, rippling and other unpleasant looking things.
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I’m pleased to see a trend in Hollywood that is getting away from starlets with breast implants, and focusing more on natural beauties who clearly have not been surgically altered. One example I can think of is Amy Adams in The Fighter, a movie we just saw recently.
She does a great job in this movie, and her beautiful physique looks way better because she obviously doesn’t have breast implants, but has a nice, womanly figure and can push those puppies up pretty darn well in shirts I must say!
Blake Lively is another who has not been surgically altered who is getting lots of attention these days, although lately of course it hasn’t been about her acting. She’s in the Green Lantern, with brown hair, and stars in the popular teen soap opera Gossip Girl.
Olivia Wilde, an up and coming actress who got into show biz by being the sexy doctor on House, but is now getting tons of movie roles, is another natural beauty. Not only does she have a smoldering face and great bone structure, but her body is rockin’ without any implants, and she seems to be very body confident. The men LOVE her too…
Now, one of Olivia’s look alikes, Megan Fox, I’m not sure about. She doesn’t have huge breasts, surely. However, they look a bit rounded when they are pushed up, which is usually a dead giveaway of a boob job. If she has implants, she went with a very modest size which is smart because they are very hard to detect.
Kristen Stewart is the envy of millions of young girls, teens, and full grown women (who might not admit it) for sharing steamy screen time with one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelors, and having a rumored offscreen romance with Robert Pattinson as well.
Kristen Stewart is all natural. She’s a tiny girl, to be sure, however it’s refreshing to see such a talented young actress who hasn’t succumbed to the pressures to be big bosomed in Hollywood. She’s barely 20 or 21 years old, but lots of these young actresses are doing it in their teens!
Ashley Green, one of her costars, is also all natural, and looks terrific with her athletic figure and gorgeous hair and bone structure. There is definitely a refreshing trend in Hollywood toward natural breasts.
I think women are realizing that it seems to be the natural women who are taken more seriously in roles, because they look more like real, natural women. There are some great natural breast implant alternatives out there today as well that can help you achieve a big of a larger cup size without implants.
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It seems that finally, there is beginning to be a real shift toward wellness and prevention in the medical industry, as opposed to just putting a medication into people to fix what could have been probably totally avoided had they followed a certain diet and exercised as well.
I’m hearing a series of PSA ads from major medical facilities and healthcare providers now on the radio and television, preaching the praises of getting exercise, snacking and eating right, and making overall healthier lifestyle choices to help you live a healthier, more disease free life.
Kaiser Permanente has a series of ads right now, featuring what sounds like West Wing alum Allison Janney, doing radio spots for eating better, and exercising, directed at every day, average people, encouraging people to reduce stress, get out and exercise or even just walk on their lunch breaks at work, and to pick better foods.
I have to admit, this is definitely an encouraging sign to someone like me, who has had real doubts about the future of medicine and where we are headed with treating diseases and health issues that are lifestyle related. I’ve always been more a proponent of avoiding health issues before they occur.
With breast health, this could definitely help reduce the incidence of breast cancer, because breast cancer prevention is something that is all lifestyle related. Of course, there are cases that are heavily linked to genetics, and some women are so genetically predisposed to getting breast cancer, that it may be unavoidable.
However, lifestyle and diet changes can greatly reduce this risk, and give a person better chances against ever developing cancerous breast tumors. So, in short, it should not be encouraged to just “throw in the towel” and eat badly as well as not get any activity in your life if you have breast cancer in your family.
You can still influence the outcome by making the right lifestyle changes. There are never any guarantees in life, but it’s comforting to know that we can at least have a part in our own breast health. Of course, doing your own breast exams fairly often is also beneficial.
Get to know your own breasts, so that if something crops up, you will know it is out of the norm, and you can monitor it, or get into a doctor right away if it feels like something other than a little bit of soreness or fibrousness from being on your period or something.
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Jul 11
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Do Breast Implants Wear Out?
In a word, yes, breast implants do wear out. You need to get them replaced every ten years approximately, because like everything else, they will wear down and need to be replaced. They are unfortunately, not at the moment, indestructible, nor are they resilient to everything that comes their way.
Breast implants are made of a silicone shell most times, which is a type of plastic. This plastic, althought built to be very durable and to roll with the punches so to speak, still is subject to a lot of trauma many times. Women who have implants have even reported ruptures from having blunt trauma to the breast area.
Say, an airbag comes out and hits the chest head on, or you are doing a cartwheel and you land on your chest, things like that can really damage your implants and test their ability to withstand the pressures of being in the body for years and years.
There have been stories where breast implants have slowed down bullets enough to save women’s lives though, so there is also a perception that they are indestructable, but that thought process is not correct. Breast implants are still subject to rupture, burst, deflate and generally lose their shape and their rigidity in the body.
This is why surgeons generally recommend that women who have breast implants get them replaced roughly every ten years, although this is flexible a few years out from that date, and some women may even opt to get them replaced sooner than ten years. Although, it is quite an expense, so I don’t know why some women would choose to replace them before they have to!
Breast implants usually don’t get too much wear and tear as far as bumps, because they are inside the body, but the body itself can be an acidic environment, and this may aid in the breakdown of the plastics that comprise the implant as well.
Some women’s bodies even reject the breast implant, or grow scar tissue around them, causing a very painful condition called capsular contracture, which is where scar tissue constricts over the implant and makes for a painful sensation in the chest. Good argument for breast implant alternatives, right!?
At any rate, breast implants do need to be replaced, so women who have them must be prepared to pay for them several times in their lifetime. It’s not, unfortunately, just a one time deal, you will need to shell out a few times in your life to go under the knife!
