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"Mardrey Swenson, LLL Leader" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 5 Jan 1996 12:35:38 -0500
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Linda and all

Doesn't just get to you when a Dr. makes a statement that just isn't
"supported' by his medicial training!!  He obviously doesn't remember
dissecting a breast in anatomy lab - or maybe he had a male cadaver and
didn't look at a female OR maybe his school didn't bother with female anatomy
in lab!
Anyway, don't mean to gross anyone out but how could he liken a breast
sagging to a muscle after disuse atrophy!  I far as I know the muscles in
breasts are in the nipple, areola and the specialized cells -  myoepitheial
around the aveoli.  The sag in breasts are due to stretching of connective
tissue which becomes less elastic as we age and doesn't bounce back like it
used to when we are younger.  Of course, elasticity of tissue varies from
person to person as other personal attributes and is influenced by hormones
as well.

Statements like his that show faulty reasoning are what make us so wary as
consumers of medicine and why we need to ask 'why."

Mardrey

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