Performing Breast Care

Just as important as applying moisturizers onto our face religiously day and night, our breast needs to be given extra attention and tender care to maintain their appearance, keeping them firm and smooth. Breast care is essential for every women

Performing breast care is not a tedious task, however, you will be surprised by the number of women who seemingly take their current breast condition for granted.

Women today do not give sufficient attention to their breast thus causing them to regret, which could have been too late.

Premature sagging of breast, late diagnosis of Breast Cancer, unnecessary discomfort concerning your breast health are results of poor breast maintenance.

The surface of a human breast has a circular, pigmented area in the centre called the areola. The nipple, a rounded protruding structure, lies in the centre of the areola. In mature women the breast contains a collection of 10 to 15 tubes, called ducts that connects to the nipple.

These ducts branch out from the nipple into the interior of the breast, ending in clusters of rounded cells, called lobules, that produce the milk. In addition to the structures directly connected with the production and outflow of milk, the breast is composed of fatty tissue and ligaments that provide support and shape.

In humans a woman's breast size and shape vary widely, depending on her age and whether she is pregnant or going through a menstural cycle.

Breast development begins in girls about 10 to 12 years old, when the ovaries start to produce the hormone estrogen. Completion of breast development which occurs around 16 to 18 years old, requires the interaction of other hormones such as progesterone, prolactin an corticosteroids.

After breast growth is completed, the breasts typically undergo monthly cyclic changes in response to fluctuating hormone levels in the blood that occur during the menstrual cycle. Just before the onset of menstruation, the breasts are often swollen and tender because the ductal system expands in preparation for pregnancy. If pregnancy does not occur, the estrogen level falls and the breasts return to normal.

During pregnancy there is a remarkable growth of ducts and lobules in the breast along with a thickening of the nipples. After a baby is born the hormone prolactin stimulates milk production in the breast. initially, the breast produces a thick yellow liquid called colostrum, which is particularly rich in the disease-fighting substances called anti-bodies. Within three to five days, the breast produces milk as the suckling infant stimulates the release of another hormone called oxytocin. This hormone causes contraction in the network of cells that surround the ducts and lobules, so that milk readily flows from the breast and into the mouth of the hungry infant.

As a woman passes the childbearing age and enters menopause, the ovaries stop producing estrogen. The decreased stimulation from this hormone cause the milk-producing ducts and lobules in the breast to be replaced with extra fatty tissue.




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