Gwyneth Paltrow sort of believes that bras cause cancer. [Dlisted]
Helen Mirren looks completely amazing in this gown. [Buzzfeed]
Margaret Cho thinks NBC hates Asian people. [OMG Blog]
Would you shop at Melissa Gorga’s boutique? [Reality Tea]
Gwen Stefani is thinking about getting some surgery? [Starcasm]
That time Chris Pratt stuck his hand in dinosaur poop. [A Socialite Life]
Cary Fukunaga is beautiful, difficult. [LaineyGossip]
Janet Jackson is controlling your Instagram. [I’m Not Obsessed]
A blind item that’s totally about Bobby Flay. [CDAN]
Bill Murray doesn’t understand this “Netflix” thing. [ICYDK]
Are Bill Murray & Jenny Lewis happening? [The Frisky]
Garry Shandling & Jerry Seinfeld = ‘90s nostalgia. [Seriously OMG WTF]
LIES!
http://www.today.com/style/gwyneth-paltrow-i-should-have-worn-bra-2002-oscars-1C8637763
ha! Yes, that look would have been much better with a bra. I liked her hair and makeup though, and she’s throwing that out with the bralessness (that word really wants to autocorrect to brainlessness).
Brainlessness works well here too. But yeah, she does look great there.
Why is no one discussing her cheek fillers?!
Is that why her eyes are half open? She seems like she holds Christy Brinkley in her mind as the ideal look.
Because when I want to seek medical advice, the first source that comes to my mind, is Gwyneth “Smug” Puketrow.
This hypocrite has smoked for years, and God knows, what other chemicals she has put in to her body, not to mention the plastic surgery.
This is also the moron who suggested that women steam their vaginas. It is amazing for someone who thinks she is so cultured and erudite, that she is really nothing more than an arrogant simpleton.
Bobby Flay – Kathie Lee Joel?
Mark you calendars ladies. Adele’s album drops on 11/20. *squees with excitement*
I hate underwire bras, I’m a DD I like proper made bras I’ll splurge on that but no underwire or padded for me, too uncomfortable.
I am with you. Last 10 years it is impossible to find a nice bra. What is up with all the padding?
I don’t understand why women with sizes B+ want a padded bra. Do they really want their breasts to look bigger or what is it.
@EN – yes! and frankly I think when a normal sized woman with generous sized breasts decides to push them up w/major padding…their bodies actually look fatter to me. Their chest is like another belly!
knower–I’m all about the minimizer, but if they aren’t pushed up (not as in up and at you, just up) I do look fatter. The area around my ribs is small, but without support and the right cut of shirt, clothes flow like a tent and I could have a yard wide spare tire as far as anyone could tell.
I love yoga, but in those inversions, when they are creeping toward my chin–well I’m not red-faced from the inversion.
If I had more nerve, I’d get a reduction. 🙁
@Birdix: I’m with you on that. They need to be up (as in not hanging), and properly supported, but without underwire (it’s uncomfortable, and mostly doesn’t sit at the right spot). Ideal would be custom made, but that might be quite expensive…And yoga with the girls…I know all about it 😉
The padding is useful for those of us with nipply concerns. I have a perennial Aniston problem and going in an unpadded bra is tantamount to not wearing a bra at all.
@Birdix.
I had a reduction, and it changed my life. I found a great surgeon, and the results were fabulous. The recovery was not bad at all and well worth it.
Just saying, you say you lack the nerve, but if it is something you think you might be interested in, I encourage you to look further into it. I did it at 42. Wish I did it at 25!
@Birdix – I had a reduction in 2007 after suffering from DD/E’s for decades. All I can say is am I thrilled I had it done. It makes the world of difference in your posture, comfort, how clothes (and bathing suits!) fit. No more sleeping in sports bras. No more having to buy separates all the time because I was a 14 on top and a 10 on the bottom. No more lava flows out of bathing suit tops. And I can jog again!!!
Panache, Cleo, Curvy, Elomi are a few brands that don’t use padding and are gorgeous bras. If you are afraid of the nips, use the reusable nip covers under the bra. way more comfortable than padding that isn’t needed.
I work at VS, and I’d say a decent number of our customers who are B+ who ask for push-up are really asking for lift. Gravity and nursing children can take a toll on larger breasts over time, and since breast enhancement surgery is so popular, the natural look of big breasts is somehow considered “droopy” now. (I usually recommend shaper bras for those women, since they lift at the bottom and round out the shape rather than increase size.)
Barely There Women’s Invisible Look Soft-Cup Bra.
