 | Aleta Williams owns Aleta’s Bras and Lingerie, located at 5601 E. Central (SE Corner of Central & Edgemoor) in East Wichita, offers almost 50-years of experience fitting bras and giving the very best customer service. Aleta’s carries several lines of fashionable swimwear including Gottex, Miracle Suit, and Carol Woir. Aleta also works with ladies who have had breast surgeries, mastectomies, and lumpectomies. You can contact Aleta by phone at (316) 682-0132. |
Intimate Apparel
2010-07-01 12:04:00
A breast form that is cool to wear?
Is there a way to remain cool while wearing a prosthesis?
Answer: You are so right. Ask virtually any woman who wears a breast form what her chief complaints are and shefll tell you - heat and weight. Thanks to a revolutionary new breast form collection, both of these concerns have been dramatically improved.
There is now a manufacturer, who is also the worldfs leading provider of mastectomy products, that has recently introduced a new line of lightweight breast forms designed to keep wearers cooler. These forms integrate an innovative channelling system of cooling cushions with a silicone gel that uses an advanced cooling technology. The form provides a constant cooling effect by continuously drawing excess heat away from a womanfs body. The unique curved design and raised cooling cushion contact points (the channelling system design) promote enhanced air circulation allowing for optimal cooling. The result: the heat generated from the chest wall is transferred and absorbed into the silicone gel and remains there until the breast form is removed.
Wearers swear by the new innovation, including one woman who lives in a warm climate. A bi-lateral mastectomy patient, she tried one of these new forms on one side after her standard form had broken down. After working in the field all day, she went indoors all hot and sweaty and discovered the side she wore the new form on was cooler than the rest of her body surface!
At first, the cooling material is frosty in appearance then generally becomes clear as it absorbs excess heat. Once the breast form is removed, the gel returns to its original frosty appearance, indicating it is releasing heat and rejuvenated.
The lightweight form features a silky soft, matte skin. It comes in a triangular shape, that offers a shallow to average profile and an oval shape, developed for an average to full profile. Styles are available in sizes 1 - 14. They fit any body type and are ideal for women who have had a mastectomy, partial mastectomy or lumpectomy, for those who are undergoing breast reconstruction and even women with disproportionate breasts.
The comments all echo the same. "It is amazing." "The natural-weight silicone prosthesis feels realistic." "It is very close to the consistency, weight, shape and motion of a natural breast." "It gives a more natural shape under clothes - and keeps you cool."
When worn with an orthopedic-type bra, the forms give the best in comfort and shape available. Itfs important to have the bra that holds the breast prosthesis in place. Many people have the prosthesis fitted, but not the bra. Many times they are unhappy with a prothesis when the bra is the real culprit. The right bra will always make clothes fit better and hang nicer on the body.
Many insurance providers allow for mastectomy supplies. It would be prudent for women to call their provider and ask specific questions about coverage.
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Aleta Williams owns Aletafs Bras and Lingerie, located at 5601 E. Central (SE Corner of Central & Edgemoor) in East Wichita, offers over 37 years of experience fitting bras and giving the very best customer service. Aletafs carries several lines of fashionable swimwear including Gottex, Miracle Suit, and Carol Woir. Aleta also works with ladies who have had breast surgeries, mastectomies, and lumpectomies. You can contact Aleta by phone at (316) 682-0132.
