Are breast implant sizers accurate?

Hi there. In my experience the mentor sizing set is very accurate. In general 25 cc is very minimal amount of volume and I would rather hedge larger than smaller but either implant type will work well. The sizers do look a little larger and so upping 25 cc is more of the look you saw in consultation for the final product. You can always size again and sometimes that helps too. Good luck!

    Sizers remain the most reasonable tool.  Adding a small amount to that sizing amount is reasonable.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

I can understand your concern with wanting to be sure to choose correctly prior to the surgery. In my practice, I have found the sizers to havevariable accuracy with my patients. It is helpful whenpatients bring pictures of what they would like to achieve to theirconsultation. It requires about 150cc to 200cc to increase breasts one toone-and-a-half cups, so 25cc is really quite small an amount, equivalent toabout a tablespoon. Because the muscle pushes down on the implant, if you arehaving breast implants under the muscle, your surgeon will likely guide you toincrease your size choice by 25cc to possibly 50cc, whereas implants over themuscle do not require this increase. The size for you is best determinedby consultation with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon.Ultimately, choose the size with which you feel most comfortable. Best wishes. Karen Singer, M.D., P.A. Harvard Graduate Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Thank you for the question.To best help you, a physical examination or picture evaluation is required in order to determine which procedures and techniques would be best for your case.Dr. Campos

Be sure to do your sizing system with a non-padded bra.In my experience most patients are able to choose a breast implant size based on using the sizers in my office.In my practice if the patient is happy with a particular size I do not recommend an additional 25 cc unless the patient is ambivalent or undecided whether to choose the next larger size of sizer.  I do not think you have to add 25 cc just because you're going below the muscle.It is true the many women after a year of having breast implants wish they gone slightly larger and my guess is that is what the nurse is thinking when she suggest an additional 25 cc.Realize that an additional 25 cc is not much volume only about a tablespoon.If you felt very comfortable and happy with a 450 cc sizer then stick with that.In my practice we use saline filled sizers during the course of the breast augmentation surgery.  My patients often ask me to make the decision which looks better 450 or 475 cc by placing that amount of saline in the sizers during surgery, and ask me to make this decision after sitting the patient up and looking at each size.