As it is widely known that bra is one of the daily necessities of women. It plays an important role in promoting female’s charm by revealing their beauty. However, do you know that long-term bra wearing can likely cause breast disease, even breast cancer?
Incidence of breast cancer has close relation with factors like race, heredity, marriage, child bearing, menstruation, breastfeeding and eating habits, etc. However, recent study has proved that breast cancer also has relation with inappropriate bra wearing. For example, women who wear bra for more than 12 hours per day will have much higher incidence rate of breast cancer than those who wear bra for less than 12 hours per day. While compared with those who do not wear bra, it is 100 times higher.
Therefore, experts from Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou suggest that female should wear bra for less time, better not more than 12 hours per day. When at home sleeping or at leisure, they should take off the bra. The bra is better to be loose, other than too tight and should be made of pure natural fabrics, instead of chemical fibre.
An arch-criminal of breast hyperplasia
It is reported that most breast diseases are caused by unsuitable bra. In the breast scatter a lot of blood vessels and lymph nerves, which play the role of nutrient supplication and metabolism of breast gland. Therefore, if the bra is too small, it will affect blood circulation and supplication, causing breast ischemia and spasm, and eventually result in breast hyperplasia.
It is likely that many women can not believe bra can cause breast hyperplasia. However, it is an undeniable truth.
Causing breast cancer
Study proved that always wearing bra when sleeping can easily cause breast cancer. Researchers have had a survey, which lasts for two and half a year, on more than 4700 women and found out that, compared with those who wear bra for a shorter time, the breast incidence of those who wear bra for more than 12 hours per day is 21 times higher, while that of those who even wear bra in sleep will be 113 times higher. Study also pointed out that breast cancer incidence is increasingly rising in recent years, which has much relation with the universal usage of bra.
Untie the breast
According to incomplete statistics, one of forth women between 25 to 45 years old have different degrees of breast diseases. The frightful breast cancer is in a trend of increasingly rising. Bra has undeniable responsibility for this. Especially, study has found that 80% of women are wearing inappropriate bras without realizing. Now, it is time for us to untie the breasts.
Choose the suitable bra
We must free our breasts, for the most important thing we cherish should be health. When choosing the bra, we should well know the sizes of our breasts at first, and do not choose bras that are too small only for the purpose to make our breasts look plumper, as with long-term compression, it will easily cause breast tumors. In a word, to be comfortable is the most important thing when choosing the bra.
Experts from Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou remind that women should love and cherish their own health. Beauty is indeed important, but health is even more important.
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