Why Breasts Sag

Breast sagging or ptosis as it is called in medical jargon is a natural body change, but a challenge to most women. At some point, a woman's breast will sag, but women turn to experience sagging at varying degrees. Some women in their twenties may have droopy breasts, while some in their forties may still have perky breasts. The ligaments in the breasts - Cooper's Ligaments - give the breasts lift and support. With time, they stretch and the breasts begin to sag. Many factors determine the rate at which a woman's breasts will sag. The include your genetics, the number of times you've been pregnant, the size and shape of your breasts, aging, smoking, collagen deficiency, menopause, estrogen deficiency, gravity, a high body mass index, rapid weight gain followed by rapid weight loss. By the way, breastfeeding is not one of the causes. Research has shown that it is rather the changes in size that a woman's breasts undergo during pregnancy that result in sagging

Genetics: The strength of your Cooper's ligaments and hence breast lift is determined by the genes you inherit from your family.

Gravity: Gravitational pull works against women by pulling the breasts down. Its effect is even more pronounced in women with larger breasts.

Smoking: Smoking causes a loss of elasticity in the skin as elastin is broken down, hence sagging in breasts. Elastin and collagen are responsible for skin elasticity.

Number of pregnancies: 

Aging: The Cooper's ligaments wear out as a woman gets older. This is further accentuated during menopause as hormonal changes can alter the volume of breast tissue.

Number of pregnancies: The more often you get pregnant, the more your breasts will stretch out and shrink and sag.

Rapid weight loss and weight gain: Gaining and losing a lot of weight within a short space of time will also cause a corresponding increase and decrease in breast volume, hence increased stretching and shrinking in the skin surrounding the breasts, which translates to sagging.

High body mass index: A woman who has a high BMI will have bigger breasts and will therefore experience a stronger gravitational pull and sagging.

Breast size and shape: Women with larger breasts will experience a stronger gravitational pull and more sagging. Smaller round breasts hold their shape better than larger breasts or smaller narrower breasts.