Stabilizer Band: Does It Make a Difference? (photo)

In choosing implant size, the base width diameter is important. Patients do not want a large gap between the breasts and do want breast width proportional to their body size. In general it looks nice to have an implant width within a centimeter of your base width diameter (width of your natural...

Every patient experience is different.  Usually, by about 3-6 months patients stop noticing their implants.  Having said that, if you have very large implants or if they are palpable or have visible rippling you are less likely to forget about their presence.  Saline implants are...

I'm not sure that you really understand how the surgery is performed. If you leave a wound open to heal on its own, it will heal with a scar with poor cosmesis. It will also take a long time to heal, not to mention be quite painful. The healing process would also involve skin contraction that...

Far more important than the technique is the skill and experience of your plastic surgeon. Choose your surgeon rather than the technique and let them explain why one technique may be better than another. See the below link on some suggestions on finding the most qualified Plastic Surgeon for a...

If a woman wears a size 36 AB bra and would like to be a C cup, which is the average size that women wear and the average size bra that is sold, she needs a volume of approximately 350 to 390 cc to make that change. This becomes less if she's wearing a 34 bra, because it has a smaller strap size...

Unfortunately, you have not provided any photographs or told us your bra size.  A 450 or 500 cc implant is quite large.  This may not even fit under your muscle.  Implants this large often dislocate inferiorly and laterally.  I recommend patients undergo the smallest implant...