There were times when post-mastectomy life posed a huge problem to women who underwent mastectomy procedure. These women experienced two major difficulties – one was to find the right prosthesis and the other to find the best fitting bra. The problem was huge because there were not many companies that manufactured these products. The few products available in the market hardly offered any choices to choose from. This being the case, it was unthinkable for the post-mastectomy women to expect anything flattering being available in the market.
However, more fortunate times arrived for these women. The market saw newer manufacturers of mastectomy products, making a wide range of choices available. But they were all different labels from different manufacturers. They were variants in terms of quality, designs and sizes and nothing more. People could not even think of a possibility of mastectomy wear being trendy and fanciful. It looked like the mastectomy product manufacturers were doing it more out of empathy than out of a big business inclination.
After a long lapse of time, the mastectomy product industry took a serious view of the potential and gave fresh thought to its products. A new range of mastectomy bras started appearing in the market. These were trendy, attractive, and to some practical extent matched the range of regular lingerie.
The prosthesis too saw quite some improvement. It came in different material for different purposes – silicon, foam and fiber-fill varieties. While silicon prostheses offered the best feel and relatively more natural looks, the other two varieties were introduced to help women who indulged in brisk and heavier activities like aerobics, jogging and such other physical exercises.
Coming to the fashions in mastectomy lingerie, many women will have a strong inclination to go for strapless mastectomy bras. Finding strapless mastectomy bras is not very easy, since there are only very few stores that sell strapless post-mastectomy lingerie.
Usually, post-procedure, mastectomy women will have to wear prostheses or breast forms in place of their surgically removed breast. In order to hold these breast forms in place, a mastectomy bra will need strings or straps. Interestingly, strapless mastectomy bras are designed to hold in place these breast forms without straps. A woman will like to wear a strapless under her deep-back, shoulder-less or broad-shoulder dresses to avoid the straps from being seen.
Post-mastectomy strapless bras look almost like other regular strapless bras. However, the difference is that these strapless bras are designed and made stronger and tougher than the regular ones in order to support the breast forms, making them stay in place.
Generally, strapless mastectomy bras come with underwire. The sides are reinforced and the shoulder straps are made removable. With very few places selling these products in Dubai, Marks & Spencer’s mastectomy underwear collection is worth a look. Alternatively, you can rely, as always, on the internet, as there are quite a few online shops and places for strapless mastectomy bra such as Amazon, uBuy, etc.