I am DD too and want to move away from underwire, just b/c it’s uncomfortable as F. Can you recommend any brands/companies in particular?? Thanks 🙂
Shoo..this is in no way an endorsement, just a personal experience–I’m an ample C, and always hated the underwires..I was buying pillows or something online and needed a little more to get to the free ship amount, so I ordered an on-sale Lily of France bra (and my size was only available in leopard!)..I was shocked how much I love this bra!! I don’t feel the wire and my cleavage never looked better. It’s not full coverage, and I’m not sure it would be great in larger sizes, but since then I’ve bought two other styles from this maker and have liked them all.
Thanks, @bb ! I will check them out.
I LOVE my Genie bras – DD here, and while they don’t give you much support or shape/ are basically a more comfy sports bra, I do recommend them for downtime/casual. If I have to go anywhere nice I wouldn’t wear it, but seriously, I am rarely not in one, I hate underwires!
Title Nine has great bras.
Folks, I’m tiny but have D or DD cups. Honestly, I thought only underwrites provide the support I need. Do you have a non-underwire you’d recommend? (Not for cancer prevention, but for comfort and airline security lines!
Oh sorry; didn’t see the poster above asking for recommendations. Thanks, I’ll try these too!
Nikki,
I am in the same boat. I am petite and have double D’s. Unfortunatley, the only bra I found that gave me any support with my dense, heavy boobies, were an underwire semi demi cup.
Can anyone remind me why Gary Shandling fell off?
I absolutely adored that show.
Almost all the top writers ultimately moved on (or were pirated, so that was part of the big lawsuit), and Shandling himself wanted to pull the plug because it was too much to carry alone.
I read up on the subject a couple years back, and apparently they don’t as per studies.
But in my opinion they could cause cysts, if they don’t fit right, and the cysts could turn into cancer eventually.
So, I am giving her a pass. Better safe than sorry.
The rub is, it is impossible to find bras without wires.
Cystic breasts are usually hereditary. Both my sister and I have it, and do not wear underwire bras. If you ever had one break and stab you in the boob, you learn.
The problem is when you have many cysts (as I do) your breasts are very very heavy. And so you need the underwire. I would believe this correlation more if I got more cysts near the underwires. And yes, my sister has them too, but not nearly as many. And before we freak everyone out, cysts ≠ precancer. The VAST majority are benign and always will be. (And yes, I see a breast specialist regularly.)
Yes Birdix, this was the first thing my Doctor told me. This is not a rare condition and nothing to be freaked out about. Just do what your supposed to do, get your yearly mammograms and take care of yourself.
As far as underwire bras, my sister was born with my Dad’s boobs, she didn’t need them. And I have my Mommies. They’re naturally big and uncomfortable to begin with. The underwire bras just “couldn’t handle the truth!”
most women will have breast cysts in their lifetime but may never know it. especially during your fertile years. They’re more common than uncommon.
Right, I am in the same situation as you are Birdix.
“But in my opinion they could cause cysts, if they don’t fit right, and the cysts could turn into cancer eventually.”
Not true. Benign cysts do not turn into cancer. They may be in the area that a cancer develops, but benign cysts themselves are not the catalyst for cancer.
Goop’s fear mongering pisses me off. Bras don’t give you breast cancer, period. My mother died from breast cancer at 45. I’m 45 now and have mammograms and MRI’s every six months. And I just started the genetic testing for BRCA. I’m ready for bad news, but I pray all is well.
There is a wealth of information on the web regarding cancer. If interested, Google is a better friend than Goop. Her bra bullshit really upsets me. Many woman with breast cancer blame themselves, trying to figure out where they went wrong. Making them feel shame because they wore a bra their whole life is out of line and hideous. I hate her now more than ever.
> Not true. Benign cysts do not turn into cancer
Thank you. I thought they did because I know a couple people had to have them removed ( not the breast ones) because there was a risk of them mutating or something, eventually? But I am not a doctor, so I plead complete ignorance. Oh, gosh, I think I am just like Goop – heard something somewhere but don’t know all the facts. ))
No problem Em, I’m sorry if my anger seemed directed at you. It wasn’t and I apologize. It was aimed at the Goopster. She’s really grinding my gears LOL.
Right Melanie,
I recently found a lump, so I pushed up my yearly Mammo and Sono as a result. Since I have fibercystic, dense breasts, I must have both. The sonogram showed, thank God, it was a cyst. The radiologist said they never turn, but can be an area where there are calcifications that could be cancerous.
Thank you for correcting this misinformation and for mentioning how irresponsible Goopy is with her “advice.” She comes off like a charlatan.
