One of the most common side effects of wearing the wrong bra size (or style) for a long period of time is migrated breast tissue. Migrated breast tissue is fatty breast tissue that gets displaced from the main mass of fatty breast tissue into the area around your armpit. This is usually caused by the edge of a cup that is too small or positioned in the wrong place due to a band that rides up and tilts the cups forward. The edge of a cup that's in the wrong place bisects the breast tissue forcing some fatty tissue outside the cup into your armpit.
You can move this tissue back into your cup by getting good bra fit which essentially stops the pressure that bisects your breast tissue. The time it takes to move tissue back into your cups depends on a few things:
- How much tissue has been displaced
- How long the tissue has been displaced
- The density of the breast tissue
2. If your breast tissue has been displaced for 15+ years it can take longer for the tissue to be repositioned back into the cup. The skin that bisects the main breast tissue mass and the displaced tissue can become toughened from the daily pressure of an ill fitting bra. In a well-fitting bra the pressure is relieved and over time the bisect tissue will soften and the tissue migration back into the cup can begin. My clients with 15+ years of migrated tissue find that it takes about 18 months to migrate tissue back into the cups.
3. In my experience dense breast tissue migrates back into the cup faster than soft breast tissue. I have tried to find the medical reason for this but as of yet I'm still not 100% sure why. I'm assuming that the connective tissue between the fat cells are closer together so as one cell is moved back into the cup the adjoining cells follow on quickly. As the fat cells in soft breast tissue are farther apart this may explain why migrating soft breast tissue back into the cups takes a little longer.
If you are attempting to migrate tissue back into your cups then remember to be prepared for an increase in cup volume or a change in breast shape. It's probably a good idea to invest in just two or three well-fitting bras while you migrate your breast tissue and wait to assess any size or shape change before going to town on an array of lovely well-fitting bras! xx
Hello, How can you tell if you have migrated tissue from wearing ill-fitting bras or if you have a wide breast root and your tissue naturally grows out towards the side of your body? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHello! Wide breast roots need wide wires so the shape of the cup will still encase your breast tissue even when it's wide. If you have 'mounds' of tissue at the armpit that sit separate from your breast tissue then it's possible that your wide wire bra cups are too small or the band is too big (so that bra isn't sitting in the optimal position). Wide breast tissue shouldn't hang outside the bra but it does need wire and cup shapes that work with wide roots and breasts xx
DeleteIt took over two years for my breast tissue to migrate back in place after wearing the wrong size bra for over 16 years. When I was professional fitted I was wearing 40 DDD (US) now I wear 34 GG (UK).WOW what difference,so much more comfortable !
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your experience - that's always so helpful! xx
DeleteIs tissue migration the reason why I seem to have breast tissue behind the crease on the sides of my boobs? When I'm in a bra it feels like the wire is close to where my tissue ends, but when I take it off the marks from the wires look really wide. So confusing!
ReplyDeleteHello Annika
DeleteIt could be tissue migration but it could also be that you need a narrower wire and a different cup shape. We need a bit more information to diagnose this properly so you might want to email support@butterflycollection.ca with details about the size and brand of bras you wear and how they fit xx
Is the the reason for such huge fatty area near my armpit and under bra bulge?
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