Whether it is a 270 cc, 250 or 700 cc implant - if it is not the volume your breast envelope needs to simply fill it - - you are liable to end up feeling like this lady.  Making operative planning decisions with your plastic surgeon based on your breast envelope and what it can safely handle long...

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Three years ago I had saline implants put in and developed capsular contracture in both breasts.  I had a capsulectomy on both and soon developed capsular contracture again in my right breast so I had a second capsulectomy.  It healed with quite a bit of scar tissue and w...

With the publication of The High Five Measurement System for surgeons and our How to Determine Size chapter in The Best Breast 2, and all of my various rants and raves about how important it is to measure a breast with your plastic surgeon during consultation, all of the sudden patients are askin...

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I am approx 7 months post revision surgery-my first set of implants were 450 cc mentor mod profile plus-silicone breast implants (unders). The current implants are Mentor 500 cc's high profile. One breast sits higher and appears...

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I had my BA done on 12/28 and I don't think I'm going to be happy with the size. I wanted a full C and I think I'm going to end up a med/full B. Even with the swelling right now I feel like I'm a small C and I'm assuming the swelling is going to go down even more. Am I g...

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I'm having my implants (silicone 600 cc's) replaced in the near future. I'm 5'5, 110# and started out as an AA. Right now I wear a 34C but I've got high profile implants and they look very plump and rounded on top.

I'm thinking of going down to about 325 c...

When I first got involved on the forums, all I saw was the tendency in breast augmentation for patients, for women, to keep going bigger - "bigger is better "- "once you get breast implants, you will always wish you had gone bigger so get more to begin with" - "booby greed" The attitude was " a l...

I am constantly warning women about making decisions about breast augmentation based on things that have nothing to do with their bodies or have no standard of measurement. You wouldn't believe the confusion, the disappointment that exists among women who have had or are contemplating having bre...