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Last week when I did a Q&A session on www.implantinfo.com , I missed a very important follow up question to the Rice Test comment that I made, I am sorry that I can’t tell at this point who posted it, so I am posting my response to you all. The biggest problem I have with planning breast augmentation surgeries using things like the Rice Test, sizers, photos of others or cup size is that none of those methods take into account the actual breast envelope you are going to operate on. Respecting your breast tissue is the key to a natural result, that hopefully, will age gracefully with you and cause you the least risk of reoperation long term. The only way to know how much each breast envelope will hold is to measure it. Now a measurement, is not a measurement is not a measurement. You have to not only measure the breast but apply the measurments to a formula that tells you the volume the breast will hold. This is the High Five System that Dr. John Tebbetts published in our national journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. This system basically gives the surgeon a formula to figure out the empty area of the inside of your breast envelope. When you know this number, it allows you to simply fill the empty space – end result – - you only BETTER! You look fantastic and everyone has to wonder why you look so good – - not whisper behind your back “Boob job!”. A key concept is that a properly chosen breast implant does not force tissues to where they have never been or were never inteded to go. An optimum implant either optimally fills the space present or stretches tissues no further than they are likely to stretch with a pregnancy. If you don’t put enough in a breast, it is empty in the upper portion, if you put too much then it begins to buldge in the upper portion (looking more and more like a grapefruit). So there really isn’t a RANGE of sizes for each breast – if the result you are after is one of Ideal Fill or a natural appearing breast. There is a really good illustration of this on page 69 in The Best Breast 2 book – it is also available on our homepage at www.thebestbreast.com under articles. About the Author: Terrye Tebbetts is one of the most knowledgeable women in the world about breast implants, with 27 years of experience educating patients and 11 years as a patient herself. For more information about breast implants or breast augmentation Dallas surgeons, please visit www.thebestbreast.com.
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