I’m booked in for my breast augmentation in 2 weeks time. I am still unsure as to whether I went high profile or ultra high? My main concerns with my breasts are a) the wide gap (which I know there isn’t much that can be done to correct that) and b) the emptyness/sagging at the top of my breasts so which would give me the most fullest looking cleavage? Thanks
September 13, 2018
Answer: Breast augmentation Hello and thank you for your question. You are a great candidate for a breast augmentation. You have a wide chest wall. It will be important to select an implant which will fill out the diameter of your chest wall and breasts. Ultra high and high profile have smaller diameters than for example moderate profile plus. The size, profile, and shape of the implant is based on your desired breast size/shape, your chest wall measurements, and soft tissue quality. This decision should be based on a detailed discussion with equal input from both you and your surgeon. Best wishes and good luck. Richard G. Reish, M.D. FACS Harvard-trained plastic surgeon
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September 13, 2018
Answer: Breast augmentation Hello and thank you for your question. You are a great candidate for a breast augmentation. You have a wide chest wall. It will be important to select an implant which will fill out the diameter of your chest wall and breasts. Ultra high and high profile have smaller diameters than for example moderate profile plus. The size, profile, and shape of the implant is based on your desired breast size/shape, your chest wall measurements, and soft tissue quality. This decision should be based on a detailed discussion with equal input from both you and your surgeon. Best wishes and good luck. Richard G. Reish, M.D. FACS Harvard-trained plastic surgeon
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September 13, 2018
Answer: Thank you for your questions. As some of my colleagues have already suggested, your best answers are going to come from further discussion with your plastic surgeon, which I would encourage you to have as long as you remain uncertain. Your role should not be to decide if you need a high profile or ultra high profile implant. It is not quite as simple as that in terms of achieving the "best cleavage". Allow me to suggest that you want the best possible overall outcome, not necessarily the best cleavage, or the largest breasts. Aesthetics play an important role and your sense of aesthetics needs to align with that of your plastic surgeon's. but the single most important mode of communication between you and your plastic surgeon is the use of images of what you consider to be your ideal or favorite. You are correct that there are certain anatomic limitations based on your own starting anatomy, but you would be surprised how much can indeed be accomplished with a well planned and expertly performed breast augmentation. The "fullness" of your breasts can be accomplished with many different implant sizes. The secret to a successful outcome is a happy patient, and this is most likely to be accomplished with adequate communication between the patient and her surgeon. As a rule, the greater your projection, the narrower the base width or diameter of your implants, which means that your breasts can still look far apart, yet be highly projecting. This generally results in a very fake look, which most women wish to avoid. Yet words like "natural" and "proportionate" and "pretty" and "sexy" can mean different things to different people. Again, photographs are far more objective than language, which can be very subjective. Best of luck to you.
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September 13, 2018
Answer: Thank you for your questions. As some of my colleagues have already suggested, your best answers are going to come from further discussion with your plastic surgeon, which I would encourage you to have as long as you remain uncertain. Your role should not be to decide if you need a high profile or ultra high profile implant. It is not quite as simple as that in terms of achieving the "best cleavage". Allow me to suggest that you want the best possible overall outcome, not necessarily the best cleavage, or the largest breasts. Aesthetics play an important role and your sense of aesthetics needs to align with that of your plastic surgeon's. but the single most important mode of communication between you and your plastic surgeon is the use of images of what you consider to be your ideal or favorite. You are correct that there are certain anatomic limitations based on your own starting anatomy, but you would be surprised how much can indeed be accomplished with a well planned and expertly performed breast augmentation. The "fullness" of your breasts can be accomplished with many different implant sizes. The secret to a successful outcome is a happy patient, and this is most likely to be accomplished with adequate communication between the patient and her surgeon. As a rule, the greater your projection, the narrower the base width or diameter of your implants, which means that your breasts can still look far apart, yet be highly projecting. This generally results in a very fake look, which most women wish to avoid. Yet words like "natural" and "proportionate" and "pretty" and "sexy" can mean different things to different people. Again, photographs are far more objective than language, which can be very subjective. Best of luck to you.
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