[Savagery]

Hey, I was actually redirected here from hostboards, where no one could really answer my question, so here we go:

Recently I've seen quite a few stories portraying breasts 'popping' or 'bursting' as the result of blunt trauma; something that seems extremely unrealistic to me. Breasts are not testicles; I don't think any normal human could ever really have the strength necessary to make them burst. I've also seen stories where breasts eventually begin spraying blood from the nipples after being battered for a while, but even then the stories never go into the long term consequences of such a thing occurring.

So I've come to ask; what kind of damage actually can be inflicted on breasts as the result of repetitive blunt trauma (such as getting punched and kicked in a fight)? After the obvious bruising and swelling, what could actually happen? Would blood really begin spraying from the nipples after every punch? Is it really possible to cause so much damage to the Coopers Ligaments in a single fight, that significant sagging occurs? Can breasts really be torn lose from the chest wall and, if so, would that result in extremely lopsided breasts, with one sagging lower than the other, or a nipple facing the wrong way? Could hanging somebody from the breasts for a prolonged period of time (perhaps a day) really cause extreme sagging in such a short amount of time?

And furthermore, in almost every fight story I've read breasts seem to have an almost limitless capacity to heal back to full, perfect form no matter how much damage they take (unless the story is actually advertising itself as BRUTAL). Is that actually rooted in reality? If breasts were beaten so hard to the point where they're described as 'sagging 3 inches lower' then before, or even 'flattened' as I've seen in a few stories, would they really ever be the same again?

What I'm trying to say is; everybody knows what happens to testicles if you hit them too hard. But when it comes to breasts it seems to be entirely up to the author, and I find that a bit weird. What I want to know is; does anybody know what would really happen to breasts subject to the kind of treatment commonly portrayed in cat-fighting/titfighting/femfight stories?

[jondo53]

I'm no expert, but I do know that violent blows to the breasts causes considerable, and I would imagine, painful, bruising. It can cause internal bleeding and a build up of fluid in the breast that can require surgery.

[DottiD]

A bleeding nipple is bloody discharge from the nipple of the breast. Blood coming from the nipple can be symptomatic of a benign (noncancerous) breast disorder. These disorders include breast tissue infection, called mastitis, and intraductal papilloma. The latter is a small growth in the breast tubes that move milk to the nipple. These tubes are called ducts.

Bloody nipple discharge can also be an early sign of breast cancer. These cancers include intraductal carcinoma and lobular carcinoma. Intraductal carcinoma, also called intraductal carcinoma in situ, begins in the ducts. Lobular carcinoma starts in the lobules, or the parts of the breast that produce milk. A rare type of breast cancer, Paget?s disease of the breast, begins with inflammation and skin changes on the nipple that may result in bleeding.