Check out a new breast enhancement cream that can help you get larger breasts naturally.
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Jun 11
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Man Boobs and Cardio
Cardio workouts, as we all know, are one of the best ways to lower your overall body (BMI), and to help kick your metabolism into a higher gear, making your body more of a lean, mean fat burning and calorie burning machine.
What men who have gynecomastia, or just have a little bit of sagging skin around the chest area, making it look as if they have small breasts, need to know is that cardio is a very necessary part of your effective man boob prevention campain.
Whether you have the actual medical condition of gynecomastia, which is hard to get rid of without surgery, or you just have a little more tissue in the chest area than you would like, you absolutely have to do cardio to work extra fat off the body. You are likely overweight if you do not have the gynecomastia condition but you are seeing male breast growth.
So, the strategy here is to reduce overall body fat, which means that the fat naturally gets pulled off of the most unnecessary parts of the body first. For both men and women, an unnecessary part where fat is stored is in this chest/breast area. So if you lose fat, then the breasts are one of the first areas it should be taken from.
Taking in less dietary fat is also important. If you take in too much dietary fat, then you will store more fat. Also, if you take in too many calories, chances are you’re taking in too much fat as well, and these can both contribute to male breast growth because men don’t store fat anywhere other than their bellies and the chest area typically.
You’ve seen this familiar sight one too many times. Guy is all top heavy. He may have the skinniest lower arms, legs and butt, but then he may have a hug belly and man boobs to boot. That’s a pretty typical body type and problem area for many men, so it’s a point of a lot of insecurity and embarrassment for lots of guys, especially as they age and have a harder time keeping their fat well distributed and their overall body fat down.
There are some male breast reduction pills that can also help you to burn off excess fat and increase the effectiveness of your diet and exercise routine to help boot this extra fat in an undesirable place right to the curb!
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There are more and more findings in breast cancer research, and many of them point to the fact that some women have such high predispositions to get the disease that they might as well do something to significantly lower their risk early on in life.
There was actually even an episode about a woman who had almost certain risk of breast cancer on Grey’s Anatomy, who ended up getting a radical masectomy (removal of both breasts, all the breast tissue), because she had the genetic mutations that resulted in almost positive breast cancer when she got a little older.
This has become more and more common, women who get tested for the “breast cancer” gene and get a masectomy because they are found to be in such a high risk category.
But it may not be necessary for women who are in these high, high risk categories to always do this, as there are drugs being developed, such as the one we will talk about today, Aromasin, which lower the hormones in the body that are responsible for breast cancer aggravation and development, so the risk of developing it are lowered significantly.
The thing that sets the hormone blocking drug apart from it’s competitors such as Tomoxifen and other hormone blockers, is that it showed significantly less side effects that make the other hormone blocking breast cancer drugs not as desirable, even for women who may take it and be saved, at least may have a 65% reduction in their risk.
There were also actually life threatening side effects for some of them, such as blood clots and risk of stroke. Aromasin had significantly lower risks of these types of side effects, and the subjects that it was tested on reported good quality of life while taking the drug, suggesting that the patient’s quality of life would be virtually unharmed.
The problem with these aromatase (the hormone that causes breast cancer to form and become more agressive in some cases) blockers is the cost as well. They can cost upwards of $300 per month to take, and the patients usually would not be willing to take such an expensive drug if they were not certain they would get breast cancer.
The drug must be taken on a daily basis as well, and some patients would find this to be a nuisance for something that is merely preventive, not used as a therapy yet. Should be interesting to see if this drug is used as a preventive breast cancer drug or not…
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Jun 11
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Best Breasts of 2010
We totally forgot to do our fun little tongue in cheek “best of” list for 2010, so we figured we would get that done now. We know everyone was waiting with baited breath (not) for the Top Breasts of 2010, so without further ado, let’s talk about some of the celebrities and pseudo celebrities with the best breasts.
Number one on the list has to be Brooklyn Decker. This curvy model has brought new meaning to “are they really natural?” Because you cannot tell if they are natural for sure, but if they are breast implants, they certainly are some of the best breast implants I’ve ever seen.
She either had a really great doctor, or already had some fabulous breast tissue to work with. Or they are a gift from mother nature, and she really is that gifted and happens to have a banging body as well. She is very athletically framed, so it’s pretty believable.
In the forgettable movie “Just Go With It” she plays the object of Adam Sandler’s affections, almost like Bo Derek in the movie “Ten”, and her scenes in the yellow barely there bikini are memorable to most men!
The second best breasts of 2010 are another model’s – one who has also graced a Sports Illustrated cover page. It’s Leo DiCaprio’s ex girlfriend Bar Rafaeli. This Israeli born beauty is another one that has huge boobs that look like they could potentially be real, but almost look too good to be true for how small she is everywhere else.
However, she’s not SO skinny that you wouldn’t believe the girl could have those huge breasts, so we’ll give her the benefit of the doubt in this case.
She has been in numerous Sports Illustrated ads and also has done some other modeling work, but is probably best known for dating Leonardo DiCaprio, the other staple bachelor in Hollywood besides George Clooney who seems to enjoy playing the field more than settling down and getting married to a lady love.
Halle Berry is a really big celebrity who has always had a great rack. She’s always had it though, and they really are probably the real thing, because if you look even at older pictures of her, those bad boys have not changed over the years – they have stayed exactly the same.
Halle is well known for having great curves, but she is even more well known for her beautiful face and short haircut which show off her flawless skin and georgeous bone structure. She’s also a really talented actress, if you take away X-Men and Cat Woman.
