It is understandable that women and especially teenagers are very self-conscious about their breasts and many worry about their breast size. But the fact is, there is not much you can do to change your breast size - for smaller or bigger. Consider the following things that will NOT make your breasts bigger:

* There is NO food that will make your breasts bigger.
* Exercising in general will not help much if any. Breasts do not have muscles. If you tone your chest muscles that are underneath the breasts, the effect will be just very slight (see below for more).
* Sleeping position has no effect on breast size.
* Nor will wearing bras or not wearing bras.
* Rubbing or squeezing won't affect breast size.
* Nor do they get bigger when a woman starts having sex.

So what will affect breast size?

* Mainly your genes. Look to your mom, sisters, aunts - their breast size will usually give you an indication of your final breasts size.
* Breast growth during puberty is driven by two hormones, estrogen and progesterone. Hormonal imbalances could therefore affect breast growth.
* Breasts contain fat, so slim and thin people often (not always) have smaller breasts than overweight/obese people.
* Losing weight WILL cause your breasts to be somewhat smaller since you lose fat from all over your body. Anorexic girls typically have very very small breasts. Similarly if you gain weight (fat) all over your body, you will gain some in your breasts too - alongside gaining it everywhere else. Exception: some people gain fat only in their waist area or abdomen (pot belly), because of insulin resistance.
* An actual injury (like cutting) to the breast bud may prevent the breast from developing right.
* Breasts WILL grow during pregnancy and stay bigger as long as you breastfeed, but that alone is no reason to 'have a kid'. Having a child is a serious responsibility.
* Breast augmentation surgery is the only sure way, but undermines your ability to FULLY breastfeed, and can often have SERIOUS health effects.
* Birth control pills containing estrogen sometimes make one's breasts larger as a side effect. This does not happen to everyone taking the pill though.
* As far as the various herbal pills, it's hard to say... They seem to sometimes have some effects for some women, and often not.
* What about taking extra estrogen? Theoretially this might work. BUT if you are a woman, taking extra estrogen on top of what your own body already produces will definitely increase your breast cancer risk, may cause nasty PMS, and other unwanted side-effects as well.
*Toning/exercising the pectoral muscles: If you really get the muscle under the breast to grow bigger, that DOES have a slight effect on the overall appearance of your chest, and can make the breast appear a tiny bit bigger. Read the words of one female softball pitcher:
"I have been a serious softball pitcher for the past 10 years of my life and for this reason my right breast is much harder and feels more muscular than my left and is also more perky (I pitch with my right arm in a windmill motion). The difference is not incredible, but it is certainly noticeable. Also, a lot of my friends are softball players and other pitchers have the same issue."
How much exercise is needed for this is an open question.
* The bra industry has created numerous breast enhancer things such as silicone enhancers, gel-filled bras, padded bras etc. to create the illusion of larger bust.

Thank you for sharing that article adryana!

s... i myself have small breasts...so i thought this might be interesting.

well count me in for the birth cotroll pill. Been taking it for some time and YES it did make me a bit more developed

thanks for the article I also have small breasts.

well mine aren't small (don't mean to brag) but they do hang a little low and my right breast is bigger than my left.

It's ok to brag girlfriend.

huh, I could've sworn that not wearing a bra at least made them sag a bit, if not reduce their size.

I used to hate my breasts for being small but my boyfriend recently told me that he thought that any more than a handful was a waste which made me feel a bit better Plus if we all had identical breasts then it wouldn't make us unique and interesting to men!

Mine are small and I think your bf is right. We are all different and that makes us interesting

You can enhance your own breasts naturally by the power inside of you!

I know I can!