Will they ever go away?
I have what seems like these permanent dips in my shoulders from crappy fitting bras. If you've seen any of the pictures by my bratabase reviews, you can clearly see what I mean. Because of the dips, unless I'm wearing the straps super loose, it looks like the straps are too tight even when they aren't! Like the straps could be on the verge of slipping but in the photos they look like they're burrowing their way into my shoulders. Basically, when I was in completely wrong sizes, my bra straps would fall down all the time so I'd just tighten them up as much as possible. And since the straps were doing the job of supporting my breasts instead of my loose bands for YEARS...well, I feel like a textbook case of When Bras Deform Your Body
It actually feels weird when I don't feel the pressure of straps digging in. I've had to train myself NOT to tighten the straps and start out loose and only tighten in small increments, as needed. One of my bra fitting challenges, since I'm short-waisted, is finding straps that aren't too long. Or don't tighten up right into my armpits. Or aren't set too wide that they're trying to amputate my arms. Ugh.
But what I want to know is: will these dents in my shoulders ever go away?
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I can't tell for sure, but rom what I know there is a difference between tissue that has been compressed and damage to the bones. If there is damage to the bones it's inreparable. :( A friend of a friend ended up with a breast reduction even after finding well fitting bras because the bones in her shoulders had taken so much damage that they could not take the weight. This is however a really extreme case.
If I were you I would follow one of my usual recommendations, never wear the same model two days in a row. Try to find bras with different strap positions so that the straps put pressure in different places and give you shoulder some time to heal.
I'm new to Bratabase and proper bra fitting, but I think there's a good chance you will see improvement eventually. Only time will tell if the dents will go away completely. I would massage the area frequently, which I know is recommended to break up scar tissue and it may help with this kind of damage too.
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