J Korean Soc Plast Reconstr Surg.  2010 May;37(3):256-258.

Predicting the Degree of Breast Size in Augmentation with Cohesive Gel Implant

• Lee JH
• Seo JW
• Lee PK
• Oh DY
• Rhie JW
• Ahn ST

Abstract

PURPOSE
Predicting the change in breast size for a specific patient's need is a challenging problem in breast augmentation. We intended to investigate the post-augmentation degree of breast size according to the size of cohesive silicone gel implant.
METHODS
To predict post-augmentation breast size, we measured 100 patients' pre-and postoperative 3 month's bust circumference. All patients were performed by total subfascial breast augmentation with moderate profile cohesive silicone gel implant through areolar omega (transareolar-perinipple) incision.
RESULTS
According to this study, each additional one pair of 100mL in implant size yielded an approximate 1.5cm increase in bust circumference(p=0.006).
CONCLUSION
From this result, we conclude that each additional one pair of 100mL in implant volume yielded about 1.5cm increase in bust circumference. Although this result may not be applied to every patient, we believe that it yields a practical chart that can help to predict the amount of increase in breast size with the use of cohesive silicone gel implant of a specific size preoperatively.

Keyword

Breast augmentation; Cohesive silicone gel implant; Breast size change

MeSH Terms

Breast
Humans
Silicone Gels
Silicone Gels