Your Breasts:
A Guide
BY KATHLEEN M. HEINS
PH O TO S
KATHRYN GAMBLE
/ omen have
/
a complex
/
relationship
with their
breasts. We
give them nicknam es like “the girls”
or “the sisters.” We check them out
to see if they look good in a certain
sweater or a favorite tee shirt, and we
search, often in vain, for the bathing
suit that makes them look their best.
“T h e y ’ve been rom anticized, w or-
shipped, m em orialized, painted, and
sculpted—quite an honor for what are
essentially m ounds of m uscle-free
fatty tissue that contain m ilk glands,”
says fitness educator Shirley Archer,
author of
B u s tin g O u t: P u ttin g Y o u r
B e st B re a sts F o rw a rd ,
hut it’s also
im portant to keep track of our breasts’
appearance for health reasons, such
as the possibility of breast cancer.
T h is is an ongoing com m itm ent, given
that they change significantly from
girlhood through pregnancy, on to
m enopause and beyond. H ere’s a
guide to being on fam iliar terms with
your breasts at all ages.
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS ОСТОВІ
4
2008
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