Most women if not all will have cysts, you aren’t just aware of it because they can come and go.
By that logic, anyone wearing tight pants should be riddled with cancer.
Gwyneth stop…just please stop! With all your bad advice and “the gospel according to Gwyneth” without checking up on the medical repercussions you spew out. Next will be “Gwyneth Paltrow causes cancer”!
Hear! Hear!
If we listened to GOOP we ladies would spend our time sitting on a vag-steaming thone with our boobs sagging to the ground…
Oh, you’re just jealous because she’s so smart and uses big words. (Sarcasm)
Ah yes, here are some big words to shove down her delicate throat…laborious, banal, bromide, monotonous, prosaic, platitudinous, plebeian, inauspicious and lugubrious. These are a few of my favourite words to describe Princess Paltrow.
Me reading links:
“Goop-gag, meh, dino poop, Cary yeah seems difficult… OH YES! Day two of Bill Murray love in the links!”
Clicks first link…
“Awww, he’s so charmingly outdated and contrarian – never seen Netflix yet making a wacky Christmas special for Netflix. And now more Murray Christmas material in addition to Scrooged. Yeah!”
“Oh, there is a SECOND Murray link. Joy!….um what?! Jenny Lewis?”
clicks second link…
“Please Bill, let Jenny Lewis be your “special friend” in the way that Kate Winslet’s character was a special friend to Eli Wallach’s character in The Holiday.”
I have absolutely no idea what you just wrote, but I love it. #MURRAY4EVA
Ha! My attempt to write stream-of-consciousness… but clearly, I’m no James Joyce.
PS you are wanted on the Bristol thread
Oh, I forgot!
I dunno if it’s gonna make it past the mod-squad 😁
I’m pretty sure Jenny Lewis has been with her current boyfriend for nearly a decade, and Bill Murray has been all over her IG for months. I really think they’re just friends! He kind of seems like her dad.
Thank you Katenotkatie for helping to allay my fears. I was going to have to totally side-eye Murray (even though I looked it up and Lewis is older than I thought – 39). I don’t follow Lewis but yeah, I did know she’s been with Johnathan Rice for a long time.
So this is just Page Six trying to stir the pot. Lots of outlets are picking up on the story though.
I could see how putting too much pressure on your tatas could be harmful.
If bras caused cancer, more women would have it. That is common sense that dear Gweneth is lacking. Lets say 90% of women wear bras (this number is probably higher) wouldn’t it make sense that more women would have breast cancer if bras caused it? Also breast cancer has been known since centuries ago before people even wore bras. Cultures now that aren’t big bra cultures, still get breast cancer. She is going off of pseudo science, with very few extensive studies. Many more professional organizations, most, say they don’t cause it and its bad science. She believes in hippie faddy myths versus facts.
breaking news: gwyneth paltrow is a college dropout with no background in medical science.
if you want to school people paltrow, at least go to school first.
^^^This! Thank you! Why can’t she keep busy steaming vaginas and leave my tits alone.
Goop Is saggy and sad-even before she had children. Goop has become irrelevant, and I am tired of her rediculous advice.
+100000000
Some of the statements in that bra article are hilarious:
“Goopy got even more shit thrown at her again when Goop queefed out a cloud of cold steam in the form of a post about how wearing an underwire bra can lead to cancer.”
and “Dr. Jennifer Gunter, an OBGYN from San Francisco, also took Goop’s piece, tore it apart, set it on fire and then shit all over its ashes.”
Heeee!!! I continue to be entertained by Goop’s ridiculous stances – this latest one – that I basically hear her saying, “underwire bras cause cancer so I don’t wear them. Breast implants are known to cause cancer too, but my boobs got real saggy from not wearing ANY bras and I don’t want saggy boobs, so yeah, I got implants. Can we please just focus on bras causing cancer – not implants?”
I have exactly as much respect for Goop’s medical opinions on breast cancer causation as I do for Jenny McCarthy’s on vaccines….absolutely zero.
Gwenyth Paltrow is giving me cancer
Because Gwyneth “talks good” and uses “SAT” werds, I suppose she may as well be a doctor now!
lol I would pay to watch gwyneth take the SAT. it would be such a delight, her smugness slowly draining from her face as she starts to realize she isn’t smart at all and can’t even do something a typical high school student does SEVERAL times.
Actually I agree with her, but disagree. I think it’s the elastic. It’s usually synthetic–cooked up in a lab somewhere. I was wearing these sports tops a lot. They have inner support consisting of an elastic band under the boobs. I realized I had a band of raised freckles there–and I dont wear bikinis so it can’t be the sun. Also never never tuck your phones into your bras. THis does cause cancer from the EMF–google it!
