How to Approach Your Breast Sizing For Your New Implants

Do not focus on the exact implant size! Instead, put the sizer implant in a bra and see how it looks on you…

Everything depends on how you look with the given style and shape and size of your implants. The “high profile” implants should be tried and compared with the other styles. Do not look at the “before and after” pictures, as they are irrelevant. Examine how you feel with the different looks and the different implants. Take home the sizer implants if possible and try them on with different bras (Dr. Yoho’s office offers this). Your surgeon will help you with what’s reasonable for your body style, chest size and breast characteristics. Listen carefully to all the information available at the office; there are important aesthetic and health issues involved.

Dr. Yoho likes under-the-muscle implants for many cases in which the patient has substantial breast tissue. These often look absolutely fabulous right after the procedure, and can’t get “hung up” under the muscle and “ride high.” When the breasts aren’t too saggy, inserting the implants through the armpit is a very nice approach which can give very satisfying results. With the “under the muscle” approach, however, you do risk eventual implant displacement and movement, and the procedure requires eliminating the lower part of the chest or “pectoralis” muscle during the surgery. But if there’s very little breast tissue, the implant should generally go under the muscle, using the “through the belly button technique” which works nicely for many patients. These are all big decisions to make, and the patient should read as much as she can and learn as much as possible from the surgeon in order to obtain the best result.