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Happy breast cancer awareness month!
The Pointer
About 2 million women in the United States have breast implants, with 250,000 going under the knife each year. The average age of a woman who gets implants is 34, and 90 percent do it after they have kids. Most women increase by two cup sizes after the implants.
Breasts contain no muscle. Therefore, no amount of exercise can truly change the size of one’s breasts. Women can do pectoral exercises which strengthen the muscles beneath the breasts. This can aid in toning your breast shape.
One in eight women or 12.6 percent of all women will get breast cancer in their lifetime.
One breast alone can produce 450 milliliters of milk a day during lactation.
American women’s cup sizes break down to the following: A cups are 15 percent, B cups are 44 percent, C cups are 28 percent and D cups are 10 percent, while the remaining 3 percent are AA cups, AAA cups, DD cups and beyond.
Three percent of nipples are “innies,” or inverted nipples, according to one survey taken in 1999.
A study of 3,527 Swedish women who had breast implants found that they were three times as likely to commit suicide after getting implants.
Numetrex invented a sports bra with a heart monitor. Other companies are working on bras that can detect cancer, stop you from smoking and much more.
Breast size does not matter when it comes to breast cancer rates or amount of milk production.
