Breast Enlargement Without Surgery: Myth or Reality?

Breast augmentation surgery is the most popular kind of plastic surgery procedure in the United States.The surgery installs implants, which are bags c...


Breast augmentation surgery is the most popular kind of plastic surgery procedure in the United States.The surgery installs implants, which are bags containing silicone or saline, into each breast.Although these implants can increase breast size quite dramatically, there are many women who would rather use a method that does not involve surgery.Breast augmentation surgery can cost as much as ten thousand dollars, there is a danger of infection, the recovery time is long and painful, and although implants are safer than in the past, ruptures still can occur.Also, there is a visible scar, and the breasts don’t look or feel completely natural.

Significant breast enlargement without surgery is definitely possible, but it’s important to be very skeptical of any claims you may see in advertisements on the web, on TV, or in magazines.The fact is that the great majority of non-surgical methods for breast augmentation that you see advertised do not work at all.These include hypnosis, gum, exercises, herbal supplements such as saw palmetto, fenugreek, fennel, and wild yam, and breast creams such as Benefil, Perfect Woman, Embrace, and Cleavage.If you see studies that claim to show these methods work, either the results have not been replicated by independent researchers, or the studies are unscientific polls.If you want to avoid being a victim of a health or beauty scam, check out the many informative articles on the wonderful skeptical website quackwatch.com.

There is one method of breast enlargement without surgery that does work, and that is the suction method sold by the Brava company, which uses a device worn in a sports bra.This is not the cheap kind of hand-operated breast pump, which only temporarily enlarges breasts slightly for a few hours, and can cause health problems like broken blood vessels.The Brava system is the only suction device approved by the FDA, and uses domes which apply a gentle suction to each breast over a long period of time.Women who used this system experienced breast growth of one cup size on average, according to a report published in a reputable medical journal.The Brava system costs about  $2,500, so it is still too expensive for many, and another downside is that it has to be worn ten hours a day for ten weeks.But one the plus side, the results feel and look very natural, and you avoid the pain and danger of surgery, so a lot of women may want to investigate this alternative.

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