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Re-op from 230cc Moderate PLUS to 275 Moderate Profile - Aesthetic Difference?

I am having a re-op to fix crease scars, & have a MODERATE increase from 1.5 yr BA. Have 225 Mod Plus f/t 230. My breasts are very round & have alot of upper pole fullness. I would like to switch profiles to a Mod profile (250 f/t 275cc) PS wants me to stay with the PLUS profile (I can fit into a Mod). Wont that make the undesirable shape more pronounced? Desire natural, less upper pole, and more fullness on the bottom. What aesthetic difference can I expect to see in terms of shape & size?

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Breast Implant Sizing

Yes you are increasing the volume of the implant. BUT, you are also changing the shape---going from a more projecting implant to a less projecting implant. Do you feel that the implants "point" too much? Do you feel that the width of the implant is too small? DIscuss these issues with your plastic surgeon. For the most part, I use high profile implants. Rarely have I heard the patient complain that their implants/breasts "point"... more

Jonathan Berman, MD

Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon

www.drberman.com

Breast implant sizing

The more breast surgery I do the more I realize that there is no correlation between the size of implant and resulting cup size. This may have to do with several factors including: the amount of breast volume the patient starts with, the shape of the patient's chest wall (concave or convex), the type and model of breast implant selected (saiine/silicone and low/moderate/high profile), bra manufacturer variance in cup sizes, the degree of filling of the... more

Shape of breast with change in profile and size and fill

It appears that in a thin individual the potential for rippling (visible or palapble) increases with a low fill moderate profile when compared to a fully filled moderate plus profile.

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The size difference in the implants is not very much and although you may notice a slight difference. What it sounds like is that you are simply unhappy with the shape of the device, not so much the size. There are a couple of issues that could be at play. Reasons for too much upper pole fullness range from implant shape, to inadequate lower pole skin/pocket, to capsular contracture. Assuming it is truly an implant shape issue, a moderate profile device would give you less projection.... more

David Bogue, MD

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Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

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Proper placement needed for more inferior fill (lower fullness)

Generally speaking, when you are changing the implant size roughly 50cc’s the aesthetic difference is not great. Without photos it is hard to determine but you describe excess superior fill and inadequate inferior fill. This could be the result of placement of the prosthesis being a bit too high, without adequate release and lowering of the inframammary fold to the proper nipple to inframammary fold distance. A 230cc prosthesis is not terribly large and in general, if properly... more

Setting yourself up for disappointment?

Assuming you are average height and weight, going from a fill volume of 230 to 275cc will be unlikely to produce a noticeable difference clinically. I am concerned that you might be disappointed by the lack of change. Also of concern, by planning to change your implants from a mod plus to moderate profile, you are making the assumption that the 'roundness' is strictly due to the implant profile. The cause of your 'roundness' should... more

230cc Moderate PLUS to 275 Moderate Profile - Aesthetic Difference

You did not post any photos so MY guess is you are only increasing the volume by 45 cc's - NOT much. And changing diameter to a wider measurement with slightly less projection is OK But I would not recommend. NEED A PHOTO From MIAMI DR. Darryl J. Blinski, 305 598 0091

Implant choices

A moderate plus implant has more projection than amoderate for the same amount of fluid. You will have less projection with the moderate implant.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Little difference in moderate to plus profiles

Changing breast implants for a 50cc increase is a very small difference, and we feel that you will not find much of a difference between a moderate and a moderate plus profile. To complete revision of your augmentation after just a year and half for such a small change, if any, does not seem worth the risk or effort. Unless the upper roundness is due to a capsule or a poorly positioned implant which will be improved by revision, I would wait out surgery until the implants need replacing.... more

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