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trouble with brava
August 1 2009 at 5:14 PM bravebrava (Login bravebrava)
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I have been using brava for almost 4 weeks now.
I don't notice fuller breasts, but I notice areolar enlargment and it's really scaring me. And my areola (which surrounds the nipple) are not only enlarged, but it is darkening.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?? this is an SOS.
please help me out if people experienced similar outcome during the process.
I used to really like the shape of my breasts but now that the areola and nipples are so much bigger without the breasts being bigger, my breasts look out of proportion, and worse than before.
please help me.
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LaLuna
(no login) Re: trouble with brava August 1 2009, 11:23 PM
Darkening nipples? Are you sure you are not pregnant?
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molehills
(no login) Re: trouble with brava August 1 2009, 11:55 PM
when I used Brava my nipples got lighter and stayed that way
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Kristin
(Login napahills) Re: trouble with brava August 2 2009, 1:20 AM
I had the same issue...I called the brava coach. I was so worried, because when a person has small small boobs, big nipples make them look worse. Anyway, she told me to not use bandaids...but blister covers. They are sticky all over, no pad...I cut one in half, and put half over each nipple. I leave them on for about 3 days...it says you can leave them for a week.This has taken care of the problem for me. Good luck...this suction business is no joke! LOL...what a process.
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bravebrava
(Login bravebrava) how to use the blister bandaids August 2 2009, 1:58 AM
do you put the blister bandaid while doing brava? or afterwards?
How is this supposed to help anyway... i'm confused! please let me know! i'm afraid of looking at mirror now...
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Kristin
(Login napahills) Re: trouble with brava August 2 2009, 3:13 AM
YOu put them on before you put the domes on. They are stretchable, which is why you use them instead of regular bandaids. Are your nipples extremely sore to the touch too? MIne are if I don't wear the blister covers. It took a few days of wearing them for my nipples to start feeling/looking better again. I was mortified too!
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bravebrava
(no login) Re: trouble with brava August 2 2009, 4:36 PM
Did the already enalarged parts go away for you though with the use of bandaid? or did tissue only grow on that part? Does Brava work?? because I don't see growth anywhere else but on the areolar area and I'm almost going to quit on this...
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roakie
(Login roakie)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: trouble with brava August 4 2009, 2:48 PM
Hi, bravebrava!
I don't think four weeks is anywhere near long enough to have any sense of whether Brava will work. I started out completely flat and am in my 40th week! I have about an inch of growth after 12 hours. Not much at all, but worth it to me if I can keep it. I remember my nipples becoming absolutely huge and hurting during the first weeks of Brava. Now, they swell but go back down. Are you sure you are giving this a long enough try before quitting?
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bravebrava
(no login) hi roakie August 4 2009, 7:26 PM
hi roakie,
i would like to try longer, but it's really creeping me out. I really need to have my areolar and nipple growth to stop. It looks really huge and I think my breast got smaller. Maybe i have tubular breasts. I am so depressed. I lost the shape of my breast too. my nipples were facing up but now that the areolar region has grown it looks like it faces down. I don't know what to do. If i resume again, i really need to completely block out my nipple area from growing. and I am wondering how i can achieve that. besides my sin trouble is so bad that i look at myself before shower and freak out.
Have you stopped using and checked if you stabilized your growth? or kept wearing for 40 weeks??
what about skin troubles?
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bravebrava
(no login) hi roakie again August 4 2009, 7:44 PM
hi roakie, just wondering did you also use other systems/agents like NBE to get your growth? Or is your growth entirely attributed to Brava system?
I think I might start again with your encouragement, if i find a way to stop the areolar growth. I am so traumatized, i don't think i will be putting on anytime soon again. my skin needs to also calm down. it's out of control. But have you also used other products in the meanwhile as you did brava?
