Q. What can you tell me about herbal breast enlargers? I’m considering surgery, but first I would like to try one of these products if they work and don’t have nasty side effects.
I am generally skeptical about such things, but the ads are intriguing. They say you can increase your breast size and reverse sagging without hormones or surgery. Some of the herbs that are listed as ingredients include damiana, chaste tree, black cohosh and saw palmetto. Please let me know if this is worthwhile.
A. Consumerlab.com is an organization that tests herbal products and dietary supplements to see if they really contain the active ingredients that they should. They recently posted a review of herbal products purported to increase breast size. According to the report, they found “no well-controlled clinical studies and no sound theoretical basis for any of twenty ingredients often appearing in such products to be effective.”
Until a scientific study is published in a respected journal to support safety and effectiveness, we cannot recommend herbal breast enlargers.