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French scientist bemused by buzz over bra research
Published April 12, 2013
Reuters
A little-known French sports doctor who spent 16 years studying the busts of
about 300 women sent a scare through a country known for its love of lingerie
this week when he suggested bras were useless.
Related: Bras make breasts sag, study finds
Jean-Denis Rouillon, 62, was thrust into the limelight after he told a student
radio station that his work suggested wearing a bra weakened the natural muscles
that hold up breasts and women should consider going bra-less.
National radio picked up the story and Rouillon, based at the small University
of Franche-Comte in the eastern town of Besançon, was soon being hounded by
newspapers and TV.
France Info radio interviewed a 28-year-old volunteer in the study, Capucine,
who said abandoning her bra had liberated her in more ways than one, improving
her breathing and posture.
"You breathe better, you stand up straighter, you have less back pain," she told
the national news station.
Even the highbrow daily Le Monde weighed in, offering an historical insight into
the origins of the bra dating back to the 14th century.
Rouillon told Reuters that his unpublished work is still in the early stages and
he is hesitant about giving one-size-fits-all advice to women, despite the media
circus.
His preliminary results on 330 women aged 18 to 35 suggested that wearing a bra
from an early age does nothing to help a wearer's breasts and going without
could improve firmness.
"The suspension system of the breasts degenerates," Rouillon said, explaining
that bras also unnaturally hamper circulation.
"But a middle-aged women, overweight, with 2.4 children? I'm not at all sure
she'd benefit from abandoning bras," he added.
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