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So...am I the only person who has had bras literally draw blood? As in multiple different brands, band sizes, cup sizes, after professional fittings at several different stores? Bras with underwire make me bleed. The spot under your arms where the underwire ends? That's where blood happens. I can be wearing a "comfortable" bra, one that looks great, seems to ... fit well for the first two to three hours...at the end of eight hours, I've got either raw or bloody spots. If something forces me to wear a bra for 12 hours, it's almost guaranteed that an underwire bra will be drawing blood.
I've had this issue with everything from Hanes and Fruit of the Loom bras from Walmart or Target, to bras from Victoria Secret, Soma, and Wacoal that were professionally fitted and seemed wonderful...in store and for the first couple hours.
I've got somewhat large breasts, somewhere around 36DDD-38DD has tended to be what professional fitters put me in and repeated trying on of various sizes and styles suggests, but I know there are plenty of women with much larger chests who don't seem to have a problem wearing underwire, so I'm not sure what is causing this.
There have been times when I've had a long shift at work and I've been in so much pain that I've had to excuse myself to the ladies room, remove my bra, and resort to crossed bandaid pasties (and additional bandaids over the bloody spots!) to make it through my shift.
I've tried sewing additional cushioning over the ends of underwires, but it really doesn't seem to help much. Nothing I do seems to make underwire work for me. I've given up on underwire, even though I'm not really happy with the support I get from wire-free bras. Any suggestions? Or even just people like me out there?
Edit to add my numbers: My comfortable rib cage measurement is 36 inches. My tight measurement is 33.5, loose is 37.5. The horizontal perimeter measure the site told me to take is 14 inches, and my overbust measurement when standing upright is 43 inches.
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I found this: http://sklep.ewabien.com/pdf/Zagranica2.pdf
Thanks! There is bank transfer info down at the bottom of the receipt I got emailed but I don't know how to transfer anything but dollars and the prices are all in zloty still. I can do the math but I just want to double check with them before I just start sending money. So here's hoping I hear back from them on Monday.
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