Thank you for this comment. I thought it might be perspiration from working out + friction causing this problem (I have sensitive skin, so am accustomed to little irritations), but you’ve made me rethink the issue. It’s certainly worth a try to find an all-cotton sports bra, if possible.
you probably have skin tags which occurs due to friction-if elastic causes cancer then children would have far higher incidences of cancer-check out the clothing section of children sometime
Yes, because nothing on google can ever be wrong.
I *am* a breast oncology surgeon. The Fred Hutch study was large, well designed, and showed absolutely no relationship between the use of bras and breast cancer. There is also NO evidence that cell phones in the bra cause breast cancer. Addressing a comment further up the thread, benign cysts DO NOT evolve into cancer. They are sometimes removed if they are symptomatic or if there is a question about the diagnosis (something on the imaging or the biopsy looks odd and discordant.)
Are you serious? Really? Do you actually understand how cancer works?
Margaret Cho makes a great point. Why hasn’t even Ken Jeoun (sp?) hosted SNL??? Think he was asked and declined?
Pretty sure I got breast cancer because most of my grandparents had cancer so I’m genetically wired to get some form of cancer, not because I wear an underwire bra. And my tumor was in a part of the breast that is rarely covered by a bra. And many underwires are hard plastic now, not metal, so not sure how they’re conducting anything
Wired bras do set of the security alarms at airports!
Never once had that happen.
I could think of wearing too tight bras as not very helpful to the circulation in the breast tissue, and therefore possibly harmful in the long run. The underwiring, since it is often metal (covered by plastic), was related to the use of cell phones, or other electronic devices we carry more or less close to our bodies, causing unwanted electromagnetic fields.
I also found this:
http://www.relfe.com/wp/health/dangers-underwire-bras/
Doesn’t have anything directly to do with the development of cancer, though, since that seems to be a multi-dimensional process anyway. But in general, I think waiting for scientific prove of something might not always be such a good idea. A little common sense can go a long way. Before Newton discovered the Law of Gravity, stones were already falling to the ground at a certain speed.
> Before Newton discovered the Law of Gravity, stones were already falling to the ground at a certain speed.
Ha-ha, this is a great line.
+1:)
Here is a diagram of where actual lymph nodes are in the breasts, its not where the wires hit you unless you are wearing a very wrong sized bra, https://ixquick-proxy.com/do/spg/show_picture.pl?l=english&rais=1&oiu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.womenforgodsglory.com%2Flymph_nodes_around_breast.jpg&sp=b4c764680097c2139c56c0398e5cbe82
The article I linked to is not about lymph nodes, but neurolymphatic reflexes:
http://crescent.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834519ab769e2014e895b69c2970d-pi
http://aamt.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Neurolymphatic-points-Chapmans-Reflexes.pdf
Of course she does!!!!
I knew the moment I saw her in a fat suit in Shallow Hal- I thought ‘I should be taking medical advice from this woman’. SMH.
Cary…you would direct porn? You’re making it difficult to fantasize about you.
HELEN MIRREN IS EVERYTHING in that gown! Who cares what GP says?
She is positively luminous here. Wow.
OMG right? I want to look like that at least once in my life. Sigh
Well now that she’s had hers done she doesn’t have to worry she doesn’t need a bra at all. I remember how hers looked in “Shakespeare in Love” and what she’s displaying in that photo ain’t the same girls.
Someone really should put a sock in her mouth.
Dr. Gwen, medicine woman. Love it when Gweneth shares the research and experience from her medical practice.
This isn’t necessarily wrong. I kept on getting breast cysts. My doctor told me to quit wearing a bra at night when I sleep and they would go away. It worked. There is a connection between breast cysts and breast cancer. If you are a woman who gets cysts on a regular basis, you are more likely to get breast cancer. However, I don’t know if there is any link to cysts caused by bras. It seems to me the link is between women who get them naturally, but who knows.
No, no connection between fibrocystic breasts and breast cancer.
I thought restrictive bras just weakened the ligaments of Cooper resulting in long term sag. Majority of the time bra free for going on six months. Shape, perkiness and general boob appearance GREATLY improved. Check out brafree.org. It is important to let the girls breathe and let the lymph flow. Poorly fitting bras may or may not cause cancer but they do cause sag.
You cannot be serious.
There was a long term huge French study done on this subject-Google it. Women under a certain age that gave up underwire bras had healthier and perkier boobs at the end… Like, nipples measurably higher. Quantitative differences between women who consistently wore bras and those who didn’t.