Hard to believe isn't it...but in our society women are constantly fretting over their body and how it looks.

While the belief has prevailed that women must exhibit specific physical characteristics in order to look beautiful, there are also certain characteristics, like a large bosom, that cause some to be jealous and others to feel free to harass the owner of the big bosom.

The problem is that back pain and a big bosom often go hand in hand.

What one sees as beautiful, the owner of the expansive chest sees as a problem...often primarily a back pain problem. Women with breast a D cup and above often find that the weight of her large bosom makes her back hurt.

The weight of large breast can definitely impact a woman's posture as her body tries to compensate for all the extra weight at the top. Not only can a big bosom cause back pain, they can actually cause breathing problems.

Another issue is that the extra heavy-duty bras often worn to provide support to very large breasts can often cause skin irritation from rubbing and squeezing the skin which believe it or not can eventually lead to scarring. Normal activities such as exercising or dancing can become rather difficult, since the breasts are so heavy that they impede the natural movements needed for such activities.

Ask any big bosomed gal and she will be the first one to tell you that even finding clothes that fit appropriately over large breasts can be incredibly tough.

A good bra with super support can help to reduce some of the back pain but finding that perfect bra is often more difficult than you can imagine.

Victoria's Secret shopping... well you will just have to forget it. Bras with this kind of support aren't found in the lovely luxurious bra stores! Plus when shopping for a super sized bra you can't look at the physical appearance of the bra, you have to find the one that is best designed to relieve back pain. Doctors believe that over 70% of today's women are wearing the wrong bra size. Well, that could explain the back pain!

So what's a girl to do?

Breast reduction surgery has become an increasingly popular choice of treatment for the treatment of back pain related to big bosoms. If it has also been an issue where the woman has a history of being harassed because of her over sized breasts and has struggled to find something to wear her self esteem has probably taken a good hit.

So breast reduction surgery can also help to repair a broken self esteem and also make shopping a whole lot easier. Sounds like a win-win situation with reducing the back pain from the big bosom and enhancing self-esteem too.

However, often when women decide on breast reduction the men in their lives are often less than supportive of the decision since frankly many men love the big breasts! But hopefully they too will realize that a big bosom can often cause a lot of back pain and understand the need for a reduction.