High Profile Vs. Moderate Plus Saline Breast Implants

I cannot decide whether to get high profile saline breast implants or moderate plus. I am a thin girl with broad shoulders. I like the high volume look but don't like to have them look too round and far apart. Any suggestions?

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High Profile Vs. Moderate Plus Saline Breast Implants

In very thin patients, I am not a fan of the shape of the HP implants. Therefore, I will advise filling the MP+ to the upper ranges to take advantage of the rippling diminishing tendencies without the overprojected round look

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Implant choices

To size you up for implants takes a physical exam and discussion of your goals. Everyone carries the volume a bit differently and the bras do not always correlate to the volume. the moderate plus are a bit wider on a sme vovlume comparison to the hps.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

High profile and moderate plus profile breast implants

I agree with Dr. Rand that breast implants are sized by the width of the breast wherever that is and do not make the breasts further apart or closer together. I would also agree that even properly sized, properly positioned (below the pectoralis muscle), and properly filled, they will still feel ripply on the outer side of the breast and underneath where the muscle doesn't cover (in thin coverage patients). The main point that I'd like to make, though, is that high... more

How to pick breast implants.

How to pick breast implant sizes and shapes. Answer by George J. Beraka, MD Manhattan Plastic Surgeon 1) This is the most common type of question on RealSelf. 2) It is the surgeon's job to pick the right breast implants, not the patient's. Implant selection is really pretty technical. 3) Make sure your surgeon REALLY understands the look you want. Mentioning a cup size is not enough. Show your surgeon pictures of breasts you like. 4) Then your surgeon has to... more

Picking the implant profile depends upon the breast width and desired size

There are several different schools of thought on this, but the method I use along with many others is to first have the patient select the size (volume) they want by trying samples on in a bra. Wew then determine what implant size is needed to create this same look, since they typically would look a bit smaller implanted than when externally in a bra. Once we know that, we then find which implant at that size has the correct base diameter, which is how you avoid the unnatural separation... more

HP vs Mod plus saline implants

Several points here. First, "too far apart" comes from the wrong base width of the implant, not whether they are HP or Mod plus. Second, in a thin girl, saline will for sure be wrinkly and ripply laterally even under the muscle. The HP salines look bigger and rounder than HP gels at least in Mentor implants so be sure that the HP "look" you like is from saline vs gel.