Breast Implants: Right Size for You?
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Plastic surgeons offer an almost dizzying array of breast implants when you’ve decided to have breast augmentation.
Choices include:
- Saline or silicone filler
- Round or tear drop shape
- Smooth or textured surface
- High or moderate “profile,” - how far in front the implant projects
- Many, many implant sizes
Cosmetic plastic surgeons have available quite a few tools to help you decide. You can start with breast augmentation before and after pictures to get an idea.
Some plastic surgeons and a few websites offer 3-D morphing technology. You feed a picture of your body into a computer and then manipulate the photo to see in three dimensions what a C or a D cup would look like on you.
The first choices usually are made quickly enough, but how do you know a particular size is going to flatter your frame and how it will feel once it’s implanted in your body?
The plastic surgeon him-or-herself usually has a great eye for aesthetics and can come pretty close to selecting the size that best fits you. It’s important to listen because if you go too big, you may have problems later on.
However, many patients want to feel the difference. Will it make you top-heavy? It’s an important question because one-third of breast surgery revisions are due to the patient wanting a different size implant.
So take your implants for a test drive. It works like this:
Plastic surgeons offer a variety of special bras that hold various sized implants. The usual method is selecting, and inserting, an appropriate implant into the sizing bra. Larger implants are available by half sizes. Keep going until you see the size that suits you.
Patients can buy some breast implant sizing bras to try out for days or weeks at home.
While one popular brand costs a little over $100, it may be worth the expense if it avoids another breast surgery which would certainly run into four figures.
How would you decide on your new size?
admin @ January 10, 2009