It all depends on your baseline body and breast size and your desired appearance. A consultation with a plastic surgeon along with your accumulation of "likes" and "dislikes" (photos of patient examples from online that you can share with your surgeon to give him or her a good idea of your desires and expectations) will be very helpful to sort out what size is just right for you.

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This is the MOST COMMON question! First, find a surgeon whom you have confidence in and then the best thing to do is communicate with your surgeon. I ask my patients to bring in pictures of breast sizes that they like and even dislike. I review these photos with the patient and discuss if it is reasonable with their body type, size,etc.. I take these photos to the operating room with me and when the patients is on the operating room table, I use temporary sizers to view how different cc's look on the patient. I sit the patient up on the operating room several times and compare them with the photos that they have chosen. When I see that I have achieved the patient's goals, I remove the temporary sizers and put in the implants. There is no guess work. This procedure takes more time BUT gives more exact results.
Best wishes.
Tom Pousti MD
www.PoustiPlasticSurgery.com
619-466-8851

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It is very difficult without assessing you in person to know what implant size will be a good size for you. Keep in mind that implant size selection not only depends on your personal preference, but it also depends on your unique measurements. A thorough consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon will allow you to communicate what your desired result is and will inform you as to what is possible to achieve your goals. We have a device called the Vectra 3D imaging system that shows you what you will look like with any implant. Our patients are very happy with the choice of implant they make when using this system.

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Thank you for your question.

It is very difficult to make any recommendation with regards to the most appropriate implant size for a patient in the absence of a physical exam and discussion of a patients specific cosmetic goals. It is important to take a patients pre-operative breast/chest anatomy into great consideration (breast base width, distance between nipple-areolar complex and inframammary breast crease, etc...) as well as the amount of native breast tissue that a patient currently possesses.

To help define the type of cosmetic result that a patient is hoping to achieve, I offer my patients physical implant sizing (using a sports bra and sample breast implants) and 3-D breast imaging, using the Vectra imaging system.

If you have not done so already, please consider scheduling a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon who is well-experienced in cosmetic breast augmentation procedures. At the time of your consultation, your candidacy can be best determined and you can discuss the most appropriate breast implant type and size for your body frame and the result that you are hoping to achieve. I hope you find this helpful and I wish you all of the best!

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I am going to need a bit more information in order to best answer a question like this. Things such as your current breast size, your desired breast size, and if you have any "sag" to your breasts. The best answer lies in you going in for a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon. There, you can go over all your wishes, as well as have an examination, and then have a thorough discussion about what size implant would be best for you, and all the different options that are involved in that decision. There is no one "best" option or size. Realize that going in for a consultation does not mean a commitment to surgery, you are just going in for information. You can also visit with several surgeons to make sure you have the right doctor and the right plan. Hope this helps.

J. Wethe, MD

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We would need to see you, but 300cc to 375c depending what size YOU want.

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This is a question which only you and your plastic surgeon can answer together with his/her guidance. Without knowing what size breasts you have now, or seeing pictures, or knowing what your goals are with having surgery, etc., it would be impossible to offer you advice. My suggestion is to seek out an experienced board-certified plastic surgeon who has performed a large number of breast augmentations and breast lifts (in case you may be a candidate due to breast sag resulting from pregnancy/breast feeding). Best of Luck, Dr. Cruise

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The proper size is determined by you and your doctor. I have used sizes from very small to XL on my patients. I sit down with them (or Facetime/Skype them if they're out of the area) and talk about what they want to achieve. I tell them the choices they have available, and together we plan their procedure - incisions, below or on top of the muscle.

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Height and weight (and current bra cup size) are irrelevant to determine an 'appropriate' size. You will need to be examined to determine your anatomic capacity - the most important determinant of your maximum implant volume. Determining your aesthetic goal is most simply and logically done by sizing with an unpadded bra in the mirror using sizers. Go visit a few ABPS certified/ASAPS member surgeons in your area.

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The best way to figure that out is to have the base width of your breasts measured and they pick out a profile of implant that matches that base width. We use medium, high and ultra high profiles. As the profile increases, so does the roundness. Cup sizes vary from store to store, so a cup size can never be promised.

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Great question. There are many factors that go into finding an appropriate size for each patient. Based off how much breast tissue you are starting with, and what size you wish to achieve, your surgeon should be able to help guide you to an implant size. Many offices either have an implant sizing appointment for their breast augmentation patients, or they use imaging technology to find a size that you prefer.

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