When Will Breast Implant Size and Placement Changes Be Noticeable?

asked 2 years ago by coco123 in ireland
Latest answer by Otto Joseph Placik, MD
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Tags: age 35-44, breasts, female, under muscle, 200-249cc, 300-349cc, over muscle, results

I have breast implants over the muscle for 10 years and they need to be replaced due to excessive rippling. Now going behind the muscle, since they apparently feel more natural and less likely to ripple again. My PS recommends going from 230 cc to 260-300cc. I like my current size. I understand having to increase somewhat going behind the muscle but don't want it to be noticeably bigger to me or especially anybody else. If he goes from 230 cc to 300 cc will it be very noticeable? At what point will an increase from 230 cc in front of the muscle to behind the muscle start to look noticeable? I'm 36 and my breasts are not especially saggy. Booked in soon and worried. Thanks.

7 answers to When Will Breast Implant Size and Placement Changes Be Noticeable?

When Will Breast Implant Size and Placement Changes Be Noticeable?

Generally speaking going behind the muscle will mean you will need a 10-15% increase in volume to maintain a similar size. with a 230cc implant that means about 250-265 cc will acchieve comparable breast size.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Implant exchange

Exchanging implants that are 70 cc's different in volume, will properly not translate to a big change in breast size. Putting them under the muscle especially if you have rippling superiorlyu will help camouflage things better.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

An additional 70cc increase in volume will NOT translate into a larger breast

Going with a 70cc larger implant (hopefully silicone gel for less rippling) behind the muscle is a good and conservative decision which should NOT translate into a much larger breast, if any at all. They will NOT be "noticeably bigger to you or especially anybody else" . Do not worry about it.

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Switching from 230 to 300 cc implant

Increasing your breast implant size by 80 cc would give you a bit more fullness but not much of a change in breast size. In general, when switching from above to below the muscle you must add 50 cc. Also if you are switching from a saline to a gel implant then an 80 cc would be just about right.

Jeffrey Zwiren, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

Is 300cc much different than 230cc

I assume you are staying with same type of implant fill material. Do you have saline or silicone? Saline generally will look larger for a volume change compared to silicone. If you are changing your implants because of rippling, if you have saline, switching to silicone could help this. You should not notice a size increase if you add 30cc of either silicone or saline. With saline you might notice a change at 300cc. If you have saline, the size is easy to control because the fill... more

Tracy Pfeifer, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

drpfeifer.com

Breast implant exchange

Going below the muscle will take away about 50 cc's of the "look" of the new implants so increasing from 230 to 260 will be essentailly the same and going to 300 will only be a mild difference. At 6 weeks after surgery, you will look about like you will from then on.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Breast Implant Size

I do not feel that you would see a noticeable difference in the size of your breasts if you change from 230cc to 260cc. This represents only about 2 tablespoons. There might be some slight visible change with 300cc implants, but even that would be subtle. More important is to overfill the implant somewhat if you are choosing a saline implant. Even under the muscle, there could be some rippling, if the implant is not overfilled.

John Whitt, MD
Louisville Plastic Surgeon

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