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Need Help Asap Figuring out if I Need 210 Cc Low Profile or 240 Cc Low Profile? (photo)

I currently am a B cup with sag. I have surgery next week and am deciding between 210cc low profile silicone and 240 low. I really don't want to be too big, I just want to have much more volume in my upper pole. Since my breast width is 12.2, would the 210's that are 11.2 be enough to create volume or do I need 240 that are 11.7? Implants will be combined with a lollipop lift. I'm active, want to rock climb BUT I also want to look good in a bikini. Will 210cc fill my upper pole? I'm 5'3, 109 lb

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19 Doctor Answers | Asked by RiverGirl1212

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Hope your surgery did what you expected it to!

By now, you've already had your procedure. Hopefully you were able to discuss your concerns with your doctor but in reality, the differences in dimensions were minimal and would be difficult to appreciate if you had use one size on one side and the other size on your the other side. Probably what is most important is the effect the lift gave to your breasts. Hoping all is healing well at this point and I encourage you to talk to your surgeon if you're having any concerns... more

Curtis Wong, MD

7 reviews

Redding Plastic Surgeon

Implant Size to Fit Chest Wall

After reading the posts, I would recommend going with the implant that best fits your chest wall. However, there is very little difference in size.

Implant size

There is only a small size difference between the two implants, and I think both are reasonable and quite conservative sizes. If you are comfortable with your surgeon's judgement, you may even just leave it to him or her to make the decision during surgery. There is truly not much difference between the two. Good luck!

Lift more important than implant size or profile

You are focusing on implant size when your biggest problem is your breasts are drooping. The lollipop lift will not create upper pole fullness and will leave ugly vertical scars. The best technique for you is called Breast Augmentation with Mini Ultimate Breast Lift. Using only a circumareola incision it is possible to reshape your breast tissue to increase upper pole fullness and projection, reposition them higher and more medial to increase your cleavage. If you... more

Breast Implant size how many cc's to coose

The actual size of a breast implant, measured in cc's, is really not very descriptive of what a breast augmentation will look like, or what the cup size will be. It is all relative to the size of the breast and the size of the patient preoperatively. A tall, broad-shouldered patient with small A-cup breasts may require 450cc implants to achieve a C-cup breast volume postoperatively, while a shorter patient with medium B-cup breasts may only need a 250cc implant to achieve a C-cup breast... more

Michael Law, MD

17 reviews

Raleigh-Durham Plastic Surgeon

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Lift with implants

An exam would help or better pictures would help but based on the information you have given I think an implant in the 240 or 250 range would be better. You do appear to have glandular ptosis with at least mild nipple ptosis and the lollipop lift is a good idea! Good Luck and please seek out a board certified surgeon.

Need Help Asap Figuring out if I Need 210 Cc Low Profile or 240 Cc Low Profile?

Helping ADSAP over the internet very hard. I believe you need a larger implant and NOT the low profile. Think in 300 cc range.

30cc is not enough to stress over:)

I promise you that 30 cc won't be anything you notice after surgery--it's just such a small volume. If you want upper pole fullness, then choose the implant with the wider base width. Better yet, see if you can find a surgeon who uses Vectra 3D imaging--you'll be able to see your "after" photo before your surgery! The Vectra 3D imaging system lets you "try on" different implants and see the results during your consultation. Best wishes!

Implants

The implants are for upper pole fullness and are small enough to allow a full lollipop lift which is needed

Implant sizing with breast lift surgery

I think either implant would work - if you're looking for more upper pole volume (which a breast lift does not provide) then I would go with the larger diameter implant.

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NoMoreBoobEnvy (RealFriend) 20 Jan 2013

I personally don't think you will get the fullness you are looking for .. please feel free to look at my pics - I had breasts similar to you except yours may be a little bigger - I was a deflated B .. I was going for a D - I went with 457 ccs silicone moderate profiles - check out my stats and pics. Easily disguised - they look big in a bathing suit but in my professional work clothes or gym clothes I don't look big AT ALL! Also, ccs are different for everyone - I had a lot of extra skin from breastfeeding almost 18 yrs ago. Best money I ever spent .. LOVE them! =) Good luck!

RiverGirl1212 19 Jan 2013

I understand that many patients wish they'd gone bigger but this was not in my case. This is a picture of me after my 420cc filled to 480cc were deflated. I got them with a crescent lift 6 years ago. I never wanted to be huge but because of my breast tissue, my PS told me this was the smallest size w/o getting a full lift. Six years later, I'd sacrifice the scars for a size that fits my body, implants that fit my chest (the last set were around 14.2 where I am 12.2), a nice shape, full and perky. My PS told me it was my decision, that 210cc would make me only slightly larger than I am now. I know it's my decision, I just want to make the right choice. I've seen a lot of pictures of women who start out small, get 240cc and end up fitting into D-DD's. I'm confused as to how my PS would say that 210cc would make me only slightly larger but 240cc's seems like it could potentially make me huge. 30cc's should be that big of a difference, right? I wanted to know if the 11.2 diameter of the 210cc would fit better than the 11.7 of the 240cc when I am 12.2. That is my main question. Sorry, this thing is confusing to me.

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