How to Determine the Best Implant Size at Home
After the decision to get breast implant surgery, the next most important decision you will make is how big you want your new breasts to be. Do you go Dolly-size and make the most of the surgery opportunity to get a new and completely different figure, or do you just go a little bigger, but keep it natural? There are physical factors to take into account as well (for example, your body must be able to comfortably carry the weight and move around the projection of your new breasts), and your breast implant surgery doctor will guide you through those and offer their opinion. Today we are looking at some aspects of the breast implant sizing equation, and how you can determine how big you want to go.
Using photographs
Start by researching the internet to find a woman similar build to yourself, with a breast size that you would like to have. See if you can find several different angles to bring to your breast implant surgery doctor. This shouldn’t be difficult – if there’s one thing the internet has no shortage of, it is pictures of breast! You should also bring photographs of yourself without clothing on your breasts, both in profile and front-on, to help your surgeon gauge the size that will best suit you.
Factors that go into the decision
It isn’t wishes along that go into your breast implant sizing decision – your doctor has to consider various physical factors and how they will interact with your new breasts. These include:
- The shape of your chest
- The size of your ribs
- The current shape and dimensions of your breasts, including volume and width
- Pregnancy history – women who have been pregnant are more likely to have enough spare skin to be ‘filled up’ with an implant. Your pregnancy history may affect the way the breast implant surgery is done, also.
- Sternal depth
- Height and weight
How to tell what size will be best for you
Unfortunately breast implants don’t come from the manufacturer labelled ‘Pamela Anderson’, ‘Jenna Jameson’, ‘Reese Witherspoon’, etc. They come marked with volumes, which can be difficult to translate mentally to a picture of how your new breasts will actually look and feel. Here is a common breast implant sizing method for determining what volume will suit you.
- Grab some pantyhose and rice or bird seed, a measuring cup that indicates volume in cubic centimetres, and an unpadded bra
- Fill the pantyhose with around a cup of rice, loosely packed to allow movement. Tie a loose knot in the top to stop it spilling.
- Repeat with the same volume on the other breast
- Or, if your are having breast implant surgery to correct an unevenness in size, adjust the size to what looks natural to you.
- Wear the stocking and rice setup for at least a few hours – a couple of days will actually be best.
- Bring the pantyhose still filled with rice and the bra to your breast implant surgery initial consultation.
Sources:
http://www.cosmeticsurgeryint.com.au/breast-implant-sydney/breast-augmentation-sizing.php
http://www.implantforum.com/size.html
http://www.babycenter.com/0_breastfeeding-after-breast-augmentation-implants_8680.bc