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Hmm, this type of thing certainly doesn’t bode well for the feminist part of me that hates when men only consider a woman’s appearance and not her abilities to do a job well. But this is a little of both, in the case of the busty, attractive paralegal that was recently ordered to sit amongst the spectators in the courtroom rather than at the opposing counsel’s table.
Why, you ask would such a ridiculous request be asked? The opposing counsel in this case, a guy who was representing a car dealership against whom the plaintiffs were arguing with about disgruntled customer experiences, asked that she be removed from the middle of the courtroom and seated somewhere less conspicuous, ie less distracting to the male audience.
The paralegal apparently was too busty and took attention away from the matters at hand and could have damaged the case that the opposing counsel was arguing. That was the argument. The opposing counsel also stated that she was dressed in a manner so as to capture attention and distract.
Ok, so having large breasts and displaying them is apparently against the rules in court. Sounds like this guy might be a bit tightly wound to me!
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This really takes the cake, or shall I say the cheese (sorry about that awful pun). Did you hear of how there was starting to be a budding market for dairy foods made with human breast milk? Yeah, that’s human, as in me and you, capable intelligent beings who can read this, our breast milk.
Why does that gross people out so much, when they drank it as a child? And also when it’s something that comes from us, when we drink the milk of other animals all the time? I’m not sure, but I can tell you, it really gets my gag reflex going. I supposed it is because we look at it as a such a sacred part of a person.
It’s like drinking someone’s sweat I suppose. There are lots of things that people can eat that animals just don’t have access to. Imagine all the toxins that could be in some women’s breast milk due to the human diet for most people, first of all!
At least with cow milk, you know the cow is pretty much just eating grain and grass and drinking water, and really not doing much else. A cow is a vegetarian, whereas people are like garbage cans, they eat everything in sight.
The latest craze is using human breast milk in one of my all time favorite foods – cheese. Blasphemy I say! This is just totally offensive to me, although I would never judge someone who’s into it since it’s each unto their own in my book.
The breast milk cheese was actually served at a New York gallery. Not sure what the patrons who ate it thought, but I certainly hope they were aware of what they were eating.
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I love Reese Witherspoon, and I’m sure she’s also won over a lot of other female fans as well with her blasting of these starlets who let photos of themselves leak out on to the internet of them in compromising positions. Sex tapes and nude pictures unfortunately are a way to make a quick name for yourself, although they certainly don’t make a good name for you.
But it has worked for some women to bring them to a new level of reality show stardom, like Kim Kardashian in her famous sex tape with an ex boyfriend, or Paris Hilton, who is a multi millionaire partly due to a “leaked” sex tape of her and ex boyfriend Rick Solomon having sex in a hotel room somewhere.
Even Disney “good girl” Vanessa Hudgens has nude photos of herself, apparently taken by a cell phone camera, that leaked out on to the internet, tarnishing her squeaky clean Disney persona. Miley Cyrus doesn’t have any nude photos yet, but she certainly has let herself into some compromising, overly sexual positions for such a young girl.
This world is definitely over sexualized, and it’s a shame that so many impressionable young girls really let themselves be a victim of it. That latest rising star to have a nude pic scandal is Blake Lively, the star of the hit TV show Gossip Girl.
There are nude pictures of her, supposedly taken by herself by her own cell phone, that hacker supposedly leaked. Her people, and her, claim that they are 100% fake and photoshopped, but I saw them, and they show pretty much everything, her breasts, her butt and everything else, and they really look like her.
There are no telltale signs of doctoring of photo shopping, and I hate to say it, but I think that they are her. WHY on God’s green earth, if you are a celebrity, would you EVER take nude pics of yourself? They almost always end up in the public eye!
And why would you EVER be in a sex tape if you are in the public eye too? That has never ended well for anyone, and usually the women who are in these tapes and pictures are denegrated, and the guys that are in them are lauded as a stud.
It can hurt the woman’s reputation, which is totally unfair. But if I were Blake, and those were me, I’d just own up to it and not let it bother me. It almost looks worse when you deny it if it really looks like you. It could be a fake, but who knows…
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You’ve probably seen ads for breast enhancement and breast enlargement creams before. They usually are used to help lift, tone and make the breasts more perky .Almost like a breast lift in a bottle. They are like anti aging and firming creams for your face in a way, only some of them can actually enlarge the breast tissue, and make the breasts look much firmer and more lifted, for women who are concerned about sagging.
They often contain some estrogenic plant extracts that help to stimulate the natural hormones in the body which lift and make the breasts larger looking, and in some women they can actually cause an increase in cup size as well (of course this depends on the formula and what it’s made to do). At any rate, don’t expect an overnight miracle.
These breast enhancing creams are not designed that way. As with any other bioactive lotions or topical ingredients, you have to give them time to work, and you also must make sure you use them regularly for them to gain momentum and start to really change the way the breasts look and feel.
Other ingredients may include tightening and firming actives which help to lift and tone the breast tissue. Hey, don’t laugh, because the breast tissue responds to external lotions and creams, just like the face. I know you probably have certain facial products that you favor too. And why? Because certain types of facial skincare change the way your face looks, that’s why!
Why would breast care be any different? Especially as we age and our breast tissue changes, just like everywhere else on our body! You can even dab some of these creams between your breasts, where those creases tend to occur if you’re a side sleeper, and they can help prevent that aged look there as well by plumping out that skin.
