Breast implant that is right for you

Dr Laith Barnouti

Plastic Surgeon, FRACS(Plas)

A Brazilian, a tear drop or a round implant

Contemporary concepts of female beauty and femininity necessitate that the breast be aesthetically pleasing in all situations of dress and undress. For different women this can mean different things.

With modern advances in plastic surgery, breast size is a matter of personal choice. Now, women who dream of a curvier, fuller figure can increase their breast sizes and improve their shape. However, what makes an excellent breast augmentation different from the obvious boob job. The aim is to produce a natural result by choosing the right implant that suits your chest dimensions

producing breasts that don’t look augmented, but rather completely natural.

An excellent breast augmentation should look natural, feel real and have a natural shape. There should be natural cleavage, without webbing between the breasts and a certain amount of perkiness.

Some considerations that make for a desirable breast augmentation include: place of incision, what type of implant to use, placement of the implant, texture of the implant, size of the implant, thickness of your breast tissue, presence of sagginess, asymmetry and desired breast width, height and projection.

Shapes of implants

Implants can be round, teardrop-shaped or combination of the above two what is also known as “natural enhance” Brazilian implants.

Round Brazilian implants are disc-shaped and exhibit equal fullness in all 4 quadrants of the breast. Refer to patient 1

Teardrop implants (also called anatomic implants) exhibit reduced fullness in the upper pole of the breast and increase fullness in the lower half of the breast.

These implants are narrower than rounded implants at the superior and inferior poles. Refer to patient 2

Brazilian natural enhance implants are tear drop implants that are round in shape (the height and width of the implants are equivalent). Refer to patient 3

Each implant can be further classified into low-, medium-, and high-profile. A low-profile implant has a broader base and lower height when viewed on a table next to a high-profile implant of comparable volume (a medium-profile implant has base and height dimensions in between the two).