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Kristin
(Login napahills) Re: trouble with brava August 5 2009, 1:27 AM
Try the blister bandaids. I was very depressed my first 7 weeks of Brava. IN the beginning, I had the nipple trouble, until I found the cure. They did go back to normal too...so no worries.
I didn't really start seeing lasting results until a few weeks ago...around week 8. I think the actual growth is finally kicking in. I almost threw in the towel too! Now that I'm seeing a new shape to my breasts, and actual growth after 12 hours, I feel like I can do this for a llllooooooonnnnnnnnggggggg time! If something actually works, I do it. Try to stick it out dear....trust me, I know it's horrible. But it does work after time.
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Rox3
(no login) Re: trouble with brava August 5 2009, 1:38 AM
To Bravebrava: Don't give up after only 4 weeks. I used Brava for 18 weeks for my first cycle last winter and I got 1" of permanent growth. I didn't have any growth until week 8. My nipples are small and got huge with the brava swelling, but would go back down after having the domes off for 12 hours. At the end of 18 weeks the nipples were much bigger but then after being off Brava for 1-2 weeks my nipples went back to their original size and I kept the 1" of growth. So it look really good now and the breast is a much bigger and nicer teardrop shape. I'm now using Noogleberry and that seems to make the breast a round shape and I've been doing it for 7 weeks. Get swelling of about an inch after 30-60 mins. but it doesn't last...yet. We'll see if it works or not.
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roakie
(Login roakie)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: trouble with brava August 5 2009, 2:14 AM
Bravebrava,
I am still going with Brava and haven't taken a break so I don't know how much, if any, will be permanent. Since I had not breasts to start with and I am very thin and past menopause, I have a lot working against me.
As for the nipples....I breastfed three children so I can't even remember what non-droopy nipples look like. I have stretch marks, etc. as well, but I am "sure" there was a time, long ago, that I had young-looking breasts!!! Yes, I would probably be freaked out if I was doing Brava at an age where I had not ever had children or breastfed and suddenly seen pulled and stretched (much less droopy) nipples.
I would take the advice of others and use the blister covers or just let the nipples do what they will, realizing that they will go back to normal with time.
We are all here for support.
Oh...no, I have not used herbs or anything. Just trying chicken feet soup and MSM. Lots of women have sucess with these two things but I haven't noticed any help!
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bravebrava
(no login) nipple or areola? August 7 2009, 12:47 PM
hi, kristen and roakie, thanks for your comment and encouragement. though would you clarify something for me? The growh of size and darkening for me is not in exactly in the nipple for me but it is in the AREOLA. this is the 1-2cm round region surrounding the nipple, nipple being right in the middle.
AREOLA enlarged and darkened for me..... would it go back down? I'm not frustrated about nipples. but since areola enlarged it's circumference, meaning that the melanocytes have made pigments in the extended area on the skin, I'm not sure how it will regress back to where it was on the skin. I'm kinda confused. please let me know if your problem was also on the areola region!!
also, i saw on brava pictures recently and realized that some women ended up with bigger areola and i am so traumatized. i don't wanna end up like that...
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roakie
(Login roakie)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: trouble with brava August 7 2009, 4:03 PM
No, my aerola did not darken or get bigger.
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kristin
(Login napahills) Re: trouble with brava August 7 2009, 6:28 PM
Hi...I am also speaking about the areola and the nipple. I put the blister cover on the entire area. I wanted to let you know, that the first day you put the blister cover on, it will not stick on so well...it will kind of pop of during treatment, and be hanging there. This is the first day. After you take the domes off, following treatment, push them back down over your entire areola. AS the day progresses, teh blister bandaid will mold over your areola and will stay firmly for about a week. It will kind of concern you to see, maybe wondering how the heck you will get it off...but don't worry, it peels off without hurting your nipple, and voila! Your nipples will not have any swelling during treatment. (Just that first day of putting the blister bandaid on...they will swell, hence popping off 3/4 of the cover).