Breast enhancement creams are like anti aging creams for your face, only they are for your breasts. Sometimes they are only meant to be used for a short period of time, say a few months, if they are being used to achieve a larger breast size or much firmer breasts, and sometimes they are formulated to be used on an ongoing basis, you really just have to read the labels or aks the manufacturer the question of what is the safest and most effective time duration to us their product.
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The devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan that was ravaged by the huge earthquake Japan experienced mere weeks ago, has many Japanese men and women scared for the health of themselves and their families. It is truly a frightening thing they are going through over there now.
Imagine if suddenly your life was thrown into chaos, where you were not even sure that the food or water you were purchasing at your grocery store was safe any more because levels of radiation had been discovered in some? Or that you may have lost a loved one to the devastation of the earthquake itself and the consequences on physical bodily harm that can occur?
Right now, my heart goes out to those in Japan. Recently, women near Fukushima, one of the power plants that was devastated by the earthquake, and has since gone into a nuclear meltdown status, have tested positive for radiation in their breast milk.
Cesium which is a radioactive chemical, was detected. The “safety levels” of this radioactive substance in breast milk have not been established yet by the Japanese government. Honestly though, is ANY level or radiation SAFE in your child’s breast milk?
Probably not. And the government in all countries pretty much knows that they have to stave off any sort of national panic, so they will say something is safe without actually knowing from years of study and experimenting, that it really is.
This probably has many Japanese women fearing for the safety of giving their breast milk to their children, and I would imagine, would have them fleeing to the nearest store for formula instead of giving their child potentially dangerous, radioactive breast milk.
This whole earthquake and radioactive meltdown really had a lot of us here in the US wondering, what would happen if that were to take place over here? Are we adequately prepared? Probably not. That’s the sad part. I know that there is a power plant about an hour and a half north of me that has been re-upped again, that was supposed to be decommissioned years ago.
It makes me wonder if that power plant is really still ok to be running, and if it is still secure and solidly built, or whether they sort of “wear out”. At any rate, I’m certainly going to prepare for the worst if I hear of anything happening that questions the safety of this power plant.
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Interestingly, some women who get liposuction surgery in certain areas of their body, may also get a nice side benefit (if they don’t already think their breasts are too large). They may actually get a larger cup size, because in some women, the fat that was vaccumed out during liposuction, comes back in their breasts.
There was recently a report that liposuction patients noticed fat coming back on strange areas of their body where they did not have the lipo. This one though, may be one that some women want, since breast implant surgery is such a popular surgery still, and many women still want to augment this part of their body.
Don’t think you’re going to get bigger boobs by getting any kind of lipo though, only women who had certain areas of their body lipo’d noticed that they also grew a breast size or two, or maybe a half a cup size. The areas most often cited for this interesting side effect of liposuction were the flanks, upper arm fat, and abdominal fat.
It wasn’t reported for other areas of the body, although who’s to say that per individual this phenomenon doesn’t differ. We all have different bodies with different types of chemistry, so it would make sense that the areas of the body that the fat “migrates” to after lipo forceably takes it off of another part would differ.
I certainly wouldn’t mind having it all migrate to my boobs. That would be a great breast implant alternative actually! Of course, liposuction is a very serious surgery, and it has been reported that the recovery can be long and painful. The scarring can be bad too, especially if you don’t have an excellent plastic surgeon, so definitely choose wisely when it comes to who you go to.
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A woman recently showed off her gigantic, ridiculously large, I’m sure record-setting breast implants to the media, claiming she had gotten them through multiple operations (duh). Thank goodness the type of breast implants that she got which allowed her to expand to such epic proportions, called “string” breast implants, which we discussed here first several years ago.
String breast implants are another alternative in breast implants, unique in that they contain an absorbant material, which allows the implants to keep expanding and expanding, so that after the breast augmentation surgery, the breasts literally never stop growing. This means that you could end up with breast implants that are so large they could endanger your health, and literally keep growing for the rest of your life. OUCH!
This woman, who is a stripper, has breast implants that are now a whopping fifty pounds. That is just crazy ridiculous, and I’d imagine that it has to be pretty darn painful too. Each of her breast implants weigh about 26 pounds so she clocks in actually a little over 50 pounds of implants, which makes her most likely a record holder!
The Food and Drug Administration actually banned string breast implants a few years ago because they are so dangerous and it is really largely unknown what type of long term effects they can have. I can’t imagine having implants that just keep on endlessly expanding and expanding, and am glad they made these types of implants illegal.
I saw the picture of the woman, who is a really cute, petite dirty blonde, and they actually look freakish. It’s hard not to stare at them and wonder how she can stay upright. They are so big that you’d think she be constantly face-planting on the ground. They are roughly the size of two large sized beach balls. Not the soccer ball size, the big, actual beach balls that you use to play with when you were a kid!
To me, that sounds like a nightmare, and something that only dancers or someone who wants them as a novelty act would want. I imagine you would probably be a spectacle everwhere you went as well, which certainly doesn’t float my boat. But hey, to each their own!
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May 11
24
Naturaful Breast Cream – New Product
We will be scheduling a review of a new product (well, it’s new to us) called Naturaful, a breast enhancing cream that seems to have some pretty good evidence backing up its effectiveness.
Here is a before pic, more to come on this natural breast enhancement cream!
Naturaful "Before Pic", Click for "After" Picture
An important decision new mothers need to decide is if they should breast or bottle feed their baby. Breast milk is nature’s way to nourish your baby. However if you don’t feel comfortable with breastfeeding, pumping is an alternate option. The baby will get all the benefits of breast feeding whether fed from the breast or bottle.
