Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2026 · Size: X-Large | Color: Nude · Verified Purchase
On my mother's grave, I swear, this particular jelly bra actually does what it says... I promise.
There's an older 5 star review on here from a woman who speaks of having lost weight, which led to her boobs appearing to be deflated, which resonated with me. I am 50 yrs old; 5' 10", average frame (shoulder width, rib cage, etc), average torso-looong legs; down 60 lbs/currently hovering around 240lbs, with now deflated ta-tas.
*** Side note interruption: I cannot stress enough how vitally important it is to take (or have someone else take) very specific measurements for proper bra fitting. Measure your rib cage, right under your breast tissue, 3 times-tight, average, and loose to give you a good idea of your proper band size (rib cages at that particular position rarely change size, so your band size should be relatively stable, only going up or down about an 1-1.5 inches with weight gain or loss). Bend over and let the girls hang to measure the perimeter of one individual breast (the larger one if they're different sizes) from sternum to where it meets at your outer rib cage, do not press the tape measure into your breast you want to know the actual exact perimeter, half of that number should give you a good approximation of breast projection or cup size. ((Go to Bratabase website if you want to know the few other measurements that can be helpful for bra fitting.)) ***
Fifteen to twenty years ago, and a few years after having my last child, I was measured and fitted in either a 36 or 38 H cup...a truly amazing, life-altering experience to be fitted properly especially if wearing underwire bras. At that time I also learned that balconette bras were particularly appropriate for my breast shape and frame. Only more recently did I learn that the reason for that had to do with my breast having more fullness in the upper or top side than in the underneath. I have lost and gained weight at a couple different points in my life (pregnancy/breastfeeding, grief-loss of parents, divorce, etc.) and most recently, about 3 years ago, a 50-some pound weight gain due to antidepressant medication, and the fullness of my breast tissue stayed basically the same although I had been noticeing some sagging within the last 5 or so years. Last August I went on a GLP-1 med to lose that weight, which I've done, and now I have flatty, droopy, floppy-bunny-ear boobs. I also have some flabbiness under my arm and the dreaded back fat.
My boobs were flat and my long-standing favorite wire-free bras were stretched out, and none of this was working for me anymore. I needed some new bras but my money doesn't go as far in the USA these days, so if I'm going to spend money on an investment bra, which is basically what they are once you pass a DD cup, I need to be nearly 100 percent sure that it's going to work for me, which is super hard for me to do, since I live in the boodocks, so I have to buy online because there are no stores around me that carry cups larger than a DD. So anyways, I spent the last few weeks scouring all of my usual online bra stores, including Amazon, trying to find either economical wire-free replacements for those or a relatively inexpensive, yet comfortable, underwired-with-seamed cups option. I found many potential underwire contenders that I just can't afford at this moment, and a good number of wire free options, but from my understanding of bra construction, it seemed like only the more expensive ones had the means to deal with the side flab and back fat. I say that because while a number of jelly bras making great claims about support and side/back smoothing came up under my searches, I was not at all interested in them due to buying a "jelly bra" about two years ago which functioned about as well as wrapping my chest in elastic bandages. Ugh.
During my numerous searches, jelly bras, and specifically this doggone LetsJoli brand jelly bra, kept coming up, and eventually I reasoned with myself that it might be worth taking a look at since, maybe, things had changed for the better in the world of jelly bras over the last two years. So, I read through review after review raving about all kinds and brands of jelly bras as well as the many reviews about them that said the bras were useless. All told, what I got out of that was: You ladies with the big teats, ymmv. More than once, though, I read the review for this LetsJoli bra where the lady mentioned her deflated boobs after weight loss and in it she also said that of all the LetsJoli bras, this specific one--which says it's for "older" women--is the one that gets the the job done of lifting the girls back into their former days of youth, and her review was so specific for my needs, that yesterday, I actually pulled the trigger and bought it...
... and, ladies--and I mean ladies with the big floppers--it does not disappoint!
Trust me, it will come to you LOOKING like a disappointment, but...and I only speak for the ones whose girls are deflated...it will not disappoint. Compared to the other jelly bra I bought a few years ago, this one definitely has deeper cups. This also has a better cup shape which makes my flappers seem down-right perky. You still need to do the "scoop and swoop" so that your best tissue gets sorted properly into each cup, but everyone with large breasticles should automatically be doing that with every bra they wear.
Based on the size chart and my freshly taken measurements, I should have bought a 2x, but knowing how stretchy the material is (as it seems to be with all jelly bras) and the fact that the band of a bra needs to be doing the majority of the work, therefore it needs to be snug, (plus the reinsurance I had in knowing that it comes with an extender), I bought an XL instead. I have it hooked on the very last hooks (as tight as it can go) and it's perfect. So comfortable. When I buy the next one...because, yes indeed, at less than $20 for the amount of work it does, I definitely want more...I will seriously be considering buying a large (my only concern with doing that is that it could also shrink the cup size which would not be good).
Also, to tie this back into something I pointed out earlier, the reason why I sized down (from the size that was recommended by LetsJoli) is because when I measured my ribcage tightly (band size) it was 39 inches, but having been measured before, at lighter weights, I know my average measurement is between 36-38 inches around and I know that, typically, even with weight gain/loss a ribcage measurement at that specific position (around your body at the crease of your underboob) never changes more than approx 1-1.5 inches. Because of this, I knew that, buying the XXL, which is the equivalent of a 40 inch plus band, despite being the properly recommended size, would be a bad idea because even at 40 inches it would be more than 1.5 inches bigger than my actual internal frame structure. This leads me to point out one more thing, men, on average, have larger ribcages than women, but even their ribcage (again on average) is less than 43", and I point this out because far too often big busted ladies are told to go up in band sizes if their boobs are busting outta their bra. Additionally, we're told that you can sometimes get away with going up a band size if the cup is one size too small for your measurements. But the truth is, your rib cage is what determines your band size, and a snug bra band is crucial for a bra to to the job of properly support large breasts. If you are wearing a bra band over 40 inches, I highly encourage you to get someone to measure your ribcage tightly around at the crease of your breasts. That is your band size and the rest of what you have above that is breath tissue that, in most cases, should actually be finding its way into a larger, and sometimes a much, much larger, cup.