Good luck my dear.
trigger
(Login tr1gger) Re: trouble with brava August 9 2009, 1:35 AM
oh! only four weeks! Ahhh. I had that, too. I was very worried about growing my nipples as we all agree smaller nipples look nicer on small breasts. Your nipples will not darken considerably, in the end. Mine get stretched so much during wear time, that they get a thicker layer of skin over the top (almost scab like, but not really), which looks darker, until I give them a good scrub with some kind of exfoliating agent bringing them back to a healthy pink.
It's hard not to panic in the first month. It seems so uncomfortable and tortuous. After the second month, you'll find it totally natural, if you've managed to deal with your skin issues. Let us know what those issues are, and we'll be able to help you with those, too.
If you're expecting dramatically bigger breasts, then I'm afraid you'll be disappointed with brava. You will be able to attain fuller breasts, but it takes a LOT of time, and is difficult to stay committed the first couple of months. I'm almost up to week 17, and I've got about 2 inches after 36 hours, which probably means I'll have 1 1/2 inches if I stopped now. So I'm hoping to keep going for another few weeks to see if I can gain a permanent two inches. Even then, I still secretly wish they were a little fuller, but you need to know that as the change happens slowly, you begin to think you've always had these breasts and forget your smaller ones. It's VERY important for monitoring self progress to take some pics to compare to. At about 10 weeks I was convinced I had nothing for all my efforts... until I checked the pics. My breasts are much more full. They're not big by any means, but look better in clothes with a bit of 'almost cleavage' even in no bra. I've taken to needing bras for the first time in my life, to stop so much jiggling and bouncing, which is slightly exciting but also a bit annoying...
Anyway, I hope my experiences either encourage you to keep going (if you think it will meet your expectations), or to stop and be happy with what you've got. I won't mention that you should consider breast implants, as I think they're terrible things.
All the best!
August 1 2009 at 5:14 PM bravebrava (Login bravebrava)
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I have been using brava for almost 4 weeks now.
I don't notice fuller breasts, but I notice areolar enlargment and it's really scaring me. And my areola (which surrounds the nipple) are not only enlarged, but it is darkening.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?? this is an SOS.
please help me out if people experienced similar outcome during the process.
I used to really like the shape of my breasts but now that the areola and nipples are so much bigger without the breasts being bigger, my breasts look out of proportion, and worse than before.
please help me.
Author Reply
LaLuna
(no login) Re: trouble with brava August 1 2009, 11:23 PM
Darkening nipples? Are you sure you are not pregnant?
Edit Message Delete Message
molehills
(no login) Re: trouble with brava August 1 2009, 11:55 PM
when I used Brava my nipples got lighter and stayed that way
Edit Message Delete Message
Kristin
(Login napahills) Re: trouble with brava August 2 2009, 1:20 AM
I had the same issue...I called the brava coach. I was so worried, because when a person has small small boobs, big nipples make them look worse. Anyway, she told me to not use bandaids...but blister covers. They are sticky all over, no pad...I cut one in half, and put half over each nipple. I leave them on for about 3 days...it says you can leave them for a week.This has taken care of the problem for me. Good luck...this suction business is no joke! LOL...what a process.
Edit Message Delete Message
bravebrava
(Login bravebrava) how to use the blister bandaids August 2 2009, 1:58 AM
do you put the blister bandaid while doing brava? or afterwards?
How is this supposed to help anyway... i'm confused! please let me know! i'm afraid of looking at mirror now...
Edit Message Delete Message
Kristin
(Login napahills) Re: trouble with brava August 2 2009, 3:13 AM
YOu put them on before you put the domes on. They are stretchable, which is why you use them instead of regular bandaids. Are your nipples extremely sore to the touch too? MIne are if I don't wear the blister covers. It took a few days of wearing them for my nipples to start feeling/looking better again. I was mortified too!