Most medical professionals recommend nursing the baby for the first year. However, the baby benefits even if breast feeding is done for a shorter while, as they still will get the benefit of the unique nutrients in their body.
Feeding the baby mother’s milk is better than formula in that it is easier to digest. Since it is easier to digest there is less gas and spit up. There are many other benefits to breastfeeding verses formula also. Some benefits include convenience as well as cost. Natural feeding is convenient; it is always at the perfect temperature.
You never have to bother with washing bottles and nipples. Nursing is better than formula because formula can be quite expensive. If you’d rather pump there are many good breast pumps available to buy or rent. Most health insurance companies will help cover the cost these.
Occasionally you will hear that a formula has been recalled after an injury or death. Formula fed babies have a higher chance of developing certain childhood lymphoma, and the risk for obesity later in life is increased. Back in 1990 the average cost to feed a baby formula for one year was around $1,000, today that number has grown.
Mother’s milk contains antibodies which help the baby fight off infections better than formula and helps babies develop stronger immune systems versus bottle feeding. Some studies have shown that babies fed mother’s milk have a developed higher IQ. Nourishing your baby with mother’s milk is better than formula because formula feeding increases the chances for the baby to develop allergies.
Lastly, feeding time is a special bonding experience with mother and baby. This is probably one of the most individually important reasons that breast feeding can be such a blessing for mother and child. It’s this intangible benefit that we have when the mother is close to her infant for a period of time. That bonding is priceless.
Forget about all the other health benefits for the baby and the baby’s immune system. Often times it’s just more of a bonding experience for mother and child that makes breast feeding so important to so many new mothers. They feel like they can really get to know their child better this way, and that the baby can really feel a strong bond and attachment to their mother that is really not comparable to any other bond.
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May 11
17
Mammograms Going Down More and More
According to some recent statistics, less and less women are opting to get mammograms. It is being blamed on the recommendation that came out about one year ago, where it was recommended that women in their forties may not need to get yearly mammograms yet, and that women fifty and over may not need to get them every year, but rather should only be getting them once every two years.
Some argue that mammograms still can save lives, even if it’s not statistically a large amoung of women that are actually either saving their lives or saving their breast tissue from being excised by doing it earlier on.
While it is true that getting early diagnosis of breast cancer is important if the disease is to be treated successfully, some worry that getting mammograms unnecessarily may, in itself, be a carcinogen to the sensitive breast tissue that is so susceptible to becoming cancerous in the first place.
Let’s face it. Mammograms are not fun. I have never had one out of personal choice. I’m only 36 years old, but it was recommended that I get a mammogram yearly about one year ago because I have an aunt on my mother’s side who actually died of breast cancer.
It was my choice on a personal level because I had read about mammograms, and the radiation they put out, and that they may actually spur cancerous growth of cells in and of themselves. Do I believe my choice is right for every woman in my position? Absolutely not. I believe it is a personal judgement call.
It all depends on what you are swayed by, what catches your attention and what you believe and don’t believe. I personally had read enough to put doubt in my mind, but it doesn’t mean I would make this recommendation to other women.
There are some people who would adamantly disagree with me, and they have their right to whatever opinion they have formed based on their experiences and their knowledge and research. I definitely make sure I do self examinations here and there, and I’m very conscious of what I eat, working out and all the other lifestyle elements that can contribute to breast cancer. For me, that is peace of mind enough.
Once they come out with totally safe, non-radiation based methods for testing breast tissue, I just may jump on the bandwagon of going to the doctor for examinations again.
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May 11
14
Bigger Boobs From Having Babies?
I remember, when I was still flat chested, and was listening raptly, years ago, to a now ex boyfriend’s older sister, who happened to have a nice chest herself, say that she was totally flat, like an A cup, before she had her son. Her son was about three at the time, and I was amazed that she didn’t have boobs before she had her first child.
The conventional wisdom is that women often get larger breasts when they are breast feeding, true, and many times they even stay big after they’ve been done breast feeding for a while. However, the biggest problem that women have with their breasts after having children and especially after breast feeding, is that their breasts literally “deflate” after they are done breast feeding.
This often leaves their breasts looking saggy and almost like they’ve lost a lot of their previousl density. Density is what makes breasts look full, round and lifted, When tissue density is compromised, whic his often what happens after breast feeding children occurs, the breasts lose a lot of their lift and their fullness, and they tend to have that deflated appearance that so many women hate.
This is why a lot of women, after having children and breast feeding, choose to get breast implant alternatives, or choose to get breast implants or breast lifts surgically, since they would like to have their former fullness back.
However, there are some women who are really, really lucky, and they get the best of both worlds. Occasionally, some women will get larger breasts that actually stay perky and lifted, and don’t lose their tissue density after breast feeding. This is rare because of what breast feeding does to the breasts.
I know a few women who say that they have a lot better bodies after they’ve had children. It is few and far between unfortunately, but there are women out there who get the bigger boobs after they have the babies.
After knowing all the wonderful, wonderful benefits of breast feeding your child, how could you not decide to go that route though? Breast feeding is one of the best gifts you can give your infant, if it is something that fits into your lifestyle and that you believe in personally.
So, if you’re not happy with your breasts after breast feeding, know that there are natural alternatives to get the fullness and lift back.
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May 11
11
How to Produce More Breast Milk
If you have decided to breast feed your child, you might find yourself worrying if you will have enough milk for your hungry baby. Don’t worry too much, that is quite a common concern. Fortunately there are things that you can do to ensure that you have enough breast milk for your hungry child.
