Breast Augmentation with Ideal Implants – Patient 330

A medical professional in her late 20’s who describes herself as a 36 B cup.  She describes herself as a “tomboy” and “athletic body” in high school and college.  She has been attending a lot of weddings and does not feel “feminine” and would like to have breasts that are fuller but still natural in appearance.  She is shown before and again, just 6 weeks after the placement of Ideal Structured Saline Implants in a partial sub-pectoral ( “under the muscle” position through an infra-mammary ( at the breast fold) incision.

Discussion:

She  is petite at 5’ 1 ½” and 126 lbs.  She viewed photos in the office and wanted an absolutely natural appearance without any implant roundness or superior bulging ( “superior pole convexity)  He nipple to fold distance on stretch is 7 ½ cm and her breast base width is 11.4 cm.  With the Ideal implant, which is curved to fit on the curved surface of the chest wall and not flat as with most  other implants, we typically add 3 mm to the base so an 11.1 cm base or less will “fit” but not be wider than her existing breast and not give an overly round or “implant” look So the Ideal implant 270-305 is 10.6 cm( remember to add 3 mm for an equivalent diameter of 10.9 cm0  at the base when filled to 305.  She could have considered the next size up which is 300-340 and 10.8 cm at the base ( equivalent of 11.2 cm) but this was much too large to her in the office during a sizing appointment.  So We used the 270-305.  The back lumen or chamber  is filled to 165 ml and the front or outer lumen is filled to 105 ml and with the empty implant volume of 35 ml gives a total implant volume of 305 ml

At 6 weeks she is already thrilled with her result- we can expect the breasts  to continue to soften in appearance as the tissues stretch to accommodate the implant over the next few months and appear even more natural.