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Isabelle, the swelling goes away so fast though that it's disheartening.

brava is definitely not an easy ride. it's been 5 nights and the skin around my breasts are battered. I have red lumps bumps dots scratches and maybe some broken capillaries. (I get broken capillaries quite easily). it doesn't go away in hours... my breasts pretty much look like they've been through war all day. it makes the noogleberry seem like child's play.

the stickiness on my domes are getting less sticky, but it seems to me like it's a good thing. my skin is less red when the take the domes off now that it's less sticky. Also, I've been using experimenting with washing, then lotion, then 3 skin-prep wipes, wait a few minutes, then domes application. I did this last night and my skin seemed a little less agitated this morning.

Malina, I too noticed that which ever side I put the dome on first is the side with better swelling. so now I alternate the domes from night to night.

I really hope my skin will adopt to brava. with the way its going now, I have to hide my chest 24/7. I don't see me lasting like this very long. I need intimate time with the bf and I want to be able to wear my tank tops.

tonight before putting on the brava, my breasts looked pretty pathetic... small and battered. I wonder if I am doing more harm than good... and if anything will come out of this torture I'm putting myself through... as I don't the noogling did much for me in a year and a half's time.

lled34aa,

I don't know the experience of the other brava girls, but for me, even if I don't get red rash anymore, I can defined tell there is a band around my breasts. It is a lighter color than the color of my skin. I hope it will go away after some months after stopping the brava, but for now I will not wear tanktops without some makeup. I found that Visible lift from L'oreal covers the marks pretty well and blends perfectly with my skin. Lighter makeups (those for 20 somethings) do not cover as well, it has to be a heavy makeup like those for mature skin. Using the make up allows me also to keep the brava as long as possible in the morning, without having to take it one hour early before I leave the house to allow the red marks to go away.

The swelling will last longer as time passes. I too remember feeling so disappointed when by mid morning the cups of my bra were one again huge for my breasts. It will get better. One thing will not get better is the psychological effect of brava. No matter how much bigger they are as compared to our starting size, they will still look small and pathetic compared to the swelling on the morning. Try keep it in perspective.

Best of luck