Let’s take a look at ways that you can increase breast milk production naturally. Once you learn how to produce more breast milk, you will have an easier time of dealing with keeping up with your baby’s hunger.
Perhaps the easiest thing you can do to increase production is to increase feeding frequency. This stimulates the hormones that are responsible for milk production. Make sure that you breastfeed your baby every two hours. At night you may want to wake up your baby for an extra feeding.
How to get more? You can nurse longer. That’s right, the longer that you nurse your baby, the more you will produce. Don’t ever set a predetermined time limit for your feedings. This is a common mistake that mothers make. Just relax and let your baby nurse until they are full.
Yet another way to produce more breast milk is to nap and nurse. Taking your baby and feeding them as you both nap. How does this method work? It works by relaxing you and the baby and it makes your body produce more hormones that increase production of breast milk. It’s a simple method and allows a close bonding with the baby as a plus.
It is well known that stress has some negative effects on the body. Stress can also inhibit how much breast milk you produce. Learn to relax. If you find yourself becoming too stressed out, find some way to relieve stress.
I find that yoga, doing things I really love and enjoy, and reading a great book are ways that I can take time out and really be myself and become immersed in relaxation. New mothers don’t even realize how much they’ve given up, and at times it can be frustrating to be always doing for someone else. It’s important to take time for yourself.
Sometimes it can be as easy as taking a nice bubble bath or perhaps a nap. Learning to relax will ensure that you will always have enough nutrients for your baby, and it will also make you a better mom.
By using the above information you will know that you will always have enough nutrients produced for your baby. The steps are easy to follow and will help to keep you relaxed. Your baby will be able to grow strong and healthy thanks to you adhering to the instructions on how to get the most nutrients made for them.
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So, I’m kinda embarrassed to admit it, but I’m hooked on the ultimate in trash, guilty pleasure TV. And I’m much later to the show than anyone else was! My husband and I just started watching the Jersey Shore shows on DVD, since we missed out on the whole craze when the show started two years ago.
I was tired of hearing about the show and all of its interesting characters, and I wanted to finally experience the show for myself. I have to admit, I see why it skyrocketed in popularity, it is uber entertaining! The people on the show are not only completely confounding in their behavior, but there is a certain endearment that each character has as well that makes you want to keep watching the show.
I say character, but these people are really just being themselves, notwithstanding the cameras that are in their face twenty four hours a day, which I’m sure makes one behave a little differently than they normally would. But what’s interesting is when the cameras are a little further away, and everyone starts acting a little bit more real (OMG, I sound like the intro to “Real World”, another huge MTV hit).
The girls on the show are just as entertaining as the boys, and they all have one thing in common – they love to push up their boobs to the max and flaunt them at the clubs. Sammy may be the only exception to that rule though when it comes to clothes – although she has some tacky taste as well, just not so revealing.
JWOWW is definitely the worst offender, with her signature, split down the middle shirts that have to involve some sort of double sided tape to show the ridiculous levels of cleavage that come pouring out. JWOWW definitely is rocking some large breast implants. They may be just about as obvious as Pamela Anderson’s breast implants.
And she’s got quite the attitude to go with as well, although I’d be lying if I said she wasn’t a little likeable as well. Snooki falls into the booby trap as well, letting them all hang out in her skimpy little outfits that she wears to the clubs at night, but she can get away with everything since she has turned into one of the most beloved/hated reality tv stars.
By the way, I’m surprised at my reaction to Snooki. After hearing about her and all her exploits before watching the show, I thought I would really dislike her on Jersey Shore. However, she’s one of the only girls that I think I would actually get along with in real life. She’s actually likeable!
Should be interesting to see if JWOWW still rocks the split shirts in the next season. Like I said I’m behind, so don’t spoil it for me!
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May 11
4
Alternatives to Breast Implants
Our breasts are one of the main things that set us apart from men. In fact for many women, they are what make us feminine. Their development was one of the first signs of our entry into womanhood. Unfortunately they are not without their challenges that are related to both the function and the appearance.
If your unhappiness is due to function, i.e. you are not getting enough milk to feed your baby, there are ways you can increase milk production. First of all feed your baby every time he is hungry and allow him to feed as long as he prefers. Trying to put him on a schedule will only frustrate both of you.
Also, try not to supplement with formulas. Although there are many types of’ formulas on the market and they are all considered acceptable alternatives, regular use of them can decrease milk production. Most importantly, be patient. It can take weeks for milk production to be in sync with your babies needs.
If your problem lies with the look or size of the breast you may be tempted to consider a lift or an implant to reshape the breast. However there are alternatives to this that you should first consider. Exercise can firm, reshape and lift your breast to some extent, although it will not increase the size.
The look is not as drastic as an implant but it may help some to feel good about their breasts again. Special bras work to lift and shape your breasts. They can give a youthful lift.
While most bras do not increase the size they can make your breasts appear larger. Other ways to increase size and firmness include special tapes and bra inserts or push up bras. Other alternatives such as breast enlargement pills and breast enhancement creams are another options you can choose.
Of course none of these ways may have the exact results as the implant has, especially if much larger breasts are your main concern. However, they do not come with the risks that surgery comes with and there is no recovery time. Also the difference in price is significant. So even if you do not think these will make you happy you should at least try some of these methods first.
In conclusions, our breasts serve to both help nourish our babies and to make us feel feminine, and if they serve as a point of insecurity for you, it’s totally your prerogative to seek out alternatives for larger breasts.
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Wow, the Middletons over across the pond have some pretty, pretty women in the family. They are all that natural kind of beauty that’s very attainable, yet smoldering sexy beneath the surface because while they could be the girl next door, they’re a few notches above that for their confidence and oozing sex appeal.
