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Will chest exercises lift and reduce my breasts?

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killacamMar 5, 2009

If I do chest exercises and build an underlying muscle will it lift and shrink my breasts, I am a 32D and I hate that they are so big and sag quite a bit for my age ( I am 20). SO I am looking for a way to fix those problems I want smaller breasts but I also would like them to sit higher up once I get there without surgery.

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Dr. Natalie Ngan, FRACS (Plast)
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