Breasts come in different shapes and sizes. But many options have one thing in common - this trait is unique to people. Despite the fact that more than 5,000 species of mammals live on our planet, Homo sapiens is the only life form with pronounced breasts.
Human anomaly, especially if we are talking about women, is accepted. And so it is. However, the question of why human breasts are so large and whether this was even an evolutionary mistake remains open.
Why do women need breasts?
Every mammal, reminds IFL Science, develops “temporary” breasts during ovulation or for the purpose of milk production. As soon as the milk disappears, so does the breast. But this, as we all know well, does not apply to women whose breasts appear during puberty, and not pregnancy, and remain with them for the rest of their lives. For what?
Perhaps the most popular theory was first proposed by Charles Darwin and then explored by zoologist Desmond Morris in his book The Naked Ape. In it, Morris suggests that breasts evolved as a sex symbol to replace the buttocks that swell during ovulation in female primates. When our ancestors became upright walkers, these organs were no longer so obvious. Thus, men have no way of knowing whether a woman is sexually mature or not yet.
This theory, modern scientists say, explains not only the presence of breasts, but also their appearance specifically during puberty (as well as swelling as part of arousal). Although, let's be fair, she cannot explain why the breasts still remain with the woman in.
The main difference between the breasts of a woman and the breasts of a female mammal is that the former contains significantly more fat. It is fat that fills the breast tissue, giving it an attractive shape. And yes, this is the very reason why breasts become smaller when a woman loses weight.
The Hidden Threat of Women's Breasts
Speaking of breasts, we couldn't help but talk about breast cancer - one of the most common types of cancer, affecting approximately 1.5 million women every year.
Scientists say breast cancer is not common among others. Which they think may be due to the risk of the disease, and other primates simply don't live long enough to get it.
It is also believed that breast cancer has something to do with breast tissue. Cancer is more common in rapidly dividing tissue because each time cells are born and die, there is the possibility of a DNA error in the cell cycle. And although this error may always remain something unimportant, it can also be a cancer cell. Breast tissue, as scientists have established, divides at a fairly rapid pace, so the likelihood of errors in such division increases.
In any case, research on the topic continues. In the meantime, doctors urge women around the world to regularly visit the doctor and not be afraid to do an ultrasound of the mammary glands and, when recommended by a specialist. Because - truisms - the earlier the disease is detected, the higher the patient’s chances that everything will end well for her.
Milla Jovovich has always had a petite figure and does not want to change anything. After all, you need to love yourself for who you are. In addition, the absence of a bust does not prevent fans from admiring her work. She was always in demand among men and managed to be married three times and give birth to a daughter. A small bust does not prevent a girl from being a sex symbol for several years.
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani has two adorable children, but despite this, their mother looks like a teenager. young girl, with a zero breast size, attracts the attention of the opposite sex with her femininity and petiteness. After giving birth, the lady’s figure did not change, she remained as slim as she was, even her breasts did not change.
A few years ago, the girl could not be called slim, she had appetizing curves, but thanks to willpower and constant training, she managed to lose weight. Gwen learned to hide her small breasts behind unusual outfits and look attractive.
Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Paradis was also awarded the award for the girl with the smallest breasts, and is not at all ashamed of her curves. And despite her small bust, the lady continues to sunbathe topless, as she is proud of her slender body and small breasts. The lady is a native of Paris, and is a talented singer, model and actress, and most importantly ex-wife Johnny Depa.
Being very young, Vanessa had a complex about her small bust, just like her peers. But time has passed and she does not grieve at all for her small size. The girl realized that men consider her body type to be sexy.
Renee Zellweger
Renee Zellweger is one of the famous actresses who was able to gain popularity despite her small breasts. But if you look at her more closely, you will notice that the lady’s figure is slightly disproportionate: a small bust, round face, voluminous hips, and small eyes.
In the fashion world, small breasts are gaining popularity. But this trend does not prevent women with small sizes from experiencing psychological discomfort. The girls are trying to get rid of the problem in various ways. If at a young age a bra can be filled with scarves and cotton wool, then in adult life a woman is thinking about surgical correction of the mammary glands.
What exactly pushes to such extremes as increase? Before taking these measures, you should understand the original cause.
Every girl compares herself with others and asks a rhetorical question why some have a fourth breast size, while others barely reach the first. Why did she get this disadvantage? What does it depend on?
The main factors, according to mammologists, are:
- Heredity
- Hormonal balance
- Disorders of the thyroid gland
- Adrenal pathologies
- Disorders of the appendages and pituitary gland
Heredity is the most common cause. In this case, nature has awarded just such breasts, the size of which cannot be changed without surgery. It is worth understanding that this is not a reason to develop complexes or be upset.
