It is a fashion for women to wear bras in today’s society and almost 100% of adult women wear bras. Brassieres do give women’s breasts an uplifting, striking and beautiful feeling, and they also have the function of protecting breasts from trauma and other attacks, reducing tremors and preventing sagging. However, while bras bring beauty, their hazards are also becoming more prominent. Some people say: “The shackle that binds women in feudal society is foot-binding, and the shackle that binds modern women is the bra.” This is not an overstatement at all. So what harm can bras bring to people? Gong Zhenjia, Dermatology Department, Jinzhou District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dalian
One, affect the growth and development of the breast
Many female high school students, influenced by bad publicity, hope to be like movie stars with sound and large breast development, imitating adult women, wearing bras. I do not know that 13 to 14-year-old girls, it is the breast development period, long-term bondage, compression, resulting in poor blood circulation in and around the breast, in turn, affect the growth and development of the breast, and may even lead to mastopathy and other diseases.
Second, leading to a variety of breast diseases
Breast skin diseases: bras affect the distribution of sweat and sebaceous glands of the breasts, which can cause eczema, ringworm and lichen planus. Brassieres made of chemical fiber materials can also lead to contact dermatitis and other skin diseases.
Mammary gland hyperplasia and breast cancer: As the incidence of mammary gland hyperplasia continues to rise, it has been found that it has a lot to do with wearing bras, in addition to other causes. According to Chinese medicine, the nipple belongs to the stomach and the breast belongs to the liver. Wearing a bra for a long time compresses the breast and its blood circulation in the chest, blocking the qi flow, causing gas turbidity to stay and stagnate into phlegm, and stagnating the breast complex, resulting in breast fetish.
Third, affect the heart and lung function, leading to heart and lung diseases
The bra is tightly bound to the surface of the heart and lungs, especially the lower edge of the left breast, which is pressed against the apical bruit, seriously affecting the diastolic function of the heart and reducing the output per bruit, causing cardiovascular diseases. The respiratory function of the lungs needs the traction of the thorax, the bra like a shackle tightly tied to the chest and lungs, reducing lung capacity, easy to produce the feeling of shortness of breath and chest tightness.
Fourth, affect the mood, easy to produce depression
The breast belongs to the liver, the two armpits of the ribs also belong to the circulation of the liver and gallbladder meridian parts, the liver is the main relief, the main emotion, and gallbladder phase. The meridians are smooth, no obstruction of qi and blood, people’s mood is comfortable and happy, on the contrary, the liver and gallbladder meridians are bound by the pressure of the bra, qi and blood stagnation, there will be breast pain, chest tightness and distress, silent do not want to eat, good too breath and other symptoms.
Fifth, affect menstruation, easy to produce gynecological diseases
The breast and the uterus are the second characteristic female organ, and they are closely linked and affect each other. Many people experience breast pain and enlargement a few days before menstruation. The pressure on the breast and its surrounding meridians by the bra causes stagnation of qi and blood, which affects the normal shedding of the uterine mucosa and aggravates dysmenorrhea and irregular periods. It can easily cause gynecological diseases such as uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts.