Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Smoking is Bad for your Breasts

http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2007/11/04/the-breast-is-best

I now have a new MOST important reason ladies should not smoke: saggy breasts!

From the article:


They examined each patient's medical history, body mass index, pre-pregnancy bra cup size, and smoking status. What they found was that the degree of breast ptosis was no different in women who breastfed compared to those who did not. They did find that the degree of ptosis was related to age, the number of pregnancies, and whether or not a patient smoked.

"Smoking breaks down a protein in the skin called elastin, which gives youthful skin its elastic appearance and supports the breast... so it would make sense that it would have an adverse effect on the breasts", Dr. Rinker concluded.



After reading this, I will NEVER encourage women to smoke again. In fact, if you see me run up to a woman smoking and steal her cigarettes while shouting "YOUR BREASTS WILL THANK ME LATER!", you'll know why.

2 comments:

Sue said...

Oh the horror! Not the breasts!

Tophiferous said...

What about second hand boobie smoke??? What can that do - oh no - no more stinky cigarette bars for me then hahaha I wanna stay supple til after I breed. hehe