If a lack of estradiol, a sex steroid hormonal substance, is detected in youth, then you should not count on a large bust. The hormone is responsible for the formation of the body and the roundness of shapes. Its level in young years must be monitored.
It is because of the last two reasons that teenagers should undergo examinations by a gynecologist more often, and if any violations are detected, visit a doctor.
Secondary influence is exerted by:
- Frequent consumption of coffee drinks
- Hormonal medications taken in incorrect doses
- Alcohol abuse
- Smoking
- Poor nutrition
- Psychosomatics
Bust size can depend on several factors and nutritional conditions. The diet must include protein foods and vitamin-rich fruits and vegetables. If there is no meat on the menu, then the bust may not fully develop during adulthood.
Why do women with small breasts want to enlarge them?
Women's dissatisfaction with size is usually caused by stereotypes. The fact that all men prefer the third or fourth size is known only from surveys. In fact, it turns out that most women consider small size to be a disadvantage.
Criticism of one’s figure and youthful envy play a big role in this case. Starting from the moment of puberty, every girl worries about her figure, forms, and watches her friends who, due to genetics, got large breasts. This may lead to low self-esteem in the future.
Problems faced by women with small busts
The saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is known to many. A person is guided by his own taste. Many men like petite female figures. However, this does not prevent the female sex from making small breasts a problem. What real inconveniences can miniature breasts cause, besides a fictitious problem?
Underwear, its selection and purchase for bust sizes zero and one brings a lot of trouble. The sexiest and most necessary piece of clothing sometimes brings disappointment. It is necessary to carefully consider the problems that girls face and understand why shopping causes a lot of indignation.
Very often, shopping for women with small breasts ends in tears, disappointment and loss of self-esteem. When choosing underwear in a retail store, doubts and thoughts often arise that the small size is a disadvantage.
There are also difficulties when choosing underwear. The small cup is made with a small volume in width. It often doesn't fit in girth. It is also difficult for a woman to choose a swimsuit. The piece-piece type of product limits the choice for small breasts; such models are practically not sewn for miniature mammary glands, but for larger parameters there are more than enough piece-piece swimsuits.
A large number of women with miniature busts enjoy playing sports. IN lately More and more women are buying sports tops, because they are very comfortable - nothing squeezes, does not rub or pinch.
The products perfectly fix the mammary glands during physical activity and are able to provide the necessary support. But this accessory is absolutely not suitable for miniature mammary glands; it makes it completely flat. Even at the gym, a woman wants to look attractive. This creates psychological discomfort when visiting a sports center.
Those with small breasts cannot wear strapless bras. A chic dress will create the perfect party look, but most often the outfit requires a strapless bustier. This option is not suitable for a given body constitution and small bust. Outerwear will begin to slip in the most inopportune situations and will have to be adjusted frequently. However, a small bust also has advantages.
A miniature bust needs the right selection of beautiful, sexy underwear. The right choice of bra will allow you not to experience complexes. A wrestling or sports T-shirt with a shallow neckline with special inserts will not only enlarge, but also protect the chest from injury during sports.
To create a sexy image or femininity, there is a certain type of underwear - a bralette. In soft lingerie models, foam and gel inserts will help emphasize the neckline, and due to the wide belt they will round out the shape.
Closed or classic fabric products due to the rising line of the cup will help to cover the mammary gland and increase the volume with the help of inserts. Invisible bra models have a waist line that is located below the cups. It lifts the glands, and the fastener at the front secures it tightly and allows the product to fit snugly to the body.
To prevent breasts from sagging, it is better for women to choose busts with diagonal cups. This option is suitable for girls with an athletic build. You can pay attention to push-up models. The internal lining in the products gives the breasts an increase in size. Now there are a lot of models on the shelves that will visually create the effect of the desired breast size.
The bandeau shape is completely adjacent to the body. It emphasizes the chest line and makes the mammary glands visually more voluminous. The above bra models are designed for miniature breasts. They allow you not to experience complexes regarding a small bust. 
Benefits of small breasts
Own complexes and far-fetched problems divert attention from large quantity advantages of such sizes over a curvy shape. Among the advantages:
- Comfort during sports
- Ability to sleep on your stomach
- Elimination of breast deformation
- The bust does not fall out of the neckline
- The woman looks more fragile and youthful
- Chest does not make walking difficult
- No fat deposits
- The breasts do not lose their elasticity
- The skin under the breasts does not sweat
Miniature breasts always look neat. The modeling agency hires girls with neat busts. In society it is considered universal. If a girl with a small size is psychologically unwell, if necessary, her breasts can always be enlarged with the help physical exercise.
