Can breast implants make asymmetrical breasts look symmetrical?

Peter A. Aldea, MD answers: Can breast implants make breasts look symmetrical?

I am a mid-twenties woman with mild scoliosis, which causes my left ribs to stick out further than my right.

My left breast appears larger partly because of this, and partly because of the difference in volume (nearly a cup size difference: B vs. C). The left (larger) breast is also placed much more on the outside of the torso than the right.

Is breast augmentation likely to solve any of these problems and give me an even look? Is it possible to achieve this by simply adding an implant to the smaller breast? Thank you!


Peter A. Aldea, MD
18 days ago

No. By themselves, breast implants hardly ever reach a perfect symmetry between asymmetric breasts.

In your case, not only are the breasts different in volume, but they apparently differ in shape and in location.

To reach the closest result to symmetry, you would probably need a breast augmentation with a lift. During a breast augmentation, the straight forward Right breast would be augmented to the desired size. The left breast would then be augmented with a temporary implant (SIZER) and its shape and location would be tailored based on various sizer volumes. Once your surgeon knows the best breast implant to place in the left breast, h/she would do so and then he/she would shape / lift the breast to match the right as much as possible.

http://www.cosmeticsurgeryspecialists.org/breastsurgery/breastliftandbreastreduction.html

Good Luck.

Peter A Aldea, MD

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