One Size Bigger on One Breast for Addressing Asymmetry?

asked 3 years ago by vivelina in Somerville, MA
Latest answer by George J. Beraka, MD
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I'm 2 weeks post-op and the healing process is going great.I started out with my right breast slightly smaller than my left. My PS and I discussed sizes and ended up with 325cc Mentor Silicone moderate profile in both breasts. My only regret is that we didn't go a size up on the right to make both even. Her comment to me before surgery was that I already had a small one, why not keeep them both looking natural. Could I have made them even by going up a size on the right breast? Thanks in advance for your response.

5 answers to One Size Bigger on One Breast for Addressing Asymmetry?

Correcting breast asymmetry with different size implants

Thanks for your question - Typically as part of breast augmentation asymmetry and techniques to correct it are discussed. Everyone has some degree of uneveness between the two breasts. Things that can correct this asymmetry during breast augmentation include: 1. Different sized implants 2. Different shaped implants 3. Different positioning of the implants 4. Different shaped pockets for the implant Your surgeon may have used these techniques to try to balance out your asymmetry. At... more

Steven H. Williams, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

Breast asymmetry can be corrected with different size breast implants.

Hi. Silicone breast implants come in 25 cc increments. So that if the difference in size in your natural breasts is less than 25 cc's, your surgeon did the right thing.

George J. Beraka, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Correcting asymmetry

Asymmetry is not always easy to correct, and sometimes trying to accomplish this feat backfires a bit when implants of different shape are placed. Saline implants are a bit easier to adjust in terms of volume discrepancies.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Too early to tell asymmetry after breast implants

At two weeks out, it is very hard to tell if anything you are experiencing is a result of swelling or anatomy. You really should wait for at least 3 months to make a determination. Slight breast asymmetry is best left alone since it is very difficult to make the breasts look very symmetric. We are all born with some degree of asymmetry and that is what makes us all unique. Larger asymmetries should be discussed preoperatively and attempts can be made to address them during the surgical... more

Sirish Maddali, MD
Portland Plastic Surgeon

Asymmetry and breast augmentation

Virtually all breasts have some degree of asymmetry more or less. An augmentation can actually magnify those asymmetries especially if they are in nipple position, height or orientation. If the creases under the breasts are asymmetric, the result will magnify these differences if not corrected at surgery. Bony chest wall asymmetries are a problem because that is the platform the implants sit on. Volume differences may be easier to correct if everything else about the breasts is... more

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

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