Just between us girls: do you ever wish your breasts looked perkier? You know what I mean: full, firm, lifted. While we all love a good push-up bra, it would be nice if they looked great on their own. Here are some tips to get perky breasts naturally in Singapore.

What causes breasts to sag?

Contrary to popular belief, your breasts won’t sag because of wearing a bad bra or choosing not to wear one at all.

The real cause of sagging breasts is gravity and ageing. Ligaments in the breasts (called Cooper’s ligaments) stretch out over time. Without this support, the breast tissues sag and lose their shape.

Other factors can cause the ligaments to become weaker. This includes collagen or estrogen deficiency, multiple pregnancies, and rapid weight gain and weight loss. Smoking can also speed up sagging—yet another reason to quit!

Women with larger breasts will experience earlier and more visible sagging. And while sagging is gradual, it’s common to see a very noticeable change in breast shape or size during menopause.

Breastfeeding does not cause breasts to sag. However, your breasts will grow larger during pregnancy, and then return to original size after you’ve stopped nursing. That may cause stretchmarks and some loss of firmness.

It’s difficult to restore volume and shape to sagging breasts without actually getting a breast lift. However, you canprevent sagging or slow it down. With a little extra attention, you can keep your breast looking its best, and maintain its lift and strength as long as possible.

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Exercise Tips to get perky breasts naturally in Singapore

Unfortunately, you can’t tone your breasts the way you tone your abs. Breasts are made of tissue, not muscle – so there’s no exercise that can actually help sagging breasts.

However, underneath the breast tissue are muscles. These help support the breasts and affect the shape of your silhouette, so exercise can help your chest’s overall appearance.  Try doing push-ups, arm curls, or the bench press. Swimming (and the aptly named breast stroke) will definitely help, too.

According to Cosmopolitan magazine, these particular exercise moves are a great way to get perky breast naturally:

High-Low Ball Squeeze

Hold a small ball between your palms. Point your toes 45 degrees outward, with your legs apart in a squatting stance. Then, as you move downwards, bend your elbows about 90 degrees, and bring the ball closer to your chest. Squeeze your palms and engage your pectoral muscles!

Then, extend your arms so you lift the ball over your head while you extend your knees to come up halfway. Keep squeezing that ball between your palms! Repeat the moves 10 times. Aside from working out your chest muscles, you’ll also be toning your butt and thighs.

Bent-Arm Chest Openers

Take two dumb bells, and hold one in each hand. Take a wide stance, with your toes pointed at a 45 degree angle. Then bend your elbows at 90 degrees, so they’re aligned with your shoulders. Bring the weights to your sides and then to the front. Engage your chest muscles!

Single-Arm Chest Fly

Sit down on a yoga mat. Stretch your toes in front of you and point your toes. Then, with one dumbbell in each hand, lean at a 45 degree angle. You can support your lower back with a ball, a small pillow, or a rolled up blanket. From this position, stretch out your right arm and then twist to the left, extending your left arm as far as possible. Engage your chest muscles. Do as many reps as you can for 30 seconds before switching to the other side.

Diet Tips to get perky breasts naturally in Singapore

Sorry, there’s no magic food that can help your breasts stay perky. However, a healthy and balanced diet can help nourish your skin and ligaments—from your head, to your breasts, to your toes.

Try to stay within the healthy weight range for your height and body type. Being overweight can contribute to sagging breasts, since the extra body mass may stretch the breast ligaments. But don’t get into the unhealthy cycle of crash dieting! Aside from depriving your body of nutrients, you slow down your metabolism and develop a really unhealthy relationship with food. Studies show that people who go on extreme diets are more likely to regain more pounds than they actually lost. That pushes you into a cycle of yo-yo dieting, and leads to rapid weight changes that will make the sagging worse.

So, the best diet tips to get perky breasts naturally in Singapore is actually the most simple and sensible: eat a balanced meal, exercise regularly, and choose a diet that you can follow long-term.

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Lifestyle Tips to get perky breasts naturally in Singapore

Stop smoking

Don’t smoke or quit if you do. Smoking breaks down collagen and elastin, which can cause both your breasts and your skin to sag much earlier.

Maintain proper posture

 If you are always hunched over your laptop, or have a habit of slouching or bending forward, your breasts hang by their own weight. That hastens sagging, aside from causing all sorts of strain on your neck and shoulders! Develop the habit of sitting or standing up straight, as if a string is pulling up your spine. Aside from improving your overall appearance, there’s less pressure and weight on your breast tissue.

Invest  in a good bra

While wearing a “bad bra” won’t make your breasts sag, a good bra can provide support. This is especially important for women with larger breasts, and are more likely to experience sagging at an earlier age.

Look for a bra that fits well (have yourself professionally fitted so you know you have the right size and cup). Then, look at the band. While cups help hold your breasts in place, the band actually gives 90% of the total support to your breasts. Those dainty styles may look really pretty, but if a  wider band can be one way to get perky breast naturally, then we’ll take it!