Edit Message Delete Message
bravebrava
(no login) Re: trouble with brava August 2 2009, 4:36 PM
Did the already enalarged parts go away for you though with the use of bandaid? or did tissue only grow on that part? Does Brava work?? because I don't see growth anywhere else but on the areolar area and I'm almost going to quit on this...
Edit Message Delete Message
roakie
(Login roakie)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: trouble with brava August 4 2009, 2:48 PM
Hi, bravebrava!
I don't think four weeks is anywhere near long enough to have any sense of whether Brava will work. I started out completely flat and am in my 40th week! I have about an inch of growth after 12 hours. Not much at all, but worth it to me if I can keep it. I remember my nipples becoming absolutely huge and hurting during the first weeks of Brava. Now, they swell but go back down. Are you sure you are giving this a long enough try before quitting?
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bravebrava
(no login) hi roakie August 4 2009, 7:26 PM
hi roakie,
i would like to try longer, but it's really creeping me out. I really need to have my areolar and nipple growth to stop. It looks really huge and I think my breast got smaller. Maybe i have tubular breasts. I am so depressed. I lost the shape of my breast too. my nipples were facing up but now that the areolar region has grown it looks like it faces down. I don't know what to do. If i resume again, i really need to completely block out my nipple area from growing. and I am wondering how i can achieve that. besides my sin trouble is so bad that i look at myself before shower and freak out.
Have you stopped using and checked if you stabilized your growth? or kept wearing for 40 weeks??
what about skin troubles?
Edit Message Delete Message
bravebrava
(no login) hi roakie again August 4 2009, 7:44 PM
hi roakie, just wondering did you also use other systems/agents like NBE to get your growth? Or is your growth entirely attributed to Brava system?
I think I might start again with your encouragement, if i find a way to stop the areolar growth. I am so traumatized, i don't think i will be putting on anytime soon again. my skin needs to also calm down. it's out of control. But have you also used other products in the meanwhile as you did brava?
Edit Message Delete Message
Kristin
(Login napahills) Re: trouble with brava August 5 2009, 1:27 AM
Try the blister bandaids. I was very depressed my first 7 weeks of Brava. IN the beginning, I had the nipple trouble, until I found the cure. They did go back to normal too...so no worries.
I didn't really start seeing lasting results until a few weeks ago...around week 8. I think the actual growth is finally kicking in. I almost threw in the towel too! Now that I'm seeing a new shape to my breasts, and actual growth after 12 hours, I feel like I can do this for a llllooooooonnnnnnnnggggggg time! If something actually works, I do it. Try to stick it out dear....trust me, I know it's horrible. But it does work after time.
Edit Message Delete Message
Rox3
(no login) Re: trouble with brava August 5 2009, 1:38 AM
To Bravebrava: Don't give up after only 4 weeks. I used Brava for 18 weeks for my first cycle last winter and I got 1" of permanent growth. I didn't have any growth until week 8. My nipples are small and got huge with the brava swelling, but would go back down after having the domes off for 12 hours. At the end of 18 weeks the nipples were much bigger but then after being off Brava for 1-2 weeks my nipples went back to their original size and I kept the 1" of growth. So it look really good now and the breast is a much bigger and nicer teardrop shape. I'm now using Noogleberry and that seems to make the breast a round shape and I've been doing it for 7 weeks. Get swelling of about an inch after 30-60 mins. but it doesn't last...yet. We'll see if it works or not.
Edit Message Delete Message
roakie
(Login roakie)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: trouble with brava August 5 2009, 2:14 AM
Bravebrava,
I am still going with Brava and haven't taken a break so I don't know how much, if any, will be permanent. Since I had not breasts to start with and I am very thin and past menopause, I have a lot working against me.
As for the nipples....I breastfed three children so I can't even remember what non-droopy nipples look like. I have stretch marks, etc. as well, but I am "sure" there was a time, long ago, that I had young-looking breasts!!! Yes, I would probably be freaked out if I was doing Brava at an age where I had not ever had children or breastfed and suddenly seen pulled and stretched (much less droopy) nipples.
