the Ahh bra (or whatever the infomertial calls it) was way to tight for me - even when not having the joyful Hug. I also had a hard time just getting hte thing on when I tried on my MIL (a much larger size than I wear). I say thumbs down to the Ahh bra, IMO

As for what to waer when you have to wear your prosthetics- what about a smallish/snug cotton tank top under your dress/clothes?? Would that perhaps work or would your breast inserts fall down to your knees (talk about a "contribution" during the offering...)

never tried any other type of these bras. I usually wear a bra and suffer for those short trips that require I dont have "headlights" showing - the majority of the time I go without anything under my shirt, but I am on the smaller size so most dont even notice. I wish you luck!!!

I have to have a pocket for them to sit in, or they slide under and out. if they are not held secure, when I lean forward, they do a back flip and land on the floor. I have picked them up and kept moving more times than I can count. The new mastectomy bras have enclosed pockets, so once they are in there, they are in there. They have tradition closures tho and Whooo! too tight! I feel like I have broken ribs and someone put a tight belt on me.

Right now I am using a front closing bra and I undo the bottom 2 or 3 clips. It leaves only 1 or 2 holding the whole thing together, but I cant stand it!

I really do look obvious when i go without. its clear I have NO breasts. not just tiny ones, its clear there is something wrong. I just struggle between looking normal enough to not have folks stare, and being bent over in pain. DH always says "who cares?! let um look" I love that man.

What a problem! I commiserate, because bras have always been misery for me. I must have ones either all cotton or cotton with just outside synthetic. I must change and wash daily because I seem to do all my sweating under my breasts. I list to one side, even since I was a teenager with smaller breasts--I list no matter what I do to try not to, and I did so as a teen even when in superb health. So I always have one strap down my shoulder. My mom nagged me about standing up straight, of course, even though I was a ballet dancer...bra strap down the arm no matter what I tried. Used to wear those things you sew in shoulders to hold bra straps, but as I got older I said, that is one more thing to work on and my hands don't sew things well now either.

I'd though of trying AAh or Genie but they look like hard to get on, bad for my painful shoulder that needs an operation like the other one had, but I'm not up to more anesthesia risks or expensive trips out of state to a fine surgeon and anesthetist.

So I struggle along with the "Downtime bra" from Hanes catalog, which is mostly cotton and has good support, a hard combo to find. Or buy from the all cotton catalog called
Deva, using the sports bra they have, since it is the only one firm enough. They Hanes catalog has many bras to put protheses in, too. They have always been a good source for me.

I have much bigger breasts and rib cage than when younger, and my size has gone up.
I do sometimes wear a muumuu at home so I can be bra-less. Muu-muus are a pretty good concealer as to what you have or have not. I see some for sale in the Vermont Country Store catalog but have not ordered. I used to have many muu-muus from Hawaii, but now they are all worn out or too small. I never expected to be a 40 C/D. What for? No nursing and vamping planned.

just want to say that a lot of the comments and oops moments have really brought a smile to my face

as for prost. bras and muumuus- look at Haband's and Dr Leonards. Cheap-ish and have a lot of the things you all are having a hard time looking for. My MIL and SIL swear by them for inexpensive clothes/muumuus and the bras you need.

Thank again for all the visuals and laughs this day!

I hear that the AH AH Bra is the AH Carp Bra.

got the Genie bra. MUCH more comfy altho its a bit snug. I am going to send it back, and get a larger size. I think this will do the trick.

I hate bras, but without the bra, I have no breasts. They do make some that you stick on with glue or tape strips but I cant imagine those would be secure.

How do you get it on? Just curious. Thanks for your post concerning it. Maybe I'll give it a try.

Jane, I'll look at Haband's and Dr. Leonard's. Often I waste postage by ordering from catalogs, because more and more the bras or clothes are imbued with formalin so strongly that I cannot even wash it out. Formalin is used often when fabrics are sent from overseas, to keep out bugs while in transit, I think. But it's formaldehyde. I got some new type bras from Hanes but I had to send them back after two full washing cycles did not remove the formalin. I sent for the bras I usually get from Hanes, "Bali Downtime", and they had only a slight amount of formalin which did wash out in two full cycles. The bras from Deva have NO formalin even from the beginning, because Deva prides itself in being a natural fabric purveyor.
I have to admit that I am angry that this is what we have come to, everything in our world made toxic. There always were toxins, which we bumped into occasionally, but now it's everywhere. I don't even bother entering Walmart or other big box stores. I know I will have to pay more to try to get toxic free. But the products from Deva and Hanes have not been overpriced, so far. I hope we can still buy a few things that are not toxic in coming years, however many we have.