A woman’s breast size fluctuates throughout her life, especially during pregnancy or puberty. Breast tissue also changes a lot during these times and can affect a woman’s posture, which may lead to back problems.
To measure your breast weight, you’ll need a large bowl, a tray, and an accurate scale. Fill the bowl with water and place it on the scale.
Numbness
Sometimes, large breasts can cause numbness in other areas of the body because the compression of nerve fibers from the extra weight on your chest can squeeze them. Depending on the location, this can cause numbness in arms, hands, fingers, or breasts. If you experience unexplained numbness in these areas after other causes have been ruled out, a doctor may diagnose your breasts as the culprit.
Having large breasts can also cause bad posture, which results in hunching your shoulders. This can lead to a lot of stress on your neck, upper back, and shoulder muscles, causing knots to form. This can prevent you from engaging in activities like running, dancing, or exercising without a lot of pain and discomfort.
If you have large breasts, it can be hard to find a bra that fits correctly. This can put additional pressure on your chest area and cause the skin to rub against it, which leads to rashes. These rashes can range from minor to severe, causing you to visit the doctor and take prescription medications.
Knowing how much your breasts weigh can help you avoid these health problems, but it isn’t as easy as throwing them on a scale. Fortunately, there are some simple ways to figure out how much your breasts weigh. One method involves dislacing your breasts with water, while another requires you to make an educated guess based on your bra size.
Headaches
A headache can be due to many different reasons. You could haven’t slept well, or your inbox is in the red zone (hey, we’ve all been there). Or maybe you have a rare form of brain cancer or you just have bad posture. But, if your boobs are too big or you wear a bra that doesn’t fit properly, your heavy boobs can strain your neck and cause daily headaches. That’s because your shoulders and neck share the same muscles. The weight of your boobs adds more stress to the already-strained neck muscles and can lead to other health problems like rashes.
Rashes
Breasts are more than just supple hunks of flesh that dangle and get shoved into bras, they’re also functional glands that produce milk, fun erogenous zones to stimulate and body parts that sometimes develop cancer. If your breasts begin to itch, feel bumpy or tingle they may be suffering from one of several common and relatively harmless conditions.
Skin fold rash, or intertrigo, is a rashes that can develop under your boobs due to friction, sweat, or tight clothing that doesn’t allow your skin to breathe. Symptoms can include itching, burning, and pain. Left untreated, a skin fold rash can lead to open wounds and infection. Intertrigo is more likely to happen in overweight people or those with diabetes.
Another rash that can form under the breasts is heat rash, which can occur when the sweat glands become blocked and trap perspiration in the surrounding skin tissue. It usually looks like a cluster of small, clear fluid-filled bumps or goose bump-like areas that are itchy and prickly.
If you have a rash that appears in a different color or shape, is red, itchy, scaly, or blistered, you should see your doctor as soon as possible. These symptoms could indicate a serious infection or even breast cancer. Your doctor will probably order a biopsy (removing a small piece of the tissue) to make sure that you don’t have either condition.
Pain
While it may be uncomfortable to throw your boobs on a scale, knowing how much they weigh is essential. Large breasts can put extra strain on your shoulders, back, and neck. Over time, this can lead to health-related issues. Women with overly heavy boobs may also experience pain in one or both of their nipples. This can be due to nipple inversion or nipple inflammation and is usually treated with ice, a warm compress, and anti-inflammatory medications. If your pain is persistent, seek a doctor’s advice.
To get an idea of how much your boobs weigh, measure the volume in cups and multiply by 0.9. This will give you a rough estimate because breast tissue is mostly made up of fats and has a different density than water.
