Breast augmentation is a popular surgery performed on thousands of women every year. While ultimately the surgeon should be consulted for correct sizing, getting an idea of the appropriate size will help identify exactly what size you will be after the surgery. Many women set out to look like a model in a magazine, or have unrealistic expectations of what the surgery will provide. Natural-looking implants require careful sizing by the surgeon and realistic expectations by the patient.
Instructions
1. Measure your breasts for width along the top of the breast along the length of the pectoral muscle. Make note of this measurement for sizing.
2. Make note of the measure from the nipple to the bottom crease of the breast, as this measurement will affect the way bras will fit appropriately.
3. Measure under your breasts along your ribcage for your band size. Round up to the nearest even number.
4. Pull on the skin in the front of the breasts to test tautness and elasticity. Only smaller implants can be placed in patients who have tighter skin. Unnatural implantation occurs in breasts with too-large implants under skin that does not stretch. Skin that stretches easily can accommodate larger implants.
5. Take your measurements to a lingerie store that provides fittings, or measure bras on the rack yourself. Measure from the center of the cup to the band to account for the nipple to crease measurement you obtained, the ribcage measurement for the band size, and the width measurement for cup size.
6. Look at several bras that are bigger than this size but within the same band size. Try them on to get an idea of how bigger sizes will look on you, and settle on a reasonable size that doesn't extend beyond your breast width measurement by more than 1 to 2 inches.
7. Take the most attractive cup size measurement with you to your surgeon. Ask about options for obtaining that size from your breast augmentation procedure. Ask about the possibility of an implant increasing to that size, and the probability of natural-looking implants.
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