Thursday, February 16, 2012

Make Peace With Your Breast Size

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The booby trap: If you want to feel one with your boobs, go for it, but Love isn't promising results: "I can't imagine how believing on the inside that your breasts will grow will actually make them get bigger on the outside."

Pills
The claim
: Take a tablet containing growth hormones and your body will believe it's growing through puberty again and will pump you up to the size you want, whether it's grapefruits or pumpkins.

The booby trap: "Your body is programmed by your DNA to make you a certain size and giving it more hormones isn't going to trick it into growing more," says Love. "Even a birth control pill won't increase your breast size unless you gain weight while you're on the Pill. But your boobs still are going to be proportional to your body, so they won't appear bigger regardless." And while we're on the subject, the well endowed among us don't have to fear that taking birth control pills will push them into the next cup size. The idea that the Pill gives your breasts a size boost is a myth.

Creams
The claim
: Rub this magic lotion into your breasts at least twice a day, and your bust line will increase up to two inches in as little as four weeks.

The booby trap: It may feel nice to treat your bust to some tender loving care, but according to Love, there's no such thing as a cream that'll give you a boob boost.

Insert-A-Boob
The claim
: As seen on TV! You'll look like a Baywatch lifeguard at the very best and a soap-opera star at the very least. Also known as "explants" because they resemble a traditional breast implant worn on the outside of your breast (they slip between your own breasts and your bra), these silicone or water filled breast boosters promise the results of breast implants without the side effects and high price tag of surgery.

The booby trap: They do have the amazing ability to make your Calista Flockharts look like Sarah Michelle Gellars. The concept is a high-tech take on the old-fashioned practice of stuffing your bra. The only negative side effect: When your date puts his hand up your shirt, he'll find a lump of plastic or silicone instead of a wad of Kleenex. Talk about feeling like a boob.

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