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How to judge whether your chest is drooping?

Many women are worried about their sagging face, sagging breasts ... Do you also have the trouble of sagging breasts? With the growth of age, the influence of external environment and other factors, the breasts droop and lose vitality.

First of all, you should know whether you are truly drooping or pseudodrooping. You can test yourself at home in the following picture.

point r is the joint between the lower side of the breast and the abdomen, and it is the boundary of the lower bound of the breast.

point r stands upright and above the lower crease, indicating that the chest shape is normal;

the r point is above the lower plica, but the lower side of the breast is lower than the lower plica, which is pseudoptosis;

the r point is below the lower crease, indicating that the breast has drooped.

No matter whether the sagging of the chest is true or false, measures should be taken to remedy it in time to prevent the sagging from getting worse.

when the breasts droop to different degrees, it will not only affect the aesthetic feeling, but also bring a lot of inconvenience to life. In addition, the sagging breasts will also cause discomfort to the shoulders, leading to eczema or erosion in the folded parts of the chest.

what are the causes of breast ptosis?

1. Inherited. The shape of breasts has a great relationship with congenital factors. During the development of some girls, the breasts may droop and the nipples are downward.

2. Under the influence of age and gravity, endocrine disorder occurs, fat skin glands and supporting tissues will slowly degenerate and shrink, eventually leading to empty breast droop. According to statistics, women will drop by an average of .2 cm per year after the age of 25.

3. Pregnant and breastfeeding. During pregnancy and lactation, the breast will go through the process from hyperemia to small again, which will make the size and weight of the breast bigger and bigger, and the downward pulling force will become stronger and stronger. After lactation, the estrogen level will drop, the fat tissue, mammary vesicles and glands will also shrink, and the gland tissue and skin will increase accordingly, which will lead to breast drooping.

4, excessive weight loss. After losing weight, the adipose tissue and skin in the breast will relax, which generally happens to young and middle-aged women.

Use the picture below to measure the sagging degree of your breasts.

Mild droop: point R is parallel to the inframammary fold

Moderate droop: point R is lower than the inframammary fold

Severe droop: point R is lower than the inframammary fold by more than 4cm

Friends who have developed breast droop symptoms don't have to worry too much. On the basis of maintaining healthy living habits, wearing appropriate underwear, exercising reasonably and maintaining a stable mood, they can lift the suspensory ligament in the chest or remove the tissue by double-loop method.