12-11-2012, 12:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-11-2012, 12:50 PM by chrishoney.)
Heres another point of view that Lenneth originally posted in this thread:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=13131
The link in the thread is to a really interesting article that has really changed what I thought about wearing bras: i.e. bras are NOT necessary for comfort and going braless does not hurt or cause your breasts to sag.
I highly recommend the article as well as the rest of the website.
You are also right that almost all bras are designed to accentuate the breasts, and for those of us who need to conceal them at times, that obviously doesn't work. There area a number of threads on this subject so a little searching should yield some great info.
For myself, the combo I now use most frequently is a Champion bralette (either by itself if I am wearing a regular dress shirt or sweater or jacket over a t-shirt) or under one of two shapewear tank tops I found by trial and error. The shapewear tops add a little compression but mostly help to hide the band and strap lines and if they show (which they sometimes do, but just barely) can easily be explained as a tank-style undershirt.
Based on the article that Lenneth posted, I have gotten away from very tight sports bras for two reasons: the material is usually much heavier and shows under light weight outer shirts, and they are so constricting (for me) around the arms that I was concerned about proper lymphatic system functioning of the myriad lymph nodes around the breast and axilla.
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=13131
The link in the thread is to a really interesting article that has really changed what I thought about wearing bras: i.e. bras are NOT necessary for comfort and going braless does not hurt or cause your breasts to sag.
I highly recommend the article as well as the rest of the website.
You are also right that almost all bras are designed to accentuate the breasts, and for those of us who need to conceal them at times, that obviously doesn't work. There area a number of threads on this subject so a little searching should yield some great info.
For myself, the combo I now use most frequently is a Champion bralette (either by itself if I am wearing a regular dress shirt or sweater or jacket over a t-shirt) or under one of two shapewear tank tops I found by trial and error. The shapewear tops add a little compression but mostly help to hide the band and strap lines and if they show (which they sometimes do, but just barely) can easily be explained as a tank-style undershirt.
Based on the article that Lenneth posted, I have gotten away from very tight sports bras for two reasons: the material is usually much heavier and shows under light weight outer shirts, and they are so constricting (for me) around the arms that I was concerned about proper lymphatic system functioning of the myriad lymph nodes around the breast and axilla.