LADIES: Do the girls shrink with weight loss?

When I lost a lot of weight several years ago, I went down a cup size, but that was about it. I have since gained back weight, and they have gotten a bit bigger than before that weight loss. So i am hoping mine go down again when I actually start losing weight...

It's not that bad. Honestly, if you are fairly well endowed, you are usually very thankful to have them go down a bit and lessen the load. At least I was.. and a few others ladies I know who lost weight and cup sizes!

I should just copy and paste this for every boob thread already...

1- boobs are fat

2-when you go from a 38DD to a 34DD or ANY smaller band with the SAME letter cup, your boobs have indeed SHRUNK.
the volume on a lower size band with the same letter CUP is still ONE CUP SIZE SMALLER.

sorry ladies, these are the breaks.

huh! I actually was clueless to that fact. I'm a little happier now knowing they have actually gone down somewhat now thanks!

I'm actually really glad that someone is pleased with this revelation!
I usually get either lots of debate and/or derision for telling the facts such as they are.

HELP!!!! Urgh I did not know this why the hell do they make sizes so complicated???So when I drop from a 36 to a 34 even if my cup doesnt drop they do get smaller??

Are we seriously all reading this and saying it makes perfect sense? You didn't lose a cup size you lost WEIGHT in the breast. You can't lose a cup size and still wear teh same cup size. If you're losing band size that is around the part that is BELOW your breast. You can lose size around that way and stay teh same cup size......I'm sorry but I'm not buying this. If I go to victoria secret and still have to by a DD no matter what number is in front of it then my cup size is still a DD...

honey, I'm saying this in the nicest possible way, but if you are buying your bras at VS, you are getting ****ed.
Get a professional fitting, and a bra that actually fits. You will like your boobs so much better.

i didn't get myself fitted there 'honey' i just buy them there because they're the only place that has support in a bra that i can get to not to mention i will NEVER like my boobs no matter where i buy my bras tyvm. i don't like how huge they are and i don't want them to be this big so don't presume to think that you know me well enough to think that a bra shop is going to change that.

i do not know YOU, but I know bras, and breasts.
you are NOT a DD, you are at least an FF or G cup (if that is your picture on your profile).
while you might not like this truth, or want to recognise it, I meant to help you and not harm. You would feel far better about your breasts in general with a properly fitting bra as they would:
1- look smaller
2- be properly supported and not feel as cumbersome
3- fit in your clothes better

If you are buying anything at VS you are doing yourself a huge disservice.

now, they are your boobs, and I do not presume to tell you what to do with them, but i have been there, and hated mine for years and years.
good luck to you

that's hilarious because I actually buy my bras at a lot of different department stores and whereveer i can afford them and they are all the same. If I was that big I wouldn't fit into a DD cup no matter where I bought them from. How about get off of your high horse and stop acting like you know ****. I fit in all of my clothes perfectly fine I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. That picture is not only 1) older but it is also taken with a ****ty as camera. You go and make assumptions about peopel but you aren't right and you aren't 'helping' anyone. You might have money to piss away going to professional places but if I'm fiting just fine in my bras and having no problem I dont' see why you feel the need to tell me I don't like my boobs becuase of my bra. I've hated them since I was ten and they showed up and I was the only girl who had them at ten and I hated them when they got bigger.

all stores, even department stores sell what they STOCK.
as most don't stock anything above a DD, none will FIT you as above a DD.
swear at me all you like, I don't mind. I'm sorry you are so discontent with a chest that many women would kill for.
I never suggested you buy a hugely expensive bra at a bra boutique that will fit you properly, I suggested you get fitted there, which they do for FREE.

not all DD cups are the same size, even in the same band, many american bra companies make a DD cup that's actually much larger than a DD simply because many American women are in denial.
but they still do not do it WELL, and I simply thought to offer you a BETTER alternative.

I was never bigger than a B cup before kids after the first one I went to a D and now I am 38f and it's getting smaller as I lose weight. I actually will be happy if I can go back go the bra free days u can always use bra that makes it look like it's big anyway who cares!

