Hello. I am looking to get a breast augmentation and want to go large with the highest profile I can. I like the augmented look. My base width is 14cm and I have lots of tissue but I am older (thinner skin) and have had a previous implants (375cc moderate profile) then removed at which time I got a lift. My question is how close to your base width do doctors like to stay? Is it within 1cm? Because I see with some implants that would mean I would need to go EXTREMELY large (high cc) to get my base with and I worry about added complications that would bring as well as physical looks. I want big but not CRAZY large!
August 1, 2025
Answer: Breast augmentation/base width Thank you for your question. I have been in practice for over 30 years and breast surgery and revision breast surgery is a large portion of my practice. I have never felt that breast with measurements were really that helpful. In fact, I recently wrote a an editorial in our journal regarding wide chest walls with narrow breast implant obtaining optimal results. Very often, I will place an Ultrahigh profile implant that may be 2 or even 3 cm more narrow than the chest width and have an excellent result. Do not get trapped with the breast width dictating the implant size. You can have an ultra high-profile look without going to big, for sure. Best wishes to you.
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August 1, 2025
Answer: Breast augmentation/base width Thank you for your question. I have been in practice for over 30 years and breast surgery and revision breast surgery is a large portion of my practice. I have never felt that breast with measurements were really that helpful. In fact, I recently wrote a an editorial in our journal regarding wide chest walls with narrow breast implant obtaining optimal results. Very often, I will place an Ultrahigh profile implant that may be 2 or even 3 cm more narrow than the chest width and have an excellent result. Do not get trapped with the breast width dictating the implant size. You can have an ultra high-profile look without going to big, for sure. Best wishes to you.
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July 31, 2025
Answer: Choosing the right size and profile breast implants for you After I measure and discuss goals with my patients, we then look at pictures of women (my patients) with similar measurements with different size breast implants. They also get to see what they would look like when the breasts have fully dropped and fluffed and in clothes. You get to see actual results and the surgeon' s experience and not a virtual idea of what can be achieved. Women tell me that this process is very helpful in determining what is right for them. Dr. Ted Eisenberg, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Author. RealSelf Distinguished Hall of Fame Inductee. Philadelphia, Pa., USA
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July 31, 2025
Answer: Choosing the right size and profile breast implants for you After I measure and discuss goals with my patients, we then look at pictures of women (my patients) with similar measurements with different size breast implants. They also get to see what they would look like when the breasts have fully dropped and fluffed and in clothes. You get to see actual results and the surgeon' s experience and not a virtual idea of what can be achieved. Women tell me that this process is very helpful in determining what is right for them. Dr. Ted Eisenberg, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Author. RealSelf Distinguished Hall of Fame Inductee. Philadelphia, Pa., USA
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