A Cure for Chest Wrinkles?

While working in a plastic surgeon's office a few years ago, cosmetic nurse Irene Komsky noticed that patients who had plumped and lasered their faces to near-creaseless eternal youth wouldn't wear low-cut tops because they were embarrassed about chest wrinkles. And Komsky knew from experience that using anti-wrinkle creams, injections or laser treatments on chest creases didn't keep them away for long.

The culprit, she believed, was women sleeping on their sides, and the creases that would form between breasts when they were squashed together during the night. So she invented the Intimia breast pillow—a satin coated cushion that's anchored between the breasts with round-the-back straps and keeps 'em separated while you sleep. She tested her invention herself, with great success: "I've been using the pillow for six or seven years now and don't have a single chest wrinkle," says Komsky.

Although the inspiration behind the Intimia sprung from vanity, Komsky soon found that other women were using her invention for comfort and even medical reasons.  "Women who are recovering from breast surgeries and cardiac surgeries really enjoy the comfort of extra padding on the incision area," says Komsky. "And many people tell me that, wrinkles aside, it's just unbelievably comfortable to have their breasts rest on a pillow, so it makes for better sleep."

For better or worse, I was not endowed with a cup size that requires any special rigging or cushioning, so am not sure if I'll be trying the Intimia. But I can certainly see why it would be comfortable for women who are more amply endowed.