Cleavage and breast prothesis. How to deal with this?
You can probably relate to or at least picture this situation:
You’re going out. You want to look good and open up your blouse a bit and show your cleavage, but you have such a hard time doing it. Because. Because of your prothesis.
Do you dare to do it? Or don’t you?
The vulnerability after mastectomy
Most women don’t even think before they just do it.
But if you had a mastectomy chances are you pay a lot more attention to it and think a lot more before you do it. If you do it.
Because you feel vulnerable. On the verge of being exhibited.
You think – or fear – that EVERYONE can see that you have had your breast removed when they look down into your cleavage.
If you do, don’t worry – you’re not alone!
Show your cleavage and leave an open view to your prosthesis
Here’s a situation that could make you uncomfortable:
You’re sitting at a dinner party, having a good time and enjoying the good company around the table.
You’re having a great conversation with the person across the table. You lean forward to make the conversation more intimate and to hear every word.
But then you realize that the person you talk to isn’t returning the intimacy through eye contact. He’s looking down your cleavage.
You freeze. Everything stops. The conversation. Time. Everything.
You withdraw, adjust your top and cover yourself.
Just want to be the woman I am
“It can be so socially exhausting, when all you can think about is whether the people you meet can tell you’ve had a mastectomy,” says Jonna who had a mastectomy.
“Several times I’ve caught myself wondering if my breast prothesis shows when I dress up. And just the thought can prevent me from either going out or wearing exactly what I like.”
“I want to feel like a woman, you know. I want others to give me that special attention, but after my mastectomy I lost the confidence to be the woman I am.”
“I spend way too much time worrying and being so aware that I’m missing a breast. I definitely don’t want others to know it, too.”
Do you withdraw?
If you do – well, it doesn’t have to be that way. It really shouldn’t.
“After having struggled for my life with breast cancer and having a breast removed I want to LIVE!,” Jonna says and encourages all other women to do the same.
“Be the woman you are and spent your energy on the good things and don’t limit yourself.”
Here’s how to do it
You have several options to cover yourself if that’s what it takes for you.
Cleavage and breast prothesis are an odd couple – but you can make them come together, so to speak.
Choose a mastectomy bra with laces and pockets to put your prosthesis safely aside. These are bras that cover your cleavage in a very feminine and discrete way.
Check out the options – there are more than you think!
Say hello to safety and an easier life
So stop worrying about your cleavage and whether others can look down and see your prothesis!
A lace mastectomy bra covers the view and lets you meet the world without worries.
That’s what happened to Jonna.
“The key is finding the solutions that make your life easier and better. My life changed when I found the lace mastectomy bras.”
“Not that I’m partying away today. But I feel som much more at ease when I’m out and around other people. I know the lace bra has my cleavage covered, so now I can just be me,” a relieved Jonna describes.
“I’ve gotten rid of the old bras and replaced them with the lace mastectomy bras,” she says and encourages other women to do the same.
Want to know which bras Jonna chose?
She picked 2 of the most popular lace mastectomy bras: The Isabel mastectomy bra with laces and Dana.
Dana mastectomy bra with lace that covers your cleavage and prosthesis
Isabel mastectomy bra from Amoena – a good choice af mastectomy.
Or snap a lace top or chemise on your bra
There is actually one more option if you want to keep your cleavage and prothesis private, but do not want a bra where the lace / chemise sewn in from the start and permanently stuck so to speak.
The alternative – or supplement – to a lace mastectomy bra with pockets is to get a separate lace top that can be attached to your bra. Sometimes this solution is also called a lace top bra or lace bra top.
It fits most bras and comes in several colors.
Visit our Shop and take a closer look at the options you have when looking for a separate chemise or lace top that can be snapped onto your favorite bra:
- Amber blonde top
- Fleur blonde top