My dad asked me about this last week because he heard about it on the radio. I assumed the DJ was just pulling listeners legs until now…
I think as suggested baby oil or rubbing alcohol would probably work to make it pain-free to remove. Why does it have to be painful? It’s just like worrying about little kids’ bandaids, instead of pulling it off slow or quickly, give them a bath, and off it comes.
There was a photo cruising around the 'net of a poor girl who was doing the “limbo” very low at a party who apparently eschewed undergarments at this office party type setting. Oops. Great picture, but I should think it’s awful to have one’s photo on 50 gazillion hard-drives.
Or a name for inclusion in the next Austin Powers movie…
“Hello. I am Boobage Galore”
“You certainly are.”
Hm. You learn something new every day. Finally, a reason to love being a D cup…no need to fake cleavage!
True story, I once worked with a woman who had a former job as a “Pageant Butt-glue-sprayer”. All the women would line up in front of her, pull up their smimsuit bottoms all wedgie-like, and she would spray glue on their cheeks and then stretch their suits down, rubbing and patting them to get the wrinkles and bubbles out. Erotic, yet horrifying.
Here’s a very utilitarian approach.
OKAY OKAY OKAY…embarrassed to admit this, but I have used duct tape on my breasts. HOWEVER, it was for completely different reasons than trying to promote my breasts. I have enough damn cleavage, so much damn cleavage, when I was in basic training, I about blackened my own eyes. So to make a long story short, AFTER the bra was put on, the duct tape was applied to hold the suckers down (had no problems removing the tape afterwards). It was a great thing to do, as it took approximately 2 minutes off of my run!!
You’d never catch ME doing that. I don’t have any detectable cleavage (I’m a small B) but the idea of using duct tape there (or in fact anywhere) is NOT appealing.
I, too, have a duct tape/breasts story. I was at a gathering at a friend’s house and somehow the concept of duct-taping breasts to achieve clevage came up. Someone found a roll of duct tape and another friend of mine, AJ, who is rather well-endowed in the boobage department, volunteered to be the test subject. I was called as an engineering consultant, but being male, I was not invited to the actual taping event. So AJ and a couple of her friends dart off into the bathroom with a roll of duct tape. They emerged quite a while later and announced that the project was a failure. I still think the project would have succeeded if only I had been present. 
I don’t remember having heard any complaining about the duct tape being difficult to remove, oddly enough. Go figure.
One of my girlfriends used bandaids on her nipples when not wearing a bra. The next day she saw her gynecologist for her annual exam. He had an OHMYGOD moment when he saw her breasts. He was only slightly embarrassed when she explained the sticky residue…
They’re not really backless, but that’s what they’re called. They have vertical ribs going down to the waist, and a strap around the waist. here’s one (if the link works - that’s a long URL!).
Um, hi, Coldfire. waves
There are bras, as others have suggested that are merely low-backed (hitting about 3/4 of the way down a woman’s spine, as opposed to the middle). But, for the woman who truly cannot go without, completely backless bras do exist. Mostly they work with adhesives, fussing and True Faith.
Another alternative, the only one I can speak of from experience, are light adhesives, which are specifically designed for this boob task (as opposed to the makeshift duct tape (ow!) ones).
stepping back from my soapbox
Any other questions? 
In Santa Barbara every summer, there’s a celebration of Solstice with a parade that usually brings out a wide variety of costumes.
Two years ago, my favorite was the girl who wore duct tape in a backless tube-top sort of configuration. Rather fun to watch, although, again, I bet she didn’t have fun taking it off.
-LV
I duct taped my boobs for my graduation. Not for the cleavage (although it wouldn’t have been a bad idea), but for the simple reason that I couldn’t find a bra that worked with my dress.
Taking it off wasn’t the most comfortable experience… but worse than that was having my shirt stick to my chest for the rest of the night.