There are many more listed advantages of small breast size. A woman needs to learn to consider miniature breasts as a unique highlight of her appearance, and not go to extremes. It is important to love your body and not look at your own figure from a positive side.
Small breasts are a very controversial issue. Some ladies believe that small breasts are very cute and attractive in men's eyes. Others are sure that without minimum size It is almost impossible to achieve success with the stronger sex. In the matter of conquering men, everything is important - the ability to dress, and choose the right shoes, and communication. The chest occupies one of the first places in this coordinate system. And the debate about whether men like ladies with small breasts does not subside for a minute.
Small breasts: do men like them?
In a situation with small breasts, a woman feels like a real sapper. After all, for example, short stature can always be disguised high heels, flaws in appearance can be corrected with makeup. But with the breasts, there’s nothing to think of - at most, slip some handkerchiefs. And it will be very embarrassing if the man of your dreams finds out about it.
Experts assure: ladies with small breasts have nothing to be ashamed of. According to surveys, more than half of the men who took part in the study prefer small breasts – “the ones that fit in the palm of your hand.” First of all, men like tactile sensations, and it is by touching small breasts that they get pleasure - you can’t grasp a large one, so you have to knead it in parts.
Men consider women's decision to enlarge their breasts to be very ridiculous. They say that touching one is very unpleasant - you can always feel the artificial insert under your fingers
Advantages and disadvantages of small breasts
The disadvantages usually include the fact that small breasts do not look very appetizing in the neckline. The absence of so-called melons can significantly poison a woman’s life. However, there is no need to worry. Modern lingerie manufacturers have solved this problem by inventing push-up bras. These models are capable of making seductive shapes out of even the smallest breasts.
This is where all the disadvantages of small breasts end, and only continuous advantages begin. One of the main advantages of small breasts is that they sag less as you age than large breasts. This is due to the fact that the glandular tissue is smaller and lighter, which means that it does not pull the skin under its own weight. After 30 years, the skin itself begins to lose tone and begins to sag.
Ladies with small breasts may not wear a bra. And in the right situation (for example, walking around the city in the summer) it looks very cute and at the same time sexy.
Doctors say that this recommendation is quite controversial: even small breasts need support. And if you completely abandon the bra, this can lead to the appearance of stretch marks and other cosmetic defects.
Small breasts are especially attractive during sex. She does not jump around her stomach, but remains toned. At the same time, there is no need to be distracted by providing her with support. In addition, small breasts are more sensitive than large ones, because... the same number of nerve endings are located in a smaller area.
It is very convenient for ladies with small breasts to run and sleep on their stomachs. In these cases, nothing presses, knocks, falls on the sides, etc.
And ladies with small breasts are healthier than those whose busts are quite large in size. This is due to the fact that their risk of developing cancer and mastitis is noticeably reduced.
How to care for small breasts
If a woman has small breasts, this does not mean that she should not take care of them. After all, even this one can be ruined. Therefore, it is worth following the recommendations of experts in order to always feel attractive and desirable.
First of all, take care of purchasing the right underwear. Of course, you don't need bras with wide straps to support a lot of volume. Therefore, you can treat yourself to a beautiful and completely impractical lace bra with thin straps. The main thing is to remember that he should not put pressure on you anywhere, but otherwise there are no restrictions.
Doctors advise not to overuse push-up bras. This is due to the fact that the cups in it compress the breasts. And although this is beautiful in appearance, it is detrimental to health - the risk of developing tumors increases
How to deal with your complexes about small breasts
First of all, it is worth understanding that a man loves a woman entirely - with her body, thoughts, soul. And he does not evaluate her like a chicken - in parts. Therefore, by and large, representatives of the stronger sex do not pay much attention to the fact whether a woman has large or small breasts. If the size still bothers you, try using a number of tricks that will help you enlarge your breasts a little. For example, taking vitamins. Normalize your diet, add vitamin and mineral complexes - and you will feel that your whole body has become toned, and your breasts have begun to look more toned.
Naturally, it is worth including a number of physical exercises that are designed to pump up the chest muscles. It also allows you to add a little size by increasing your muscle mass.
However, do not expect that you will be able to globally increase the size of your breasts - all these measures allow you to further correct the shape, tone the skin, etc. But this does not mean at all that you need to go and go under the surgeon’s knife. Look at yourself in the mirror again, remember all the compliments your loved one gave you, and stop being upset about your small breasts.
