Smaller Cup Size with Losing Weight After Breast Implants? Doctor Answers, Tips
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Smaller Cup Size with Losing Weight After Breast Implants?

I recently got breast implants which made me go from a B cup to a D cup. If I plan to lose about 20 lbs, will my cup size drop more than a C cup, considering I have silicone 375cc?

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3 Doctor Answers | Asked by nygal in ny
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What has happend to your breast size with weight loss in the past?

 Weight loss effects the breast in different ways depending on the proportion of breast tissue to fat in your breast.  This may be a function of your age and genes. i would speculate that in most patients a 20 pound weight loss would not decrease you more than a "cup size".
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Difficult to answer this question

It is very difficult to answer this question because every woman is different. Your breast is made up of some percentage of fat and some percentage of glandular tissue. Typically, as women age, more of the breast is made of fat and less gland. If you were to lose weight, you would lose some of the fatty component, but not the gland. Furthermore, some women tend to lose fat in their breasts with weight loss, whereas other women tend to lose weight preferentially elsewhere. You may have... more
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Weight loss may change cup size

Hello,  Weight loss after breast implant surgery can change the size of the breasts. The breasts will lose some weight, but that of course varies quite a bit between women. There is no good way to determine how much you might lose in your bust except by "trial and error."

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