Seattle Plastic Surgeon Discusses the Wide Variety of Breast Size and Shape.
I saw a patient recently that brought this cartoon to mind. She was requesting breast surgery and knew just what she wanted to look like; like a playboy centerfold. The problem was that she was over 50, a little overweight, and a lot saggy. I had to tell her in the nicest possible way that there was no way I could make her look 20 something, nulliparous (meaning not having given birth), naturally gorgeous and, to top it off, airbrushed! We plastic surgeons call this “deflation of expectations”. I have a jillion before and after photos of patients I have operated on and I arrange them by age and by body mass index. When I see a patient for surgery, I show them examples of patients who resemble them, not some idealized nymph. If I don’t do this little reality check, I can be assured that the patient will be unhappy with their outcome and unhappy with me and behind every unhappy plastic surgery patient is an unhappy plastic surgeon.
@lisalynnsowder