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Black Friday is in full swing around the world - a day of unprecedented discounts, sales and queues in stores. The holiday of consumption, which originated in the USA, easily took root in Russia. It only took a few years for Black Friday to spread to most domestic stores—even grocery stores. Now they sell not only furniture and appliances, but even sour cream and processed cheese at big discounts.
As always, a good deed is fraught with many pitfalls. Some unscrupulous retailers do not hesitate to mislead, and sometimes outright deceive, gullible customers. According to the St. Petersburg Rospotrebnadzor, sellers often do not fully inform the client of the conditions of the promotions. Sometimes companies artificially inflate prices in order to later introduce a “discount” on it. In addition, on Black Friday, illiquid and defective goods are sold.
Rosbalt-Like correspondents also prepared with all their might for this day - they saved their favorite products in “baskets”, took screenshots of price tags and scrupulously wrote down discounts. And in the end, a number of sellers were caught cheating. Among them unexpectedly were large and quite respected networks.
No markups, but still unprofitable
Let's start with the fact that Black Friday sales are different. There are stores that offer clear discounts. Somewhere - for the entire product, somewhere - for a certain assortment (the latter - the majority). For example, Nike introduced a promotional code of 30% on almost 2 thousand products, and Adidas - 25%. Rosbalt was unable to detect any markup on clothes and shoes in these stores. Another thing is that in some cases there were either large sizes or frankly unsuccessful models left. But the latter is more of a matter of taste.
No manipulations with price tags were found at DC Shoes or Ozone. Winter jackets, which one of the journalists watched, actually became cheaper (but still expensive).
One of the largest online stores, AliExpress, opened a sale at 10:00 Moscow time. The site offers discounts of up to 50%, as well as a $5 discount on orders over $30. But for the items chosen by the correspondent, the price actually became lower.
At New Balance, the sale affected 170 men's items (out of a total of 594) and 146 women's items (out of 489). That is, even less than a third.
The online store Asos completely abandoned Black Friday in Russia, to which its customers reacted extremely negatively, bombarding the company’s page with angry comments. It was not possible to find discounts in the official Apple store - re:Store. Potential buyers responded instantly: “For that price, stick it in your ****.”
In Dns, Black Friday did not affect popular items like iPhone or iPad. The prices for popular smartphones and tablets in the M.Video store have not changed, so Yabloko retailers can easily bypass these retailers on Black Friday.
As for cosmetics. At L'Etoile, at first glance, everything turned out to be fair, and real discounts are confirmed by various price checking services.
Popular chain stores like H&M and Stradivarius give customers a frankly ridiculous 20% discount. Not always for the full range, but often only for selected models - far from being the most necessary in the winter. For example, at a discount you can buy a “blouse with leopard print and a bow", sneakers and sandals, but not warm coats and down jackets. Zara offers a 50% discount, but the selection of discounted models is extremely small. So, for women with size S, the site offered only three jackets and four faux fur coats from outerwear.
Fraud and price manipulation
The largest Russian online stores Lamoda and Wildberries prepared thoroughly for Black Friday and introduced discounts on thousands of products. Both sites started the sale early, which ended up costing potential buyers money. Thus, during the “pre-Friday” at Lamoda, prices for a number of items became lower than during the sale itself on November 23. The same story happened with Wildberries. In this store, some items on Black Friday began to cost more than a few months ago.
At first, journalists found quite favorable offers and tempting discounts in the Citylink store. But then the ideal picture began to crumble - the seller simply inflated prices for a number of goods several weeks before the big sale. So the Rosbalt correspondent was left without washing machine and an electric kettle.
A similar situation arose in Eldorado. Two Tefal brand kettles, which a week ago cost 1 thousand 899 rubles, on November 23 rose in price to 2 thousand 199 rubles. But a “Black Friday” sign appeared next to the goods. An even uglier story happened with a metal kettle of the same brand. It, as before, cost 1 thousand 999 rubles, but on “Black Friday” the supposedly previous price appeared next to the price tag - 2 thousand 699 rubles. Here, the same trend was revealed as with Citylink - a couple of weeks before the sale, the price of a number of goods increased. And closer to Black Friday, it fell, ending up in the Black Friday section.
As a result. You can actually find bargains on Black Friday, but you have to look hard. In some cases, unscrupulous sellers mislead buyers with bright price tags and supposedly huge discounts. Therefore, there is only one piece of advice: be vigilant and do not let yourself be deceived.
UPD. Wildberries said that the cost of goods is determined by suppliers. “In case of dishonest behavior of suppliers, we temporarily block such goods and hide them from the site,” the company noted.
