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    Post-Surgical Bras: Healing After Mastectomy and Other Breast Surgeries

    Byelisabeth April 27, 2016 8:43 am

    What are post-surgical bras? They are specialty bra garments worn after mastectomies or reconstructive and elective cosmetic breast surgeries. Don’t expect to find many cute post-surgical bras around. They’re meant to be functional not fashionable. They keep the patient in mind, one who might have limited arm and chest mobility and often must accommodate drains attached…

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  • What No One Tells You About Boob Jobs
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    What No One Tells You About Boob Jobs

    Byelisabeth July 29, 2015 9:49 am

    Today’s boob job is about more than buying breast implants. The term is also used to refer to breast lifts, reductions, or a combination lift and augmentation with implants. It depends on the breast results you have in mind. Women who lose breast volume after multiple pregnancies or rapid weight loss will replace it with implants….

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    Opinion & News

    7 Life Hacks Learned From My Breasts

    Byelisabeth April 15, 2015 2:32 pm

    I know what you’re thinking. Breasts have no moving parts, so how can they hold any shortcuts to living a happy and productive life? The female breast has been worshipped and adored for thousands of years. Yet scientists know little about them. No one knows what keeps them up, or why they appear on our bodies long…

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    Why Women Get Breast Implants: Real Reasons

    Byelisabeth June 23, 2014 2:38 pm

    Why do women get breast implants? It’s the No 1 cosmetic surgery in the US, even though it carries with it the burden of judgment and dismissal. So what’s driving these women? Are they young and insecure? Superficial? Desperate? The answers might surprise you. Of the 300,000 implant procedures in the US in 2013 (up…

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    Opinion & News

    5 Shocking Celebrity Wardrobe Malfunctions: Boobs on Display

    Byelisabeth March 20, 2014 3:53 pmMay 31, 2025 5:47 pm

    You don’t have to live in the heart of Hollywood, as I do, to be exposed to celebrity wardrobe malfunctions. You can find photos of these breast displays anywhere; whether it’s a supermarket tabloid, entertainment website, or mainstream media outlet. It’s still viewed as “shocking” news when a well-known woman has a breast related wardrobe…

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    Breast Health

    My Post-Menopausal Breasts: What’s Not to Love?

    Bythebreastlife September 6, 2012 6:29 pm

    My breasts remind me of raising my children. Just when I got used to one babe’s latest developmental stage, be it sitting up, walking, or sleeping through the night, I’d be forced to adjust to some new normal. After multiple pregnancies and nursing stints, weight gains and losses, followed by breast lift surgery six years…

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  • Looking for a shortcut to new boobs? Breast cancer’s not it. — Guest blog post from Diane Mapes
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    Looking for a shortcut to new boobs? Breast cancer’s not it. — Guest blog post from Diane Mapes

    Bythebreastlife July 9, 2012 11:30 pmJune 15, 2025 5:20 pm

    I was talking to a breast cancer buddy the other day — one of the lucky ones who found her cancer at Stage 0 and got away with a minor lumpectomy — and was amazed and horrified at something she told me. Apparently, while she was still learning about the staging of her disease, a…

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