Pippa Middleton, Kate Middleton’s older sister (not by much), stunned the crowds watching this weekend’s royal wedding with her plunging neckline and clingy brides maid dress. It wasn’t unclassy though by a longshot. It was very classy, very elegant, and very sexy and appealing at the same time.
It is a bit surprising that she wore white like her sister Kate, the bride wore, but it’s also unexpected in a pleasant way, and shows a bond between the two girls. There really wasn’t a whole lot of cleavage showing. Pippa doesn’t look overly endowed, but rather has a very nice shape, and has an athletic, willowy sort of frame.
And what an adorable name, Pippa! These girls have elegance and style, and yet seem to also have a partying side to them as well. Which is funny, because their family made their fortune by being in the party supply business, so how appropriate.
The Prince William and Kate Middleton wedding was much abuzz for weeks and months before the actual date. The surprising part is that the media took such large part in covering it, since the public at large seemed to yawn at the idea. I myself was a bit ho hum about the whole thing.
They seem like they’ll make a nice couple though, and we wish them all the best.
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Doctors have long relied on their own hands to detect breast lumps or any other signs that could possibly mean breast cancer. The problem of course, is that doctors are humans, and to err is human. There are the occasional errors and missed breast cancer signs, but this can also be true of breast cancer tests that involved supposedly perfect machines and computers.
Not only that, but many times there are false alarms because women’s breast tissue is not all the same. While one woman may have totally smooth tissue with no fibrous tissue at all that can easily be confused with something cancerous, other women may have very fibrous breasts with a lot of deposits.
This of course can cause a lot of false postives and also a lot of needless fear instilled in the patient. It can be very distressing to get a possible positive reading. I’ve known a lot of women who have gotten this, only to go back and have it biopsied and to find it was really nothing. All the unnecessary worrying!
Of course, what scares most doctors more is not giving false positives or need for concern, but missing lumps all together. That’s why a doctor is developing new techniques and training measures to show doctors how to better use their hands to do breast exams.
Hand breast exams are the ones that every women gets yearly, and it may be in addition to a mammogram. Mammograms are of course more in depth, but they typically do not start until a woman is forty or over, which is what the typical guideline is for most doctors to tell their patients.
This new device can actually teach doctors to do the right techniques to catch the most information with their own hands. The teaching method also includes a dummy doll breast so that the physician can look at the screen and simultaneously perform the exam on the doll while they are being taught.
We all know that hands on experience is the best kind, and the hope is that this type of teaching will really help doctors to perfect their own personal techniques. Who knows, maybe some time in the future, this could even be used to help patients themselves figure out how to give themselves a very effective breast self examination.
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Apr 11
25
Soy and Breast Cancer
Soy has been bandied about as both a breast cancer fighter, and a good thing for women to eat to help ward off breast cancer for it’s natural phyto (plant based) nutrients, and as the bad guy, something that should be avoided by women, especially women who already have or have had breast cancer.
Soy, in its unadulterated state, is actually a very healthy food. It’s when it gets adulterated and turned into fake meats and such that it may have a negative effect. That’s what I’ve read so far, and I trust what I have read, as it makes sense logically and scientifically.
The soy bean is a small, bioactive bean, that has some properties that naturally make it an estrogenic plant. That is, some of the chemicals in it that naturally occur actually act like the hormone estrogen in the body.
Some feel this estrogen can be protective against breast cancer, while others feel it may actually aggravate it, since breast cancer is often an estrogen driven cancer. The compounds found in soy beans, called isoflavones, have been though to help protect breast health.
However, when you eat that veggie burger, you may not be getting the benefit of the isoflavones since the soy bean has been processed beyond belief.
It is always best to eat any natural vegetable or fruit in its natural state, with minimal processing – as nature intended it, and the soy bean is really no different. I actually enjoy putting soy beans and another close relative, the edamame bean, in some stir fries and eating them in other various foods, usually of Asian origin.
The good news about this latest study on whether women who ate soy had a higher recurrence in their breast cancer is that it did not show an increased risk by eating soy products such as tofu and soy milk, which are even fairly adulterated soy products.
This means that breast cancer survivors may not have to shun their favorite soy products. Soybean oil is used in a TON of foods we eat today as well, so that’s a relief as well.
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Gynecomastia is the medical term for when men grow breasts that are female-like (hence the “gyn” prefix). Obviously, most men do not like this phenomenon, which tends to happen when men get older, or when they are obese when they are younger. It can also happen to men who are relatively thin and fit – it all depends on that catch-all denominator, genetics.
While gynecomastia is a problem that is often embarrassing to men, it is also the subject of fodder for television and media, and of course amongst male circles of friends – and female circles too! Who hasn’t heard the term “moobs” (man boobs, or male boobs) or man tits – an even more hurtful synonym for the condition?
Of course, leave it to one of the best sit coms of all time to make light of a situation that many men find embarrassing and really try to find a way out of it via surgery or other avenues of getting rid of gynecomastia.
There was a famous episode, perhaps as well known as the soup nazi episode, where the gang came up with a “manssiere” – a bra for men who have a plethora of breast tissue. Hilarious, of course. There are actually such things as restraint garments for men who have issues with gynecomastia, but I don’t believe any go by the novel name of manssiere.
Gynecomastia is actually when the mammary area, or chest, has an overabundance of fat cells. While women are genetically programmed to grow breasts in that area, men are generally programmed to be flat in this area, as they do not have the evolutionary task of feeding infants breast milk as women do.
