11 Things You Never Knew About Breasts
They're always hanging around but most of us rarely give them a second thought. So here are 11 most impressive, eye-popping facts about breasts and breast health.
By Sadho Ram — 10 Oct 2013, 06:24 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
1. Compared to our other organs, breasts are late bloomers.
Our breasts are the last organ in our bodies to develop. Unlike, say, the brain or liver, whose architecture is set at birth, breasts don't really come into their own until well after birth.
ucsfhealth.org2. Human breasts are different from all the other breasts on the planet. Human breasts remain permanently enlarged after puberty.
Humans are the only mammals to have breasts that develop in puberty and then remain permanently enlarged. Other female primates have them when necessary.
3. They're different from each other. The left breast is usually larger.
No two breasts are exactly the same size, and it is usually your left breast that is bigger than the right side. However, often the difference is so slight you'd never notice they are of different sizes. Nipples also come in varying sizes, not only that, they also point in different directions.
4. Breasts can also cause men to perform poorly on cognitive tests
Research has shown that men perform poorly on cognitive tests after viewing images of top-heavy women. A neuroscientist at Georgia Gwinnett College has conducted experiments in this area tat men were so distracted by the pictures that they couldn't focus on other tasks.
5. Breasts are thin-skinned.
Because they were stretched as you developed, breasts have thinner skin than the rest of your body, leaving them susceptible to dryness.
6. There are millions and millions of fake breasts out there, approximately 4 million.
About two million women in the United States have breast implants, with 250,000 going under the knife each year. The average age of a woman who gets implants is 34, and 90 percent do it after they have had kids.
break.com8. They can get sunburned even if you're not topless.
Bathing suit fabric can be pretty sheer. Your bikini top probably provides only a paltry SPF 5 or 7.
9. Nipples can come in threes.
It's not all that freaky for a woman (or a man) to have an extra headlight. This nonfunctioning nipple is usually smaller and located lower on the body than the main pair, and it rarely develops or produces milk
10. Breasts are particularly vulnerable to cancer.
More than 1.3 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, and that number is expected to increase by 26 percent by 2020. One of the main reasons behind breasts cancer is that they're filled with hormone receptors and hormones that can feed cancer cells.
11. Stage 1 breast cancer is very curable.
Any diagnosis of breast cancer can cause fear and panic, but if you've been diagnosed with stage 1, take heart! Early stage breast cancer can be successfully treated and beaten into remission. Survival rates after treatment for stage 1 breast cancer are very high.
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