In general, silicone breast implants feel most like youthful breast tissue, firm, but yielding. Saline breast implants are the next most natural feeling. Some people will tell you they feel like water balloons, but that's not quite right.
With your final results in place, if you have saline implants, your breasts will likely feel firmer than they did before the procedure. Breasts with silicone implants will still feel a bit firmer than natural breast tissue, but they will have a suppleness that often isn't present with saline implants.
Implant Volume
Implants are measured in volume, cubic centimetres (cc), rather than the cup size. A smaller breast implant can range from 150 to 200cc. The most popular sized implant is 300 to 350cc. A large implant is anything over 400cc.
Another common concern about breast implants is that they will feel excessively heavy. Because an implant does add volume and weight to the breasts, it often takes several weeks or months to adjust to your new figure. However, Dr.
Silicone implants require a larger incision and cannot be adjusted after placement. On the other hand, silicone implants look and feel more natural, even when placed above the muscles of the chest, and are unlikely to ripple, wrinkle, bisect, or otherwise become aesthetically impacted.
Some men will say that they notice no difference, while others may claim that the implants feel a bit different and unnatural. There is no definitive answer when it comes to wondering if breast implants feel real for men or not. Instead, it will depend on the individual and their own experiences.
After surgery, the most common size of breasts is a small to large C cup, with average implants measuring between 350 and 500cc.
Over time, your breast tissue will soften and make the implants look and feel normal. In rare cases, the breasts may not heal together. One may feel softer than the other. If this continues six months after the procedure, visit your plastic surgeon.
There's no need to be alarmed – this phenomenon is completely normal and expected. Over time, your breast implants will gradually soften and settle, looking and feeling more like your natural breast tissue.
It's common for patients to be able to feel their implants, especially at the base, especially if the muscle isn't covering them at the bottom. They won't completely blend in with the rest of the tissues. However, when the implants are placed properly, it will be difficult to feel anything.
Typically, the most common breast implant size ranges between 300cc and 500cc. 400cc tends to be the single most common implant. 300cc to 360cc size implants are typically enough to give women a fuller shape without significantly altering their frame.
When our participants were asked what their ideal breast size would be, the C cup was considered the most popular, with 39% choosing it above other sizes.
Real breasts are shaped more like pears — fuller at the bottom — than like melons. Many implants have an even distribution of silicon. There are typically four places that plastic surgeons use for access. Scars can be seen above the belly button, under the breasts, around the nipples or the armpits.
When implants are too big, the skin on and around the breasts may become overstretched, resulting in a saggy, droopy appearance. The breasts may widen and move apart from one another or appear asymmetrical.
At a month most patients can resume most exercise except heavy lifting. At six weeks, patients are generally completely healed and can resume all exercises. After breast augmentation, especially with implants under the muscle, I recommend patients try to avoid strenuous chest exercise such as push ups.
This capsule, made of primarily of collagen, can contain some scar tissue which, over time, may harden and squeeze the implant. This condition, known as capsular contracture, can produce discomfort and can alter the appearance of your breasts.
After surgery, the implants tend to ride hide and appear small due to the patient's skin tightness in the area. There is tightness because the implants increase dimension to breast tissue causing the skin to compress the implant's shape and size.
Your First Week after Augmentation
You will see very little side or bottom rounding of the breasts, often looking square, with little outward projection and minimal bottom fullness. Have no fear! This is all normal.
Conversely, silicone implants are silicone shells filled with a cohesive silicone substance that mimics the feel of your natural breast tissue. They feel more like natural breasts to the touch. It should not be a big surprise then that most plastic surgeons no longer use saline implants.
Over time, the swelling resolves, the tissues loosen up, and the shape of the implant starts to exert itself on the overlying tissues. As a result, the implants settle into a lower, more aesthetically pleasing position on the chest. They appear softer and rounder, and they look larger and closer together.
Breasts will most often feel soft and supple after breast augmentation. Unless you have significant capsular contracture, your breast implants will likely feel just natural to you. Most patients report that the sense of actually having implants tends to vanish after a few months, and they become just part of you.
Typically, it is not advised to go above 450 to 500 cc when choosing breast implants, but in a larger patient, implants above 500 cc might be necessary to achieve a more distinct difference. If you are someone who is very physically active, you might want to consider implants on the smaller side.
Small vs Large Implants
However, one factor that will not impact the cost of an implant is its size. The implant manufacturers charge a flat rate for a pair of breast implants. So a pair of C cup implants will cost the same as a pair of D cups.
Your breast implants may appear to be bigger or fuller once they've dropped to a lower, more natural-looking position on your chest and "fluffed" into a rounder and softer shape. Changes in the size or shape of your new breasts after augmentation can also occur as swelling and tightness subside.