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wondering?
February 12 2009 at 8:13 PM roakie (Login roakie)
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I still don't get why Brava supposedly grows new tissue.

Why didn't I grow new tissue during three pregnancies at nine months of skin stretching? I mean, I have saggy skin on my abdomen but there isn't any new fat under there.

I have tried researching "tissue expansion" but have never come up with any other clinical studies about this concept.



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BooBoo
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SENIOR MEMBER Re: wondering? February 12 2009, 10:15 PM


The difference there is that you have a foreign object filling the space (like internal expanders used before breast augmentation), so once it's removed, you're left only with the new skin. However, with external expanders, new tissue proliferates to fill the void that is being created.


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roakie
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SENIOR MEMBER Re: wondering? February 13 2009, 2:32 AM


Thanks, BooBoo.

Did you use Brava? If so, did you have permanent results?


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BooBoo
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SENIOR MEMBER Re: wondering? February 13 2009, 6:34 AM


I was using the domes with the NB pump, but I have this terribly irritating problem. My breasts are very stretchy. This means that I can completely fill the NXL domes within a few mins even though I am just barely a B. *Sigh* So I've switched back to NB now that they have XL cups. I did, however, manage a *tiny* bit of perm growth in the 2.5 months that I used Brava. I'm sure it would have been much more, but my breasts were not actually under tension for most of that time. Remember that it's the tension that causes the growth, not the swelling we have in the meantime. That's just a temp benefit that reminds us of why we're putting ourselves through all of this.


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Rox3
(no login) Re: wondering? February 13 2009, 8:27 PM


I was mentioning that to the Brava coach on the phone the other night and said I had breast fed three kids and had huge boobs then. She said that when you lose weight the fat cells NEVER go away, they just shrink down. So she said anyone who has been pregnant/breast fed will typically do better on Brava since they have fat cells in the breasts that will expand again with tension. These fat cells are there and will help you grow faster. Let's hope!!!


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livinonaprayer
(no login) Re: wondering? February 19 2009, 3:34 PM


I think you're right about the fat cells multiplying with Brava and being there, but shrinking. I unfortunately gained 10 lbs. over the holidays that I should probably try starting to get rid of but noticed something new that never happened before. I have gained 10 lbs. in the past and all of it went to my hips. This time, some of it actually went to my breasts. I did 2 cycles of Brava last year and the year before and probably gained about 1/2 cup size - not real noticeable but filled the void left from pregnancy and breastfeeding. With this weight gain, I just added about another 1/2 cup size - maybe more. I think those "new" fat cells actually grew since I've did Brava in the past. They will probably shrink back down if I lose the weight, but it was encouraging to actually gain weight in my breasts instead of just my thighs as I've always done before.