Brava users please answer!

[SomeGirl]

Can you wear Brava while you sleep on your side? I hate sleeping on my back!

And is there any way I can wear this at work? I am a 36A and wear padding sometimes that looks like 36B. I own a lot of baggy shirts. I know I'd buy the smaller domes.

I have read you wear it 10-16 hours a day for 12-24 weeks, which seems impossible if you work full time, run errands and are out and about like the typical person. I know if I could wear it at work I'd manage to get the time in. I can handle looking 2 sizes bigger, but I heard they can be like Madonna torpedo style looking things.

Maybe I'll have to sleep on my back and sacrifice some of my life. But I'm not sure I'm ready to do it. I'd love to know these things before I blow a lot of money. Anything you can tell me about this or anything else with Brava is appreciated. As well as if it worked for you and how long you used it, how many hours. Thanks.

[mommabean]

Hi,

Don't waste your money. Most women can't sleep on their sides at all with Brava. I did learn to sleep partially to the side with a pillow behind my back to prop me up a bit.

I used it an average of 16 hours a day with NO missed days at all and only 2 or 3 days of "only" 10 hours. I quit at 11 weeks with NO gain at all.

The inventor was my doctor and he promised me that ALL women get some growth in 10 weeks of 10 hour days as long as they are compliant. This is a LIE. I repeat....a big fat LIE. I'm rather hostile about brava as you can see. That's because it causes you to waste your life for nothing. You will feel as if you are under house arrest. You want no one to see you even though your family gets used to seeing you look like a complete idiot in your own home. You will feel embarassed and humiliated after completing brava because everyone you told that you are using it will know that you fell for it and got nothing for your time and money.

Yes, your boobs might grow a bit. That is because you are likely to gain weight from the inactivity that brava induces.

No, you can't wear it to work. Unless of course you want people to see you bang your rock hard "boobs" into door jams as you pass through. You can't look normal no matter how hard to try to dress to disguise your domes. Even if you happened to wear the smallest domes, which isn't likely for long since they swell so much, if anyone makes an attempt to hug you they will get bruised on your domes. Not to mention the farts they make when you move your arms the wrong way and break a seal. I couldn't even load a dishwasher without popping a dome and "farting". And when that happens your smartbox will come on and hum. And everyone around you will hear the loud electronic hum of the domes being repressurized.

Have I made it clear? Brava is NOT what the company presents it to be. Their marketing is clever and packed full of lies. They even pay women to make false claims about getting growth. They emailed their "contest" to me. They asked for growth stories and the best one would win cold hard $$$$. I could have won I'm sure if I were inclined to lie. Sorry, I con't do that to other women for a few hundred bucks. Brava is the biggest scam out there on the market and I still don't understand how they get away with it.

Save you money.

[SomeGirl]

Mommabean, I'm sorry about the experiences! You were funny though in telling the story! I was going to buy Brava literally moments before you posted, now I will wait. I am waiting to get my hormones tested and then may try some of the breast enhancing herbs based on their properties and my results. ( I have a hormonal related illness so am leery). If anyone has had good or bad Brava experiences I'd still like to hear about them because I'm sort of desperate. But if it was a hassle for others who have tried it with bad results I won't invest. I know not everyone's story is the same and just want a general consensus. I thought the mominator said she had used it before, but maybe I'm wrong?

[Wenonae]

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[mominator]

Hi Some Girl,
No...me not use the Brava system. I experienced something similar with French Nursing cups! I can't even imagine the brava system.

Loved the story Mommabean....nuttin' fartin' boobs I always say. That's gotta' be attractive. I didn't know your Dr was the one who invented this silly contraption. WOW!

I just read a lot of people complain, how it bruised them, mis-shaped their boobs, and the growth if any was temporary from swelling. I thought I read there was a lawsuit against Brava as well.

I would definately consider Mommabean's advice. Nuttin' better than experience for sales.

[SomeGirl]

Thanks, I agree the experience said of people not getting paid to do a commercial is far the best info out there. You guys are great. Thanks!

