Surgically Implanted Bra

Science Wants To Get Its Hands All Over Your Breasts

Posted by: Susannah Breslin Filed in: news
4:00PM, Thursday November 12th 2009

In strange boob news you can use, two new stories emerge on the breast front: a surgically implanted bra and an effort to regrow breast tissue. Israeli researchers are working on Cup&Up, a bra that’s inserted into the body. The Minimally Invasive Mastopexy is supposedly less intrusive than a typical breast augmentation. Adi Cohen, the man behind the “internal bra,” explains: “What we’ve done is build a silicone bra, insert it into the body and attach it to the ribs and to the fascia.” So far, though, they’ve only tested the Cup&Up on ... pigs. Meanwhile, in Australia, researchers are working on ways to regrow human breast tissue, which could help cancer survivors. Let the cyborg breast revolution begin. [Gizmodo, Newser]

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Riley
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 04:04 pm: [report]

Science isn’t alone.

MuchoMacho
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 04:06 pm: [report]

@ Riley - dude im sitting at work and “lol”‘d at my desk when i saw your comment…

CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 04:10 pm: [report]

Only if they are handfuls please.

MuchoMacho
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 04:12 pm: [report]

@cheese - when it comes to ladies breasts im a bit like jesus… i love them all.

side note - i hope the cancer survivor portion of this story works out. none of our jokes are directed at them. i support finding the cure.

CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 04:17 pm: [report]

Pfft, I am a total boob-ist.

amandabear
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 04:38 pm: [report]

As a chick, my first reaction was… dear sweet mother of christ, NO. And then “awesome” to the second item. But an internal bra? Sounds horrifying.

theattack
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 04:58 pm: [report]

First, yaaay for the research for cancer!! Second, I would never want to have a bra I couldn’t take off. The best feeling is taking off a bra and letting them fly free! Why in the world would I want to restrict my girls for the rest of eternity?

meredith806
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 05:49 pm: [report]

I’m feeling slightly nauseated after reading the description of the internal bra..wth. I’d prefer not to have a bra permanately attached to my ribs…from the inside..GAG

fallonthecity
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 11:31 pm: [report]

AAHHH. No thank you on the bra implant. Thumbs up to the researchers working on regrowing breast tissue though.

Oreo
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 09:02 am: [report]

I’m guessing that it’s not supposed to feel like a bra attached to your ribs, but the name “internal bra” isn’t going to help their marketing efforts. Interesting idea though.

Kudos to the cancer research, but I’m curious as to whether regrown tissue would be safe for a woman prone to breast cancer. I’m pretty clueless on this one so this fear might be unfounded, but it was the first thought that came to mind.