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i didn't get myself fitted there 'honey' i just buy them there because they're the only place that has support in a bra that i can get to not to mention i will NEVER like my boobs no matter where i buy my bras tyvm. i don't like how huge they are and i don't want them to be this big so don't presume to think that you know me well enough to think that a bra shop is going to change that.

i do not know YOU, but I know bras, and breasts.
you are NOT a DD, you are at least an FF or G cup (if that is your picture on your profile).
while you might not like this truth, or want to recognise it, I meant to help you and not harm. You would feel far better about your breasts in general with a properly fitting bra as they would:
1- look smaller
2- be properly supported and not feel as cumbersome
3- fit in your clothes better

If you are buying anything at VS you are doing yourself a huge disservice.

now, they are your boobs, and I do not presume to tell you what to do with them, but i have been there, and hated mine for years and years.
good luck to you

I'm going to agree with the above, I always thought I was a DD then finally got fitted as an F and if it wasn't for finding a fantastic fitter I'm happy with would not have known I had gone up again, and one massive bonus is when I get/got fitted for changes I felt a lot more comfortable in bra. I now know I need to go back again as it's rubbing and causing pain which should NEVER happen and means it's fitter wrong.... still didn't know about back/cup sizes but that makes sense and has always baffled me

I also experienced a lot of bad fittings. VS really dropped the ball for me (but I suspect it's because they don't go above a DD and didn't want to lose the sale), the girl there had me trying on bras in a DD with a band 4 inches larger than the one I walked in with so I just ended up with part of my boobs in the cup and the rest smashed under the band. Sexy. *eyeroll*

Macy's also dropped the ball for me, I went for a fitting and the girl measured me and told me I was something like a 38 DDD. I then proceeded to try on about 30 bras and NOTHING fit properly. I got fed up and left and walked to Nordstrom, which ended up being the best decision I ever made. I got measured in at a 40H and tried on piles of bras that fit beautifully, and when you have a massive chest, having OPTIONS in your bras is an amazing feeling. They actually sat against my breast bone (which I was 100% certain was impossible with boobs as big as mine) and they looked great. Since then, I exclusively go to Nordstrom for measuring and bra purchasing, and I recommend it to everyone with a large chest, I only regret that I went who knows how long wearing poorly fitting bras because I had never seen anything beyond a DDD in a store. I hate my boobs, with a passion I hate them, but they are much more tolerable with a good bra.
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bunky-
nordstroms is pretty good for fitting simply because they carry more sizes and don't try to force you into what they carry. They also no longer employ that hated plus 4 rule.
but what they sell is imported from the Uk mostly, so it's expensive (about $70 a bra)
once you know your size, or better yet have tried on the bra at Nordstroms and written down the style number and size, if you want to save money, buy online. Uusally you can get the same bras for about half the price.

you are lucky, living in the UK you have a huge amount of choice as to what you can get!
In terms of fitting, with most women even a 5lb-10Lb (half a stone!!!) weight gain or loss can affect the fit of your bra. Bras also get worn out and stretch, so even if your size doesn't seem to have changed, it's always best to buy new bras every 6 months or so.
most women in the US wear the wrong size to begin with, but this is mostly because the right size is not available so even "trained" fitters don't fit you properly, they fit you into what they sell. Also because we have a concept of certain sizes being static (i.e. a DD is HUGE, when in a 28 Band a DD is actually smaller than a petite orange half)

I go 4 times a year and normally after a couple of drinks as the 'fitting' is actually on the upper floor of the shop, it has a little sitting room for men and then the back is all cubicles where they make you strip (they give you a pretty robe & let you keep your pants on) and kind of just look at you, then swan off and come back with things then manhandle and check, at no point do they measure and until they're happy you have no chance of arguing! they also do amazing simming costumes & gym gear though
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do you do it at Bravissimo?
all the Bravissimos I've ever been to have the fitting rooms in the cellar!!!
lol
but they do have comfy settees, my sis fell asleep on one while waiting for me the last time i was there!

