Breast Care
Female Breasts and Sexual Attraction
The male obsession with female breasts is a fairly recent
phenomenon from a historical viewpoint. In all types of ancient
art medium, the female breast was usually exposed. Even in the
Christian realm, paintings,
sculptures, and drawings commonly and frequently depicted
females with one or more uncovered breasts. The Sistine Chapel
is adorned with female breasts and ancient artifacts depicting
nudity seem to have far greater shock value in modern times than
the artists would have believed possible in their time period.
The first well-known written work on human sexuality that
involved reference to breasts occurred during the 2nd century BC
with the advent of the Karma Sutra. In Ancient Egypt, women
accented their breasts with primitive cosmetics and exotic
scents. However, body painting began much earlier with primitive
man and female breasts received far less focus than facial
features. In truth, there are no ancient social or cultural
precedents to explain the current belief that female breasts are
sexual magnets for males. Female breasts and sexuality did not
become strongly connected until the repressive Victorian age
when women were expected to cover more of their bodies.
Strangely, during this same era, the female breast reached a
zenith of sorts, as women's clothing was deliberately and
provocatively designed to emphasize, enlarge, and expose as much
of the female breast as possible without showing the nipples.
Thereafter in western societies, the female breast continued its
onward march towards becoming a social icon and sexual
projectile.
Looking Young and Firm "The Eternal Quest for
Youth"
Finally, the entire media industry also plays
a large role in shaping attitudes about our worth in society.
The current trend is to emphasize the superiority of youth:
looking young, feeling young, acting young, and being young. Of
course, this is maddeningly frustrating to everyone over the age
of thirty because everyone who lives long enough is eventually
going to get old. The young may not have as much experience or
money, but they have lots of energy and vitality; and most
importantly, they look good. The older population may have more
knowledge, more experience and even more money, but are still
frequently ignored by policy makers and advertising media .
"Looking Sexy"The medical profession benefits too, especially the various
divisions of plastic surgery. Despite the risks and costs
involved, over a million women a year have breast implants and
the majority of those are elective. Furthermore, most of those
involve implants to achieve larger breasts. Female breast shape
and size peaks by the age of 18 and it is all downhill shortly
thereafter.
Many women choose to do nothing about their breasts. Most women
probably should not do anything drastic with their breasts.
Large numbers of women who have breast surgery do not have
excessively small breasts; they just want larger ones. For the
majority of women who would simply like to enhance their breast
size and youthful look, without totally restructuring the entire
breast by placing foreign objects inside their body.
Breast Care
A buxom and full
breast line is a symbol of feminine beauty. A female becomes
aware of the beauty of her breasts as soon as she steps out of
her adolescence and attains youth. Although shapely breasts are
the gift of nature their maintenance is in your own hands.
Timely care since early adolescence when a women is in her
formative years can help in keeping the breast line attractive.
Actually, the essence of a beautiful and healthy bosom is firm
healthy breasts. Do not neglect your breasts because regular
care today can vastly improve the appearance of your breasts
tomorrow. Examine them regularly for lumps and bumps, as this
will enable you to detect any problems early and avoid
complications later.
A girl gets rapid body changes between twelve and fourteen years
of age when breasts start showing. Between fourteen to eighteen
they develop fully. However some times growth is stunted due to
hormonal imbalance congenital defects or deficiency of
nourishing diet. Use of shapely and tight brassieres since
developmental years are advisable to prevent sagging in later
years.
Breasts are basically made up of cells, gland tissue, milk
ducts, fibrous tissue and fat. There are no muscles in the
breast tissue the breast would benefit greatly from a good
posture and regular exercise. And reasonable support.
BREASTS SAG
WITHOUT BRAS?
Actually your breast will eventually sag regardless of whether
or not you have worn a bra in the past. This sagging is due to
the slackening of the supporting muscles. Going braless can
somewhat hasten this process where as a well fitting bra will at
least delay it for a little while. Sagging is more pronounced if
you have large heavy breasts. If you breasts are small you can
probably get away even by not wearing a bra. Another good reason
for wearing a bra is that provided it is well fitting it can
effectively disguise the fact that breasts may have lost shape.
Some wear a good supporting bra during vigorous exercises like
running & jogging and also during pregnancy.
Bras should not be tight, it may be one of the causes of cancer
eventually those with small breasts use heavy padded (with
synthetic or nylon) without realizing that the thick synthetic
or nylon padded, heat the glands and may eventually result in
cancerous growth. It is essential to remove bras at night.
SAGGING OF BREASTS:
Breasts start sagging and loosing their tautness after delivery
or during long illness. During pregnancy and also during the
period of breast feeding the breasts become larger. Irregular
menstruation is also a cause for the sagging of the breasts. As
the over lying skin is stretched beyond a limit the elastic
fibers in the skin tear. Red irregular marks then show up on the
skin's surface. These marks are worse the some women because the
elasticity of the skin varies from person to person. In many
women breasts do return to something close to their previous
shape and size, but in some the breasts become more slack and
pendulous after is an individual variation.
