Will 300cc Saline Breast Implants Result in a C Cup?

When deciding upon implant size it is best to look at photographs. A photograph gives your plastic surgeon a graphic representation of your surgical expectations. Bra cup sizes will differ from each manufacturer. With this being said, considering the information that you submitted, ever[y 175 cc of implant volume will increase you about one cup size. There are many other factors that are important to consider including your chest circumference, the amount and shape of your existing... more

Breast size depends on a few factors -- how big you are around, how much breast tissue you have, and what size implant you choose. If you are a 32 -- an a cup is much smaller than a 40 A. In the typical 32 A with little native breast, a 300 to 325cc will give you a mid C appearance. The best way to tell is to stick a 300 cc sizer in the bra you want to wear and see what it looks like.

There is no way to exactly predict bra size after trying on implant sizers. This is a good approximation of what the bra size will be following the surgery. The problem is that each bra manufacturer has different shapes and body contours that cause differences in bra cup sizes. For instance, Victoria Secret generally upsizes cup size and Sears is typically smaller. If you like what you see with the sizers, you should be happy. I usually recommmend going one 30cc's larger than what you have... more

There is no absolute volume that gives a cup size a value. In addition to arbitrary decisions by the manufacturer, the cup designation is a function of the chest wall circumference (without the breasts included) and the relative projection delivered by the breast volume. A woman who is 6'4" will demand a much larger volume on her chest wall to be a "C" cup than a woman 4"11". On balance, the average woman of height (5'5") and build will be taken from an... more

The use of sizers in your bra preoperatively does not accurately correlate with the size of breasts achieved with sub muscular implants. I think that it is very important that you communicate clearly with your surgeon to maximize the chances of achieving your desired breast size. In my practice, the use of photographs of “goal” pictures (and breasts that are too big or too small) is very helpful. I have found that the use of words such as “natural” or... more

A 300 cc implant may get you to the desired cup size, but bra companies measure differently than surgeons.  Try on a 300 cc implant and see if you like the way it looks in a blouse, forget about specific cup size.

Although the measuring technique for determining cup size is precise, the results of these measurements are not. The same is true with two patients that have C cup breasts. This is why physicians tend to use volume (cubic centimeters or cc) as a more accurate measurement. Note: If you are trying to figure out what breast implant size you want to obtain, you can try the sizing tool available through b4bra.com or read the articles about measuring there. see video

Hi! The secret is that you and your surgeon don't have to guess. In Manhattan, we use breast implant SIZERS during surgery to see exactly what size will give you the look you want.  Then we discard the sizers, and open the correct permanent implants from our inventory.

The question of what implant size will result in a specific cup size is a common one but also an unanswerable one. We are stuck with the cup system from the Warner Bros. Corset Co. in the 1930's, a more modest time when breast size had to be inferred from indirect measurements. So the whole chest determines the cup, not just the volume of the breasts. My suggestion is to choose an implant that gives you the look you want by trying sizers in a bra of the desired cup size but then forget... more