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What Factors Help a Woman Determine the Right Breast Implant Size?
Does skin elasticity, level of physical fitness, age, weight and other factors need to be considered when choosing a breast implant that my body would have the best long-term results from?
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Factors in Choosing a breast implant size
The physical characteristics that you mentioned along breast dimensions enter the decision making process for the recommended size along with the patient's objectives, lifestyle, and lifestage. Since different surgeons weigh these factors differently, recommendations can vary. Consult with 3 - 4 experienced and expert board certified plastic surgeons to review your options.
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Sizing of breast implants
Factors that need to be considered when selecting a breast implant size include:
Size of the chest wall and diameter of the breasts.
The tightness or looseness of the breasts.
Ditto for the pectoralis muscle.
Activity level of the patient.
Sports the patient enjoys.
Size and height of the patient.
Patient desire (within reason).
One thing that should not be considered include the patient's boyfriends imagination. Also forget...
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Breast Implant Size
It is important to understand that there is not a wide range of implant sizes and profiles that will look natural in each individual patient. Given your height, weight and preoperative breast profile, there really is a limited range of implants sizes and profiles that will produce a full - but natural - breast appearance. So it is important to establish from the beginning whether or not you and the surgeon that you have selected have the same aesthetic vision. One of the best ways to do this...
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The Right Breast Implant Size
The most important factors in determining the appropriate size for a breast implant are the dimensions of your breast, especially the base width of your breast. Skin elasticity plays some role in that patients with poor elasticity may be more likely to need a breast lift.
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Breast Implant Size
As you mentioned in your question, implant size must be commensurate with assessments of tissue cover, breast diameter, and chest wall width. Implant size selection has been an issue of much discussion in the literature. This is perhaps the hardest decision for me and the patient to make. Therefore, I use wide variety of methods, but the implant size is always established preoperatively. Patients are advised to bring reference photos demonstrating their...
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The factors that are important in selecting the "right" breast implant size!
The most important thing to understand is that you must accurately convey to your surgeon what your wishes are, and then let your surgeon's training, expertise, experience, and examination of your unique anatomy help him or her choose WITH YOU what implants will best fit your goals AND anatomic possibilities. This is such a common question on this site--search and read as many answers as you can that I and many of my colleagues have written, including my article about this topic on my...
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Breast implant choice
I thik you hit the nail on the head. All of those things affect the choice of the correct implant for you, and that is why a phsyical exam and discussion are so very important.
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Breast Implant Sizing
Hello,
Of the five parameters you listed in your question, only two matter when it comes to a good long term result: skin elasticity and 'other factors'. The other factors include: breast base diameter, breast tissue thickness above the nipple, the subcutaneous tissue thickness at the inframammary fold, and the distance from the lower areolar edge to the inframammary crease. Using these parameters to determine implant size, projection, and...
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Determination of the Best Breast Implant
If only i were so easy as to just write down a few factors. There are so many things that go into getting the right look and it really takes a formal consultation and exam to answer that question for each patient because the "right' answer actually may change between patients. Find a good experienced board certified plastic surgeon and he will be able to answer your questions.
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Breast implant size
Determination of the correct implant for breast augmentation is very individualized and best determined at the consultation visit. It takes into consideration the things that you mentioned and more. There are always trade offs in the decision making and these are also very individualized. In addition some plastic surgeons use more engineering and some use more artistry in making the recommendations they make. Non of us are going to do things exactly the same.
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How to Determine the Right Breast Implant Size
The factors you mentioned are useful but it is more important to consider your breast measurements and chest measurements when determining the implant size. An implant with dimensions that are too big or too small for a patient's breasts is likely to cause unnatural results.
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What Factors Help a Woman Determine the Right Breast Implant Size?
I agree with Dr. Rand. This question has been frequently asked and answered on this forum. To get an idea of the variety of opinions you may want to review the many previous answers.
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Choosing breast implants
Many many posts on RS answer this question, you might want to search them for great information. Basically, your starting point is magnified by implants, and the "right" size implant is the one with the base width that matches your chest wall, coupled with the profile of the implant to create the "look" you want.
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Choosing Right Breast Implant?
Thank you for the question.
All of the factors you have listed go into the “equation” when discussing breast implants with patients.
Much of the final “look” achieved after breast augmentation surgery depends on several factors:
1. The initial shape, size (volume of breast tissue), symmetry of the patient's breasts. In general, the better the preoperative breast appearance the more likely the breast augmentation “look” will be...
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