Maybe you’ve never thought about the health effects of wearing a bra to bed, or maybe you even heard the myth that wearing a bra to bed will make your breasts perkier. Though it may seem completely harmless, the truth is, wearing a bra to bed can actually result in a number of health problems.
1. When you sleep in your bra, especially if your bra has underwire, your circulation suffers. If the wire is too tight against your skin, your muscles will be constricted, affecting the circulation of the nerves in your arms.
2. Being constricted, even slightly, can affect your sleep. Much like wearing clothing to bed that’s too tight, wearing a bra can cause restlessness due to irritation that you may not even notice.
3. Hyperpigmentation is a large word for dark spots, discoloration or uneven skin tone. It’s a condition caused by increased levels of melanin, which is the pigment in the body that determines skin color.
4. Regularly wearing an ill-fitting bra to bed can create the perfect warm and moist environment that fungi loves to breed in. As unpleasant as it sounds, most women are wearing bras that don’t fit properly, so the chance of developing breast fungus may be more likely than you think.
5. Wearing a bra to bed can easily cause skin irritation. The hooks and straps can protrude into your skin, eventually causing lesions or even cysts if left for too long, particularly if the bra is underwire.