Cup size

2baninja

Ladies, those of you that gained weight, then lost it. Did your cup size drop?
I was a c then d cup, I gained 80 pounds. I went up to a dd. I've since dropped 65 pounds. My band size went down 4", but I'm still a dd cup. If your cup size grew, did it shrink again after?
If it means anything I'm 56 yrs old. I hope to lose another 20#.
Thanks

COGypsy

Nope. Not a freaking millimeter of cup loss. I thought that was an automatic benefit. That's apparently what I get for thinking!

I lost a lot in the band size, so my cup size actually went up since I never lost any meaningful volume. I went from a 40DD to a 38 DDD (aka E depending on the manufacturer) and then a 36F. Lesson learned: weight loss isn't fair.

spiriteagle99

I was the opposite. My band size stayed the same, but the cup size went down to an A or B. There's nothing left.

csplatt

Cup sizes are relative to band size. A 34 DD, for example, has an identical cup size to a 36 D and a 38 C. Does that make sense? It's a ratio. I guess what I'm saying is that a 34DD, for example, is not the same cup size as a 38DD or a 40DD. I do see what you are saying, though. It would be intuitive for the ratio to stay similar.

totameafox

As you age, your girls can disappear regardless if you lose weight or not. I haven't lost enough weight to see a change in mine yet but I have a friend who is 27 years older than me who was always a very busty woman. They deflated over time. I think the only thing that can be done is cross your fingers, toes and eyebrows and hope.

2baninja

Thank you everyone, so maybe... lol

PAV8888

"The percentage of fat volume in the total breast varied from 7% to 56% and the percentage of fat weight in the total breast weight varied from 3.6% to 37.6%. This great variability in the respective proportions of fat and glands in the evaluated specimens was NOT significantly correlated to age and body mass index"*

You draws your lottery ticket and depending on what you gots (7% fat by volume or 56% fat by volume) as you lose fat.... you get reductions!

AND, of course, when one WANTS a reduction (or when one DOESN'T want a reduction) we all know what the most likely outcome is going to be!

*https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11936199/

And if you ladies have had a mammogram and seen the interpretation you might be closer to knowing what category you may fall under. From a web search I just did, I think it was the national cancer institute in the states:

BI-RADS classifies breast density into four categories:
*Entirely fatty breast tissue: There is almost all fatty breast tissue. It is found in about 10% of women.
*Scattered fibroglandular breast tissue: There is mostly fatty tissue with some areas of dense glandular and fibrous connective tissue. It is found in about 40% of women.
*Heterogeneously dense breast tissue: There are many areas of dense glandular and fibrous connective tissue, with some areas of fatty tissue. It is found in about 40% of women.
*Extremely dense breast tissue: There is almost all dense glandular and fibrous connective tissue. It is found in about 10% of women.

If your mammogram report letter says you have dense breasts, it means that you have either heterogeneously dense breast tissue or extremely dense breast tissue.

So if one combines the relative proportion of fat that is stored in the breast plus with the total amount of fat that is lost then one would come closer to determining the likelihood of size changes!

csplatt

csplatt wrote: »

Cup sizes are relative to band size. A 34 DD, for example, has an identical cup size to a 36 D and a 38 C. Does that make sense? It's a ratio. I guess what I'm saying is that a 34DD, for example, is not the same cup size as a 38DD or a 40DD. I do see what you are saying, though. It would be intuitive for the ratio to stay similar.

replying to myself- ha! perhaps you’re still a DD because your ratio has stayed the same as before? which would mean both shrank at the same time. would have to ask my gal at Soma!