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It is hard to predict exact cup size. Cup size varies a lot depending on different brand and style of bras you buy. With 500cc implant, you may become C or D. I usually tell patients not to worry too much about cc volume. If you have expanders right now, you want to like the size that you have. Ask your plastic surgeon how much of fluid volume you have in the expander and go slightly larger than that. Best wishes.
Whenever I perform a tissue expander to implant reconstruction, I always ask my patients to tell me as I am filling the expander up at what point they like the volume. It is usually that volume I choose for the final implant volume and match the shape for the patients chest.
It sounds like you have a tissue expander in place. A 500 cc implant would most likely translate to about 2 cups sizes for you, possibly a small C cup for a reconstruction.
Thank you for your question. I would recommend consultation with your ob/gyn or a breast surgeon for BRCA gene testing. The unfortunate nature of this process is that only 2 genes have been discovered, BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. We who deal with this disease frequently believe...
In order to harvest tissue from the abdomen for use in breast reconstruction, the rectus abdominus ("6-pack") muscles must often be dissected. This allows the surgeon to follow the perforating blood vessels from the deep blood vessels (in this case, the Deep Inferior Epigastric artery) to the...
I find that the appearance and volume of the expander do not always match what the final appearance with the implant will be. Frequently you have to do a capsulotomy( cut the internal tissue) and this provides more room for the implant so it may look smaller. I have never seen someone of your...
