Determining breast volume preference among patients, plastic surgeons, and laypeople: Is there a perfect breast size?

Background: The female breast comes in many different shapes and sizes. The literature remains inconclusive on the ideal breast size. This study aims to investigate and compare breast size preferences among three cohorts (patients, plastic surgeons, and laypeople) to provide a better understanding of Western European ideals.

Evaluation of anatomical and round breast implant aesthetics and preferences in Dutch young lay and plastic surgeon cohort.

Background: Literature remains inconclusive on the attractiveness and natural aspect of anatomical breast implants, and thus far, studies have failed to demonstrate the visible difference in implants that are in practice compared to those that are round. This study was undertaken to evaluate (1) whether lay and professional participants can distinguish between breasts augmented with either round or anatomical breast implants and (2) their opinion with regard to naturalness and attractiveness of these augmented breasts.

Methods: Twenty breast augmentations (10 anatomical and 10 round implants), each depicted by two postoperative pictures, were scored by 100 lay participants and 15 plastic surgeons.

[A man with a painful index finger].

A 52-year-old man presented with pain in his right index finger. No history of trauma was reported. His finger nails were dystrophic and the X-ray of the finger showed typical osteolysis of the distal phalanx of his right index finger.

The pythagorean theorem as a tool for preoperative planning of a concealed scar in augmentation mammaplasty with round implants.

The inframammary incision is the most versatile and popular approach in breast augmentation. For an optimal aesthetic result, the incision site should be chosen in such a way that the scar is carefully hidden in the (new) inframammary fold. Based on an assumption of the senior author (B.

Vertical scar versus the inverted-T scar reduction mammaplasty: a 10-year follow-up.

A retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate whether the initial outcome of two types of reduction mammaplasty techniques (vertical scar reduction mammaplasty vs. the inverted-T scar reduction mammaplasty) remains stable in the long term: Sixty-nine patients who had undergone breast reduction surgery in the period 1997-2000 at the Department of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at the Medical Center of Leeuwarden were willing and able to participate in this study. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the degree of patient satisfaction.