SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT YOUR BREAST SIZE?

SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT YOUR BREAST SIZE.             NO ONE HAS EVER SAID THAT IT IS EASY TO FEEL CONFIDENT IN YOUR BODY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS OVER WHICH YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE CONTROL, SUCH AS BODY TYPE AND BREAST SIZE. THE LATTER CAN BE PARTICULARLY CHARGED BECAUSE WOMEN HAVE ALL SORTS OF EXPECTATIONS FOR BREASTS THAT ARE "PERFECT" IN SIZE AND SHAPE, IRREPLACEABLE IDEAS THAT AFFECT OUR BODY IMAGE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND - AS A REPLACEMENT STUDY REVEALS - PERHAPS OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH ALSO.    THE STUDY, PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL BODY IMAGE, ANALYZED A SATISFACTORY BREAST SIZE SURVEY OF MORE THAN 16,500 WOMEN (AVERAGE AGE 34) IN 40 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. WOMEN ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR BREAST SELF-IMAGE (COMPARED TO THEIR "IDEAL" BREASTS), THEIR PHYSICAL CONFIDENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND THEIR BREAST AWARENESS: HOW MUCH THEY SELF-EXAMINATION OF THE BREASTS, HOW CONFIDENT THEY FEEL, THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR BREASTS, AND HOW SOON THEY WILL SEE A DOCTOR IF THEY SEE ANY DISCREPANCIES.THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT OVER 60 PERCENT OF GIRLS ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR BREAST SIZE, WITH 40 PERCENT WANTING LARGER BREASTS AND 23 PERCENT WANTING SMALLER BREASTS. WOMEN WHO WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR BREASTS WERE MORE LIKELY TO POSSESS LOWER LEVELS OF SELF-ESTEEM AND HAPPINESS, THE STUDY NOTED, WHILE BEING LESS SATISFIED WITH THEIR WEIGHT AND OVERALL APPEARANCE.                        THE RESEARCH ALSO REVEALED THAT WOMEN WHO WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR BREAST SIZE HAD LOWER BREAST AWARENESS. THEY CHECKED THEIR BREASTS LESS FREQUENTLY AND WEREN'T ASSURE THAT THEY COULD DETECT BREAST CHANGES, SUCH AS LUMPS OR DIFFERENCES IN SIZE. RESEARCHERS SUGGESTED THAT, BASED ON EARLIER RESEARCH, THIS MIGHT BE BECAUSE WOMEN WHO AREN'T AS SATISFIED WITH THEIR BREASTS MIGHT AVOID TOUCHING OR THINKING ABOUT THEM, POTENTIALLY DUE TO FEELINGS OF SHAME, ANXIETY, OR EMBARRASSMENT.              ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS CONDUCT A MONTHLY BREAST EXAM {HERE'S HOW} AND KEEP WORKING ON BEING POSITIVE AND CONFIDENT ABOUT YOUR BODY, INCLUDING YOUR BREASTS. IT'S A HARD JOURNEY BUT, GIVEN THESE NEWLY FOUND EFFECTS ON YOUR PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH, IT'S ONE THAT'S VERY MUCH WORTH IT.   YOU LUCKY .     HEALTH IS WEALTH.