I would take the advice of others and use the blister covers or just let the nipples do what they will, realizing that they will go back to normal with time.
We are all here for support.
Oh...no, I have not used herbs or anything. Just trying chicken feet soup and MSM. Lots of women have sucess with these two things but I haven't noticed any help!
Edit Message Delete Message
bravebrava
(no login) nipple or areola? August 7 2009, 12:47 PM
hi, kristen and roakie, thanks for your comment and encouragement. though would you clarify something for me? The growh of size and darkening for me is not in exactly in the nipple for me but it is in the AREOLA. this is the 1-2cm round region surrounding the nipple, nipple being right in the middle.
AREOLA enlarged and darkened for me..... would it go back down? I'm not frustrated about nipples. but since areola enlarged it's circumference, meaning that the melanocytes have made pigments in the extended area on the skin, I'm not sure how it will regress back to where it was on the skin. I'm kinda confused. please let me know if your problem was also on the areola region!!
also, i saw on brava pictures recently and realized that some women ended up with bigger areola and i am so traumatized. i don't wanna end up like that...
Edit Message Delete Message
roakie
(Login roakie)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: trouble with brava August 7 2009, 4:03 PM
No, my aerola did not darken or get bigger.
Edit Message Delete Message
kristin
(Login napahills) Re: trouble with brava August 7 2009, 6:28 PM
Hi...I am also speaking about the areola and the nipple. I put the blister cover on the entire area. I wanted to let you know, that the first day you put the blister cover on, it will not stick on so well...it will kind of pop of during treatment, and be hanging there. This is the first day. After you take the domes off, following treatment, push them back down over your entire areola. AS the day progresses, teh blister bandaid will mold over your areola and will stay firmly for about a week. It will kind of concern you to see, maybe wondering how the heck you will get it off...but don't worry, it peels off without hurting your nipple, and voila! Your nipples will not have any swelling during treatment. (Just that first day of putting the blister bandaid on...they will swell, hence popping off 3/4 of the cover).
Good luck my dear.
trigger
(Login tr1gger) Re: trouble with brava August 9 2009, 1:35 AM
oh! only four weeks! Ahhh. I had that, too. I was very worried about growing my nipples as we all agree smaller nipples look nicer on small breasts. Your nipples will not darken considerably, in the end. Mine get stretched so much during wear time, that they get a thicker layer of skin over the top (almost scab like, but not really), which looks darker, until I give them a good scrub with some kind of exfoliating agent bringing them back to a healthy pink.
It's hard not to panic in the first month. It seems so uncomfortable and tortuous. After the second month, you'll find it totally natural, if you've managed to deal with your skin issues. Let us know what those issues are, and we'll be able to help you with those, too.
If you're expecting dramatically bigger breasts, then I'm afraid you'll be disappointed with brava. You will be able to attain fuller breasts, but it takes a LOT of time, and is difficult to stay committed the first couple of months. I'm almost up to week 17, and I've got about 2 inches after 36 hours, which probably means I'll have 1 1/2 inches if I stopped now. So I'm hoping to keep going for another few weeks to see if I can gain a permanent two inches. Even then, I still secretly wish they were a little fuller, but you need to know that as the change happens slowly, you begin to think you've always had these breasts and forget your smaller ones. It's VERY important for monitoring self progress to take some pics to compare to. At about 10 weeks I was convinced I had nothing for all my efforts... until I checked the pics. My breasts are much more full. They're not big by any means, but look better in clothes with a bit of 'almost cleavage' even in no bra. I've taken to needing bras for the first time in my life, to stop so much jiggling and bouncing, which is slightly exciting but also a bit annoying...
Anyway, I hope my experiences either encourage you to keep going (if you think it will meet your expectations), or to stop and be happy with what you've got. I won't mention that you should consider breast implants, as I think they're terrible things.
All the best!