Sunday, November 20, 2011

Is it true that bras can give you breast cancer

Is it true that bras can give you breast cancer?
I've heard that wearing bras for more than 12 hours, for example to bed, restricts blood flow and restricts the lymphatic system and makes you more prone to breast cancer. i think its like 3 out 4 people who wear a bra longer get breast cancer. is this true? am i at risk? i have worn a bra every night to sleep in my life!
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1 :
yea, thats a myth
2 :
the fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk? no thats not true where did you hear that? i wear bras all day long
3 :
omg thts scary. but i dont wear a bra to sleep. i only do it on sleepovers. cuz its uncomfortable.
4 :
NO...if bras led to breast cancer, then ALL women who wear them would be DEAD. Have a thought and don't 'listen' to people who say things like that. Your LYMPH system is INSIDE your BODY, now how is a BRA gonna do anything to that ? By your stats, since I'm 55, I would have been dead at 13 since I started to wear a bra at 11.(and not a training bra either...and I wore them to bed and have worn them to bed...so does my sister...so does the lady across the street...so do half the women I've even known and I've lived all over the US.)
5 :
No it's nonsense There are a number of myths and untruths circulating about bras and breast cancer - and they are all rubbish. You can't get or increase your risk of breast cancer by sleeping in a bra, wearing a tight bra, wearing a wired bra, wearing a bra 24/7, not wearing a bra or any of the other nonsense you might hear. Breast cancer, like other cancers, happens when normal cells change so that they behave in an uncontrolled way; your underwear cannot trigger this process or have any effect on it.. Check out any reputable breast cancer charity or information site - they will all give you a list of breast cancer risk factors, and bras won't be mentioned at all. Wear a bra 24/7 or not at all, whatever is comfortable for you - it won't make any difference to your chances of breast cancer. The '3 out of 4' statistic does not exist and has been invented to frighten people. I'm assuming that because you asked this question you're quite young, so for information: breast cancer is almost unheard of in under 25s, fewer than 0.1% of all those diagnosed with it are under 30, only 5% are under 40, most (80%) are over 50 and the average age at diagnosis is a little over 60.
6 :
Breast cancer can be genetic or from environmental factors but definately not from wearing a bra. Stop wearing a bra to sleep...It is not going to prevent them from sagging eventually.
7 :
I have always heard that too
8 :
While those factors are true and its also a fact that the bra wearing stats and breast cancer stats match up, no conclusive tests have been done. So the truth is ; probably but we don't know. Its a bit like health, you cannot prove a person is healthy but you can prove someone is sick

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