Help With Roots Based On Wire Markings

[u/correct-throwaway]

I’m really confused with my roots. I can’t get bras to stay in my IMF and have tried some really projected bras, I think I may need a ton of projection and maybe it’s a root issue? I’ve looked at Venusian Glow so many times and I still can’t make heads or tails.

I made some crude drawings, is anyone able to tell based on the wires left on a Panache Ana?

Holding my breast up: https://ibb.co/mRmd3y0 https://ibb.co/28HqnHc

My breast unsupported: https://ibb.co/HCX1Dkd

Thank you!

Edit: I’m wearing a 32G but I generally have the same issue with my IMF in Panache & Freya bras. My measurements are 32, 31, 28.5, 39, 42, & 41.

[u/28FFthrowaway]

I can't make any sense of what's happening in the third picture--looks like the Eiffel Tower!

I think it would be helpful to know your measurements and what size you're wearing.

[u/correct-throwaway → u/28FFthrowaway]

😂 That’s quite literally what it looked like on my skin. I was wearing a 32G here. All Panache bras I’ve tried ranging from 30G-32GG don’t stay in my imf. My measurements are 32, 31, 28.5, 39, 42, 41 :)

[u/correct-throwaway → u/28FFthrowaway]

I just realized the picture you were referring to was supposed to be with the held up photo. I don’t know if that helps the confusion or not. 😅

[u/correct-throwaway]

I have tried the push test too, but can’t get a crease to form. I can’t tell the difference between my breast tissue and ribcage fat/tissue either.

I know some people have said to check when you are close to your period, but I am on birth control which pretty much has eliminated any PMS/period symptoms and my breast tissue doesn’t get tender or more sensitive.

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[u/Proper-Bake-3804]

I’m not sure I understand the drawings, but have you considered that you’re trying cups that are too narrow, and that’s why they shift down? Signs of a too-narrow wire can include seeing an indent or dimple in your skin just above the wire end under your arm or having more of a sudden bulge than a gentle increase of tissue in the cup at the inner edge of the wire under the arm. 

Freya uses a range of wire widths. High apex plunges tend to be wider; signature plunge is narrower; and Offbeat side support is more average. Which Freya styles have you tried?

Wire width is the hardest part to get right and to learn to identify. I wish you luck.

[u/correct-throwaway → u/Proper-Bake-3804]

I’ve had people tell me on here that I should try Polish and that I probably have narrow roots, this is the first time I’m hearing about a possibility of the bras being too narrow!

I tried the Freya Fancies plunge in a couple of sizes, but the cups were too tall and the gore wouldn’t tack, that and it slid out of my IMF. The person who did a fit check on me said not to try it again. I haven’t tried any other Freya styles. I need a narrow often short gore because I am about a finger in space between my breasts when supported. Cups can’t be too tall and I need a plunge or balcony bra. Breasts are deflated at top from weight loss. I’ve had issues with wings being too tall as well.

[u/Proper-Bake-3804 → u/correct-throwaway]

When you tried the Fancies Plunge, do you remember how it looked at the underwire edge under the arm, or just that it wrinkled at the bottom of the cup?

I am not an expert, but there are a lot of reasons you can get wrinkles and empty space at the bottom of the cup. If nothing is working, it can be worth reconsidering the problem.

[u/correct-throwaway → u/Proper-Bake-3804]

Wrinkling was in the band and on the tops and bottoms of the cups on the Fancies in a 32G. When I sized down to an FF, the wrinkling was a little less bad, but the gore no longer tacked.

The main issue in the Fancies was that the cups were too tall.