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i didn't get myself fitted there 'honey' i just buy them there because they're the only place that has support in a bra that i can get to not to mention i will NEVER like my boobs no matter where i buy my bras tyvm. i don't like how huge they are and i don't want them to be this big so don't presume to think that you know me well enough to think that a bra shop is going to change that.

i do not know YOU, but I know bras, and breasts.
you are NOT a DD, you are at least an FF or G cup (if that is your picture on your profile).
while you might not like this truth, or want to recognise it, I meant to help you and not harm. You would feel far better about your breasts in general with a properly fitting bra as they would:
1- look smaller
2- be properly supported and not feel as cumbersome
3- fit in your clothes better

If you are buying anything at VS you are doing yourself a huge disservice.

now, they are your boobs, and I do not presume to tell you what to do with them, but i have been there, and hated mine for years and years.
good luck to you

I'm going to agree with the above, I always thought I was a DD then finally got fitted as an F and if it wasn't for finding a fantastic fitter I'm happy with would not have known I had gone up again, and one massive bonus is when I get/got fitted for changes I felt a lot more comfortable in bra. I now know I need to go back again as it's rubbing and causing pain which should NEVER happen and means it's fitter wrong.... still didn't know about back/cup sizes but that makes sense and has always baffled me
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Same here! VS put me in something like a 42D or something - the band was literally falling down when I tried it on! Went to Nordstrom and voila! I was a 36G and got amazing bras that fit well. Go to Nordstrom or a lingerie boutique to get fitted, and buy bras there or look for the same brands (Wacoal, Chantelle, Fantasie, etc) at TJ Maxx, Nordstrom Rack, online at figleaves, etc. They don't learn how to fit at VS - my cousin works there and she said she got no training on it but "fits" people all the time, and they are supposed to tell women a size they carry, so they will never tell you anything about a D/DD.

And all of you that are saying breasts are 100% fat, where are you getting your info LOL.

Okay, so I've got this really basic question and it's probably silly but I'm curious. LADIES! When you started to lose weight or when you lost weight did your girls, (breasts) start to shrink or go down in size? Was it dramatic or minimal??

Absolutely. I was a solid D when I started. Now I'm Floating in a C.

at my heaviest I was a 46-48D(i think...i know i was a D)....but when i lost weight my band size shrunk, but I went up a cup size to a DD....now the girls are starting to catch up, and I'm down to a D cup again.

Mine didn't shrink, even when I got down to 140 lbs (I'm back to 152 atm) they still stayed at 34DD

I don't think my cup size has reduced, but I think my band width definately has so everytime I look down at them I feel like they're just too small! sad times haha

So far, that is the ONLY thing that has noticably shrunk and stayed "shrunkened". <sigh> I didn't have much to begin with.

Not sure if "shrink" is the right word, more like deflated.

I went from 42DD to 34D and finally had them "lifted" ... now they are amazing again

The girls have definitely shrunk but not as much as my band size, so it all depends on genetics. Before losing weight, I was wearing a 42D but I didn't know anything about properly fitting bras then, so who knows what size I actually should have been wearing. Now I have lost about 9.5" around my ribcage (band size) & about 8" around my bust (cup size) so I'm now fitting into a 32H. So even though my cup size is bigger, my boobs are waaaaay smaller than they were. I can't agree enough with TigressPat--a properly fitted bra is a miracle.

@MaydayParadeGirl just to explain why you could fit into a DD bra even though you should be wearing a larger cup size--the cup size is proportionate to the band size. A DD cup in a larger band size is bigger than a DD cup in a smaller band size. To fit you into a DD cup, you are probably wearing a band size that is way to big for you. Your ribcage measurement should basically be your band size--adding 4"-5" just gives you a band that will shift & not support you, since the support for your bust should come from a very snug band (not the straps). If you don't want to go to a specialty shop, look at the online calculator www.sophisticatedpair.com/bracalculator.htm

I've been professionally fitted twice at different weights & the calculator has given me the same size as the fitters. Try not to buy into the stigma that a cup size larger than DD is outlandish & just get a bra that fits correctly. It's no fun to wear an ill fitting bra--shifting, digging straps, poking wires, etc. I would rather pay $80 for 1 well fitting bra than $30 each for several in the wrong size.

haha. good one!

I'm sure I was wearing the wrong size before, 38-40DD. After 15 lbs and lots of inches lost, I measured last week and came up with 36DDD. I found one that size at Ross this weekend and wow, what a difference. They look slightly less ridiculously large and fit into clothing way better as well.