Question: Binding Pain
Someone asks…
My first ever Underworks binder arrived in the post today. When I put it on, it felt like it was hurting my actual breast tissue. I’ve seen a lot of talk about chest pain, back pain, breathing trouble, etc. But nothing much about pain in breasts themselves.
Is this just inevitable? Or does it mean something is wrong?
My chest is really small already, so it feels like there is almost no fat around to spread out the pressure. The pain is concentrated in the middle of the breast, where the nipples are (but it’s internal pain, not surface/skin pain).
Please post your response in the comments below.
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February 21st, 2015 at 1:01 pm |
I feel like you should definitely seek medical advice about that.
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February 21st, 2015 at 4:51 pm |
The rule is: if it hurts, that’s bad. I agree with the above. You should ask a doctor about it (if you aren’t in a position to/don’t feel comfortable mentioning a binder, you could say it happens when wearing a sports bra).
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February 22nd, 2015 at 3:37 am |
I agree that you should ask a doctor about this, because pain is not nice and random people on the Internet don’t really know much.
I’ve heard that breast tissue can be very sensitive regardless of breast size, though if you had very sensitive breasts you probably would have known that before trying the binder.
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February 22nd, 2015 at 5:53 am |
Also, just to say, gc2b binders are much much much better than Underworks for chest binding; they are designed for the specific purpose of binding breasts and are run by LGBTQ. people.
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