There are one or two things you can do to offset this tendency
of sagging of your breasts during pregnancy; give your breasts
maximum support with a good bra wearing it day and night and do
find a few minutes everyday to exercise your breasts muscles and
pep you up too.
FIRMING UP THE BREASTS:Breasts contain no muscles but only fat cells, milk-ducts and
glands held together in a web of soft connective tissue so by
exercising you cannot increase your bust size. Neither wills
exercising directly reduces a heavy bust. This is especially
true if your breasts are heavy if however you are over weight. A
weight reducing diet combined with regular exercises will help
you to reduce your weight as well as you bust size. Exercising
however has several other advantages as well; it tones up the
muscles on which the breast tissue lies. So if your bust-line
measures less than what you would like then exercises would give
you backup chest line firmer and a more prominent thus making
your bust appear larger. Similarly if a heavy bust is your
problem you would lose some of the droop (which can spoil your
shape) and gain a firmer contour though there would be no loss
of inches. Apart from the exercises, which we have already,
mentioned swimming is a superb exercise for bust shape. It
exercises the breast muscles considerably against resistance of
the water and this really can do wonders to your shape. When
breasts start sagging and loosing at pregnancy or illness or irregular
menstruation the women require a balanced diet. Inclusion of
protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, calcium, salts, and
minerals in sufficient quantities is essential. Breast requires
maximum attention after delivery. Since it is not advisable to
do exercise one should start taking light ones like palm
pressing. Kneel down and press your palms in 'Namaskar' (Indian
greeting) pose in the center of chest so that the tissues around
the breasts are under full pressure exhale slowly and release
the pressure. Repeat exercise can done thus: spread both hands
and place palms on a wall in front of you. Press your palms and
you will feel pressure on your veins and tissues with the result
that they will stretch. Likewise breast-feeding mothers also
have take extra care. Breasts sag if the infant is suckled while
sitting or reclining in a faulty posture. Sucking with sitting
position will be with the child in lap and your hand under its
head so as to lift it and keep its head steady. Press nipples
immediately after suckling and remove the remaining milk with a
couple of jerks. This gives lightness and freshness to the
breasts. Bathe the breasts with hot and cold water
simultaneously to ensure rapid blood circulation. Sprinkle hot
water and then cold four of five times alternately.
An easy exercise for study breasts is as follows:stand straight with arms dangling on your sides. Raise each arm
above head and turn round alternately. Repeat ten to fifteen
times. Some have under developed breasts while some have too
large breasts. Many married women have a peculiar problem with
one breast being smaller than the other. It is because of
suckling the child more on one side than the other. Even some
unmarried women develop this trouble. However this is not a
matter of concern if you have smaller breasts massage them
without nourishing oils & creams. You can also take some
useful exercises. One of these is as follows: the arm on the
side of small breast should be spread in front and then taken
up. Move it round ten or fifteen times first clockwise then anti
clockwise.
Some herbal supplements are very safe to make breasts larger.
In yoga therapy "Bhujangasana"
& Pawanmuktasan
is recommended as useful for a proper breast development. Lie
down on stomach place palms on the ground in front of the body
so that the muscles are stretched.
Breast Feeding
Breast normally inactive gland, which after a
birth begins to function and produce milk (lactation). Sometimes
perseverance is needed before breast-feeding is established, and
a mother should try because breast milk is best to the infant.
It contains valuable substances for warding off infection, which
can not be replaced artificially. Where there is a family
history of allergy (asthma
& eczema)
breast-feeding may protect the baby against later allergic
illness. It should be continued for as long as possible, perhaps
up to nine months, although of course other solids may be
introduced at four to six months. Some times during lactation
germs enter the breast which becomes painful and inflamed, and a
breast abscess may develop. This is usually preceded by a sore,
cracked nipple. Careful after washing with plain water may
prevent this condition. But if it does not heal then it is
better to treat with herbal medications, than allopathic
medicines, because the side effects of modern medicine will
affect the breast health. Some time it will affect the breast
feeding child. Herbals are the best option to the treatment of
breasts at any conditions, since they do not have any side or
negative effects on your health. If an abscess does develop, hot
poultices may be applied as an emergency, but urgent medical
advice is required.
Ayurvedic Supplement :
ABSCESS:
A collection of pus when germs enter the body there is a fight
between them and the body's defenses, and pus is usually formed.
It contains dead germs, dead blood cells and fluid which has
poured into the affected area. Most abscesses are near the
surface, due to germs invading the skin and the body's defenses,
and pus is usually formed. Most abscesses are near the surface,
due to germs invading the skin and are usually called boils or
carbuncles. Sometimes abscesses form internally following
various diseases, for instance in the lung after pneumonia.
Ayurveda helps beauty conscious mothers to keep their breasts
healthy, firm & in size. So breast-feeding mothers do not
worry! Continue to feed their children.
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