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Bras do nothing to help support a woman\u2019s breasts and could even be doing damage, research has found.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bras do nothing to help support a woman\u2019s breasts and could even be doing damage, research has found.  Photo: Alamy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Laura Donnelly<\/a>, Health Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:00PM BST 11 Apr 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

190 Comments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, women have been taught of the virtues of a good bra in order to make the most of their assets and defy the pull of gravity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now a French study has claimed that in fact breasts gain no benefit from underwear support, and that women would do better to go without.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon of Besan\u00e7on University spent 15 years studying the anatomy of 330 women, before coming to the radical conclusion that bras are a \u201cfalse necessity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Rouillon said: \u201cMedically, physiologically, anatomically \u2013 breasts gain no benefit from being denied gravity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study found that breasts were firmer and sagged less in the women who did not wear a bra, and such women were no more likely than others to suffer from back pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sports scientist, who has been researching the subject since 1997, using a slide rule and a caliper, found a 7mm difference in the height of bosoms, with those who went without a bra faring best against gravity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Rouillon suggested that breasts become \u201cdependent\u201d on lingerie support once women start wearing it, meaning that supporting muscle is under-used, and degrades more quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said his initial results \u201cvalidated the hypothesis that the bra is a false \u2018necessity\u2019\u201d but that he would not advise women who have relied on bras for years to cast them aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the women who took part in the experiment, carried out at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (University Hospital) in Besan\u00e7on, said stopping wearning a bra had even helped ease back pains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

British research on post-menopausal women has previously suggested that those who wear a bra are more likely to suffer breast pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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