Breast Feeding & Saggy Breasts - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

1/22/08

Breast Feeding & Saggy Breasts

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Have you ever heard that breast feeding can leave a woman with saggy breasts? That's a myth.

According to a big study at the University of Kentucky, they found that breast feeding has nothing to do with a loss of perkiness. But they did find some definite factors to blame for that. Namely age, but also smoking.

Apparently, there's a protein in the skin called elastin which helps support the breast, and smoking break down that protein.

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