Are you getting the most out of your breast holding tapes?

In the past some people have told me they have bought tapes from various suppliers in order to adhere breast forms in place. While they have been pleased with the product they have had great difficulty removing the tapes or sticky pads and in some cases ruined or damaged their breast forms. There is an art to this and no damage needs to be caused.

First step, make sure the breast forms are thoroughly clean, wash in warm soapy water.

Dry with a soft towel and leave to air dry thoroughly.

Then apply the pads, or disc's to the forms.

With your bra on, insert the forms, making sure you have them in exactly the correct place.

Leave your bra on for as long as possible to make sure you have them really secure.

It would be usual to use up to five tapes depending on the size of your breast forms, however it is not advised to go bra less with forms over 40B, the weight possibly may not be supported.

Choice of garment also is a help to making sure the forms stay in place.

When removing them, peel off carefully and put them back in the box, preferably with a cling film lightly over the back where the tapes are.

Now we have two choices

On the next wearing you can place a new set of tabs over the existing ones, continue wearing and placing pads on until there is a build up of around six or more, because they are so thin it will not be noticeable.

After this amount, the pads should peel off without causing any damage, if the first and original is still on the form, leave it there, wash the breast forms and start again.

Now let’s go to the real economy way of doing of this.

After the first wearing, put away as above, then when it is time to wear them again, use the wipes, rub these over the chest area and on the forms them self, this will activate the pads and also give a little staying power to the area where pads are not used.

You should be able to repeat this a few times before applying a new pad. This is the best way to get the longest life out of the pads.

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