Will High Profile Implants Give "Natural-looking" Breasts?

I am 5'4" 125lbs, 31" ribcage, 34C (wanting atleast a DD) and my breast measures 13cm wide. I told my PS I wanted large, very nice looking (not high and ball-looking) breasts. He told me he will use a smooth, round, high profile, 500cc silicone implant and it will look "very nice" with a "nice downward slope". Everywhere on the internet says that high profiles don't give a really nice natural look, and that moderate profiles do. Will high profiles give me large, full, and natural-looking breasts with nice cleavage?

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C cup 5 ft 4 in to 5 ft 7 in 500-549cc 110-129 lbs high profile natural

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52 Doctor Answers | Asked by masterfenrir in San Marcos, TX, US

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High profile implants look better in larger sizes

It all depends on the size. High profile implants look better in the larger sizes and moderate profile implants look better in smaller sizes. I usually reccomend high profile starting around 400 to 420cc. In a 500cc implant, I would almost certainly go with high profile. Otherwise, they look too wide and flat.

Depends where you live...

Practicing in Southern California, many of my patients desire the look of high profile implants. The response to your question depends significantly on what you consider "natural". Many would argue that a DD cup size on a 125lb patient can not be "natural". In my office we consider this look the "California Natural". "Natural" is when their is not a sharply defined, round appearance to the upper breast (It does not look like two balls). Given your... more

Unlikely a natural breast augmentation result

I don't want to disappoint you but I would argue that at your relatively small frame you will not look natural with a 500 cc implant. My decision of implant profile is simple. The appropriate implant diameter for your body/ chest is chosen and the profile depends on the desired implant volume. Assuming the appropriate implant diameter is 13 cm for you (which would be wide for most 5'4"/ 125 lb patients) then at 500 cc you will be in a high profile implant. However, you will not... more

It needs to match your body

There are a number of factors that sometimes are mutually exclusive when choosing the right profile. The first thing to consider is what the base diamter of the breast is, because the implant has to fit inside without being squeezed in. The second decision is volume, in other words how large do you want the implants to be? Combining these two considerations is what gives you the correct profile type. The high-profile designs will not have as "natural" of a slope as moderate profile... more

High profile implants

Based upon the measurements you have provided, I would agree with your plastic surgeon in that high profile implants are a good choice. High profile implants do not necessarily give you a result that looks unnatural. Really, these implants provide more projection and less width than the moderate profile implants. A 500 cc high profile implant is 13.0 cm wide. A moderate profile implant (492cc) is 14 cm wide. If you used this moderate profile implant, it is... more

Natural Breast Augmentation

Not to sound like a broken record as it looks like a majority of the surgeons answering this question I agree with...namely, High profile implants were manufactured for one reason, to provide projection off the chest wall....therefore a more unnatural or "fake" look. Many patients desire this type of result (see answer from Southern Cal MD), however, your measurements and a request for a more natural look are pretty much what I see in my practice everyday. I use Moderate Profile... more

Try sizers and review your surgeon's results

Having trained in Chicago and practiced in Toronto and now Southern California, I've realized people's views on what looks natural vary geographically. The average implant size patients want increases as you move to the south or southwest. Sit down with your surgeon and try different sizers in a flexible 34D bra (jogging bras often work well and will stretch to a DD). Wear a t-shirt over the bra, and see what size looks good to you. Remeber that sizers look a little bigger in your bra than... more

You want to be too big!

To masterfenrir, You probably don't want to hear this,but with the anatomy that you describe, there is no way that you are going to look natural with 500 cc implants. High profile implants have a narrower base, and this is why your surgeon wants to use them, because they are the only 500 cc implants that will fit at all on your chest. They do say things are different in Texas, but I think you can trust me: you can be a double D or you can look natural, but not both. High profile implants... more

Can High Profile Implants Give A "Natural Look"?

It depends! Almost everyone requesting breast augmentation wants a "natural look," yet different women have very different ideas and mean very different things when they use the term "natural." High profile implants may be the best fit for a large augmentation to avoid excessive lateral fullness. The implants do produce a rounder fuller breast shape as the name suggests and as a picture of the implant clearly shows. You will not get as gradual... more

High profile implants are very nice for the right patient

High profile implants are very nice for the right patient. High profile implants have a narrower base with more forward projection. Depending on the body dimensions of my patient, I may elect to use a high profile implant. Realize, high profile, does not necessarily mean big and fake. High profile implants come as small as 120 cc's or as large as 800 cc's. Many factors determine whether someone may have a fake or natural look.