# Why are my boobs getting bigger? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879 "2013-01-31T04:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/21 "2013-01-31T20:54:59Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Although I think it’s wonderful you’ve found your place in the snark world maybe you could possibly consider that the OP is asking a question that’s serious to her and all of the “OMG BOOOBBZZZZ!!!” responses that seem to be beyond the control of many men here on the SDMB just aren’t appropriate? I’m all for fun and games but it would be simply lovely if a woman could ask a question about anatomy once in a while without the desperate creepers of the durp coming in to remind us how much they just can’t ignore the word boobs. This times infinity. It’s actually really disgusting how there can’t be a single thread about anything to do with women without male Dopers coming in and begging for ERMERGERD PICS!!! or TEEHEEHEE LET ME BE YOUR BRA HYUCK HYUCK HYUCK :p;):D;):p;):D:). Ugh. Anyway, OP, I wish I had an answer for you, but I’ve actually heard of similar stuff from various friends. My best guess is a weak “hormonal changes,” but I know that doesn’t do much help. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/22 "2013-01-31T21:32:14Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Although I think it’s wonderful you’ve found your place in the snark world maybe you could possibly consider that the OP is asking a question that’s serious to her and all of the “OMG BOOOBBZZZZ!!!” responses that seem to be beyond the control of many men here on the SDMB just aren’t appropriate? I’m all for fun and games but it would be simply lovely if a woman could ask a question about anatomy once in a while without the desperate creepers of the durp coming in to remind us how much they just can’t ignore the word boobs. I hear what you’re saying. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/23 "2013-02-01T18:31:21Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Now it’s just a nuisance since I am a runner and now have to wear 2 jogging bras, which sucks. You want the **Champion Powerback Underwire Sports Bra**. It is pricey but if you’re a C up or above you absolutely need one high impact sports bra specifically built for large breasted women. And yes, it IS a hassle. I’m of “the age” where it’s thought to be nice but it makes shopping quite literally a hellish experience. I recommend washing in a mesh laundry bag and hanging dry or washing by hand separately and hanging dry. DON’T wash with other clothes or it will twist and stretch and DON’T PUT IT IN THE DRYER. 😛 – **lindsaybluth** , formerly 36D now 34DD ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/24 "2013-02-01T18:47:10Z")
Do you live near a source of radiation? ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/25 "2013-02-01T18:59:22Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Although I think it’s wonderful you’ve found your place in the snark world maybe you could possibly consider that the OP is asking a question that’s serious to her and all of the “OMG BOOOBBZZZZ!!!” responses that seem to be beyond the control of many men here on the SDMB just aren’t appropriate? I’m all for fun and games but it would be simply lovely if a woman could ask a question about anatomy once in a while without the desperate creepers of the durp coming in to remind us how much they just can’t ignore the word boobs. As a hetero male who loves boobs, I approve of this post. (ETA: and don’t bother with the username/post combo thing) ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/26 "2013-02-01T19:56:58Z")
Maybe. it is the same thing that happened to Joyce Gibson ? [http://www.boobpedia.com/boobs/Joyce\_Gibson](http://www.boobpedia.com/boobs/Joyce_Gibson) ---
**Author:** ![Isle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f6c823/32.png) [@Isle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/27 "2014-10-22T20:47:10Z")
Oh my gosh! Having the same problem. I have always been really thin and ALWAYS An A cup I would go into La Vien Rose and say" I’ll take everything in a push up cup in a 34 A please give me some cleavage! Well not any more… i’m 48 and not menopausal yet (Thank God) and my breasts have grown from a 34 A to now a 34 DD yep that’s right a DD. I don’t know what to do with them!! I thought the girl that was re sizing me at Victoria’s Secret was on crack when she told me. This is insane. Mind you I have great cleavage but really at my age? I am blaming my husband as I don’t have any other excuse! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/28 "2014-10-22T21:34:49Z")
Gotta love zombie boobs! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/29 "2014-10-22T21:59:36Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Gotta love zombie boobs! With Halloween fast approaching, there is probably a costume for that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/30 "2014-10-23T07:22:11Z")
Um, could it be Nature’s Way of telling you ya better reproduce, NOW? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/31 "2014-10-23T14:42:17Z")
> [@Isle](#): > > my breasts have grown from a 34 A to now a 34 DD > > I am blaming my husband as I don’t have any other excuse! So what exactly has your husband been doing to them? ---
**Author:** ![MsBatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@MsBatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsBatt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/32 "2014-10-23T16:16:13Z")
As we age, it’s perfectly normal for breast tissue to get replaced by fatty tissue. Fatty tissue is less dense, so it takes up more room while weighing the same. This is also the reason our boobs start to sag as we age. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/33 "2014-10-23T16:45:37Z")
> [@MsBatt](#): > > As we age, it’s perfectly normal for breast tissue to get replaced by fatty tissue. Fatty tissue is less dense, so it takes up more room while weighing the same. This is also the reason our boobs start to sag as we age. And I hope it makes mammograms easier. They suck when you have “dense breast tissue”. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/34 "2014-10-23T19:46:29Z")
I wish the OP would return and let us know if she found any medical cause for this. And I also wish all lame, juvenile comments in this thread would cease. Faint hope, that. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/35 "2014-10-23T20:09:53Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > They suck when you have “dense breast tissue”. They had to repeat my last mammogram twice because I have such “dense breast tissue”. That was fun 😛 I was a B cup up until I hit my 50s. Now I’m a C. It took me awhile to figure out why I suddenly starting having cleavage… ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/36 "2014-10-23T23:39:59Z")
I haven’t seen any lame, juvenile responses since the thread was zombified. Knee-jerk any? I also thought **MsBatt** posted a reasonable-sounding answer. I was going to post something similar but, being a guy, felt if such a post came from a woman, it would carry more weight. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/37 "2014-10-23T23:57:35Z")
> [@Isle](#): > > … I don’t know what to do with them!! … I do. So what are you doing this weekend? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/38 "2014-10-24T01:27:40Z")
Just to start off, I’m a male, so am probably talking through my hat. Seems to me that breasts do increase in size with age. My wife went from a B to a C with no gain in weight. Also, in both men and women, adipose tissues shrink in the extremities while growing in the trunk. So legs and arms may be slender on a more rotund trunk (line myself). I don’t know the physiology of this phenomenon, but have consistently observed it to be true. Other than that, ??? I personally think it is due to long term exposure to estrogen; other examples include continual growth in the prostate in men, and the appearance of hair in unusual places as men age. This also happens in women post menopausal, as testosterone assumes a more dominant role in the female hormonal mix. So hormones have long term effects that are not initially apparent. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/39 "2014-10-24T01:43:08Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > I haven’t seen any lame, juvenile responses since the thread was zombified. Knee-jerk any? … > [@Subterraneanus](#): > > I do. So what are you doing this weekend? 😉 Right. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879/40 "2014-10-24T01:44:08Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > They had to repeat my last mammogram twice because I have such “dense breast tissue”. That was fun 😛 > > I was a B cup up until I hit my 50s. Now I’m a C. It took me awhile to figure out why I suddenly starting having cleavage… What did you figure was the reason? Or am I missing something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-boobs-getting-bigger/648879.md?page=3)