36 DDD Cup Breast Reduction Size?

Hello, I am 5"4 weighing 150 pounds. I am a breast size 36 DDD, how much would 500grams of tissue leave me at?

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DDD cup 5 ft 4 in to 5 ft 7 in 150-169 lbs

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8 Doctor Answers | Asked by Misszee in Atlanta, GA

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Breast Reduction - 500 Gram Reduction in a 36 DDD

Hi Misszee, Excellent and fair question - hard to give a precise answer. In GENERAL, it's about 150-200 grams per bra cup size, but it's less at the smaller end, and more at the larger end. In other words, it's less than that to go from a AA to an A, and more from an F to a G (or the other way around). Since a DD is an E, and a DDD is also called an F, you're basically two bra cup sizes above a D. Depending on your height and weight and your frame,... more

Breast reduction

All 38dDD bras are not the same and frequently patients are wearing the wrong size bra. However 500 grams will likely reduce your breast about 2 cups sizes although every patient frame is different and without examining you this would only be an estimate

Expected removal

This is a great question and one that we face daily. Because some insurance companies use arbitrary resections for approval, the estimated volume becomes essential. In planning a reduction the first part is to figure how much breast tissue needs to be preserved so that there will be adequate blood flow to the nipple-areolar complex. Once that is determined then the resection volume can be estimated. I usually plan to removed about 1/3 of the volume in a short scar vertical reduction. It... more

Breast Reduction and Resulting Size?

Thank you for the question. Unfortunately, there is no direct correlation between the amount of tissue removed and the ultimate cup size that a patient will wear after breast reduction surgery. Before undergoing the breast reduction procedure it is very important to communicate your size goals with your surgeon. 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... more

Breast reduction

It is impossible to give an exact cup size after 500 grams reduction. However, the breasts would be smaller and the nipple position should be at or above you inframmary fold. Your chest circumference should not change, but a guess is one cup silze less. Good luck to you.

Changes in cup size after breast reduction

It is impossible to accurately predict the cup size a certain amount of reduction will give you. There are many factors that help determine the final size of the breast including the height and width of the breast base and the projection. You are probably going to be a smallish D. A better way might be to let your surgeon know what kind of cup size you would prefer to be, and he can then try to remove an appropriate amount (without any firm guarantee of course).

Anindya Lahiri, MBBS

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Birmingham Plastic Surgeon

Breast Size after 500 Gram Reduction

It is always difficult to predict an exact cup size after breast reduction or augmentation. This is, in part, due to lack of comformity of cup sizes among manufacturers. Having said that, if you are currently wearing a 36DDD bra, my best guess is that would be in the range of 36C/D with a 500 gram reduction.

Breast size after breast reduction

It is difficult to predict the cup size you will be left without seeing you. Cup size measurement is a very unreliable estimate of your actual breast size since you may not be properly fitted and also because each manufacturer has slightly different sizing. A 500 g reduction could reduce you by 1-2 cup sizes, but subsequent lift which is a part of a breast reduction may rearrange your breast tissue into a more compact breast volume and that affects the final breast cup size... more