Re: EDS bosoms...fabulous stretchy breast...

[Guest guest]

Well I'm 31, no kids....

You'd probably class me in the 13-14 year old ages groups boob wise!!!

Nothing here to sag....

[Guest guest]

Think the answer here is...it all depends!

My skin is very soft...to feel the top of my friend's hand, hers feels like

leather to me (same age). Maybe it's cuz I don't do dishes... =)

As far as the breasts go, mine sag, but I've also more weight there than I

used to, to pull them down. My grandmother (suspected EDS) was terribly

thin, but had saggy ones that hung very low and flat. Oh, my--never

imagined I'd be discussing this!! I was horrified as a child when I slept

over one night and woke to see her literally " scooping " them into her bra!

I think it all depends upon the extent of the skin involvement with each

individual...how much sag you have. Interesting also, to note, is that none

of the women in my family get stretch marks from pregnancy--that is, those

with EDS. I have none--even after two large babies. So, it all depends...

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/2/03 9:42:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

CDillardda@... writes:

<< And to the ladies, the big question. Never you mind the effects of

pregnancy

and weight gain or weight loss...but how is the upper torso holding up as

the

years go by? Did/do we look the same at say twenty, thirty, forty, eighty?

Do

we age less...or do we age more? >>

I have some unusual features, I would say, where some areas of my body look

much older than they should, and others are holding up pretty well? My face

is young looking, my breasts seems to have a propensity for " snapping " back

but arms, legs, hands, are kind of wrinkley-----doesn't make sense,

huh......oh, and no stretch marks at all........ of course the transparency

of my skin (veins), pretty much zeros that positive aspect out, as they are

really apparent in certain/most areas. But, hey, I am just happy I am still

here, I don't care what I look like, LOL!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am 24. i have had saggy baggy breasts since i was about 17. it worsened

with my daughter, whom i breast fed. i am not going to be breastfeeding my

son due to prescriptions i have to take, so i don't know if it will be worse

when i shrink back down to size. they arent that bad , they only hang to

just below my rib cage, and the nipples still point somewhat up, but they

are so soft and squishy that it is hard to get them to stay in the position

i want them in. My grammie, whom we link part of our EDS to ( her husband,

my grandfather is felt by our geneticist to have had it as well) had flat

very saggy breasts. she used totell me that it was because it was the style

in the end of the 1920's to 30's to have a very flat chest, so she bound

herself up which broke down the muscles in her breasts and caused this to

happen. only one thing wrong with this explaination is that i didn't know

that there were muscles in your breast tissue.

also my husband Norm, ( hypermobile type) has saggy breasts as well. he is

26 and hates them with a passion. thankfully he loves mine and our

relationship isn't based on what we look like, it is how we feel about each

other, a good way to describe it is that our relationship starts from the

neck up. and anything else is just a great addition. He has helped me quite

a bit because i have always hated my breasts and think they are ugly and

nasty looking.

Also, i have thought about having reconstructive surgury to make my breasts

nice and firm, but am worried about what scarring issues would be and if it

would even work for someone like us or just make the problem worse.

Well here is my 2 cents, sorry it's so long

Hugs

Autumn

P.S

I can pull my breast out very far from my chest and have it pop back without

any pain, Norm can too.