[mommabean]

OK, I admit to enjoyment of the sharing of the experience. But it is oh so true. And it's been long enough now that I'm mostly over it.

I will admit that I'll never get over being "had" that way by what seemed like a medically legimate device.

But I can say that I feel so incredibly fortunate to have come out of the experience with the same old boobs. No permanent damage in other words.

Pinkmimi hasn't been able to say the same. She is one of the other board members who has used Brava and it caused her permanent damage. I met her at the about.com plastic surgery forum where Brava is discussed intensively and the vast majority have had no success.

Well, one of our brava buddies had success if you call almost a half a cup growth in over a year of daily brava usage to be a success. It sure ain't what brava claims is needed for success. Yeah sure, Dr. Khouri....10 hours a day, 10 weeks and "everyone gets some growth". LIES.

I did have temporary damage. Breast bone pain, open sores (bed sores but under the dome seal), horrible rashes, itching and hyperpigmentation at the underarm point of dome seal contact all of which eventually went away after weeks off the system. It took a $50 cream to fade the hyperpigmentation. A drop in the bucket compared to the price of brava. And I'm not even counting the emotional cost to me and my family. My youngest child wasn't even allowed to have a sleep over for her 12th birthday because her stupid mother had to be able to get her domes on early so a night of use wouldn't be missed. I didn't want to have any excuse for the thing to not work. I felt like a real heel. What wonderful memories to give one's children. Blah.

Yep, don't fart in public. From any body part. ;D

[teacherkline]

Oh, yes... I endured the farting boobs, the torpedo domes, everything.... and I know so many people did have horrible experiences.... and, yes, it was a very big inconvenience, and embarrassing, and uncomfortable... but, Brava did truly work for me. Prior to Brava I was absolutely mortified about taking off my shirt in front of anyone (I had just gotten divorced the year prior and was looking to start dating again). During the course of Brava I met the gentleman I am currently seeing (Jan. will be two years!)... he saw me with the domes on, heard the dome farts, experienced the swelling and decreased boobiness (he never saw me prior to Brava so he had difficulty understanding why I was doing it but he was supportive). My teenaged daughters went through Brava with me (and they thought it was a hoot!). I wore them all the time.... put them on right after leaving work and wore them through to the next morning... taking them off literally minutes before my students walked into my classroom. Yes, it was hilarious... and a challenge.... and a sacrifice... but for me, it did have acceptable results. At least I wasn't embarrassed about being naked afterwards... It wasn't however the wonderous, full cup size gain that the adverts seem to indicate every women will gain. Hence, my trials with herbs.

I should add that I tried herbs before Brava and, obviously, also after Brava. My pre- and post- Brava responses to herbs are significantly different. Pre Brava I had very slight responses.... at that point I was a VERY flaccid almost b... no fat cells, no firmness, just saggy sacks of skin (breasfed 4 kids... the last two for over two years each)... After Brava I was a more filled out almost b (no gain in size, just in form). Like I said, I was okay with them at this point (not in love with them, not pleased, but okay). I had an enhanced sense of sexuality (I know.... our boobs don't make us sexy... but, its hard enough to ask some man to accept all of the other trials that come with dating a divorced woman of four ... and I at least wanted to have some thing to offer in terms of the physical "play factor") After Brava, my boobs were actually boobs again! Smaller and softer than what I had prior to kids... but definitely boobs! Then, my first herbal attempt after Brava... wow! what a response! Okay... not tremondous growth, as I'm just a nice B (not even a full B, but definitely a nice B), but they are full, firm , and ... well, nice. I'm still working on the growth, hoping for more (I haven't had any response since that initial growth spurt the first month of this herbal trial... and I started four? five? months ago) but honestly, if I don't get anything else out of all my attempts, I will be satisfied with what I have gotten.. and I feel that the renewed confidence and sexuality are worth the time and effort I have expended (okay, financially, the Brava was COSTLY... but, even with that... I appreciate the gains I have made).
Rachel