Men can even develop gynecomastia when they are very young and going through puberty, when their hormones are basically a free for all, and it is easy to get an imbalance of estrogens (female hormones) and androgens (male hormones).
While both sexes possess both types of hormones in their body, it is unfortunatley fairly easy for the body to get these two hormones out of whack. Male breast reduction pills can help regulate this sometimes, but a good diet and exercise regimen is also an excellent natural hormone regulator.
Alcoholics can also develop gynecomastia, and men who use certain types of drugs or abuse anabolic steroids can experience growth in their breast area, as well as shrinkage of some of their external their male organs.
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It’s so funny, the power that the female breast, and female form in general has on men. Especially very sexually charged types of men, who you just know think about sex 24 hours a day, seven days a week!
When ever you have your breasts on display a little more than usual, especially if you’re usually a pretty modest gal, it’s almost like they can’t help but be obvious, and they zone right in on the chest area. It’s as if all reason and logic goes out the window when the “orbs” come out to play.
I think it’s genetically programmed in the male species to be drawn to female breasts, the bigger the better – hence the immense popularity of breast implants! What’s even funnier though, is that it’s almost like us women have picked up on a little bit of that awe-factor too, because many women seem to zone in on the chest area as well when the boobs are pushed up and out, or are displaying a bit more cleavage than usual.
Women’s breasts are definitely one of the prettiest parts of the female body, there’s no denying it. I think that the symbolism of them as well, that they are nourishment for children and are a place of comfort and peace for infants, and for most of us that were breast fed when we were children.
It brings a sort of sexual, yet “home” feel with it to look at breasts and to feel them for men. They are attracted to breasts that are shapely because they are the ultimate symbol of femininity and fertility. That and the circumference of one’s thighs and hips compared to her waist line.
It’s been said that men are innately drawn to women with a certain waist to hip ratio, and that is because those women are literally more fertile than their female counterparts that are more “straight up and down”.
It’s all very interesting, and it all really does have origins in instinct and human history. It’s hard to remind ourselves of that when we have some construction worker whistling when we have something a little more revealing on!
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Apr 11
12
Does Beauty Equal Happiness?
In an effort to perhaps explain the boom in plastic surgeries such as breast implants, nose jobs, liposuction and facial restructuring in general, there has been a lot of attention focused on the socioeconomic and happiness factors associated with the way one looks.
Personal appearance has long been hailed as something that can help you feel good about yourself, but many people will tell you that they know a beautiful person or two who is totally unhappy with their life. So, it doesn’t necessarily always equate that beauty equals endless supplies of happiness and contentedness.
However, there has been a scientific correlation made between one’s personal attractiveness and a higher level of reported happiness. In general, studies have found pretty consistently that pretty people are more likely to be happy, as well as successful, well respected, and financially more successful as well.
I think that there is an innate sense built into all of us to strive for physical perfections, such as bigger pecks and wider shoulders for men, and larger breasts and smaller waists for women, because we have that instinctive sense that being more beautiful will help us get the things in life that we want.
And our instincts rarely fail us, so that is why plastic surgery is so popular these days. We have simply become more self aware of beauty because we are confronted with ideals of physical beauty every day on the big screen, the small screen, and all other forms of media.
My personal feeling is that with the popularity of all kinds of media now, that is what has really propelled personal appearance to the forefront of desire in our society. I think that personal beauty was revered back before major media was such an influence in our every day lives, but it was just not as recognized or desired simply because people were not bombarded with it every day hundreds of times.
It seems like the beauty ideals shift too, into “more is better”. We’ve seen that evidenced in the growth of breast augmentation surgery, and the surge in lip injections to make the lips larger and poofier. Also, the quest for the best breast implants is really taking off as well, with women demanding more natural looking and feeling implants.
However, there is also placed on being thin and making things proportional. It’s all about proportion, and those ideal proportions change with time as well. For example, Marilyn Monroe would be considered “larger” by some standards today!
Apr 11
18
Does the Perfect Bra Exist?
I’ve just about given up on finding the perfect bra. By perfect, I mean a bra that is just so comfortable that you wouldn’t mind actually leaving it on one second past walking in the door to the comfort of your own home from work, or somewhere else that you had to be decent for.
I mean a bra that you actually wouldn’t mind sleeping in, that doesn’t restrict your movement, your breathing, or otherwise just act as a pain in the ass to have on all day. A bra that is like underwear – very comfy underwear, that you could wear to bed and not feel like your breasts are restrained the whole time.
But, along with all this comfort, I would love to find a bra that fit the comfort bill and also happened to make your boobs look fabulous, rounded and lifted in clothes. Does such a bra exist, and if someone can tell me about it, I will probably pay quite a handsome sum to get my hands on it!
I feel like with all the ingenuity and advanced technology of today, we still have yet to perfect the good old brazier. I mean sure, we’ve come a long way from sporting cone tits in old fashioned bras that covered just about the whole top half of your body, and the really old days when women were forced to wear almost full body corsets just to stay decent.
But we still haven’t really had access to the ultimately comfortable, and shapely and beautiful bra for women to wear and be proud of, have we? I’ve come close, but the bras that happend to feel like I was wearing nothing also had very thin and stretchy fabric that didn’t cover my nipples when I got cold.
Either that, or they made me look like I was flat chested and shapeless, but they felt fabulous. Women are looking for it all these days – they want to ultimate in comfort and the ultimate in appearance. So come on bra companies, give us what we’re asking for! I know one of you can do it, and when you do, you’ll blow all your competition away!
I will volunteer to be a test subject if anyone needs one!
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