Breast Augmentation Before and After Patient Gallery

Understanding Breast Augmentation Before and After Results

Looking at breast augmentation before and after photographs can help you understand the range of changes that may be possible following breast enlargement surgery. They can be particularly useful when thinking about breast volume, projection, proportions and the type of result you would feel comfortable discussing with a surgeon.

The London Private Hospital patient gallery includes breast augmentation results using a range of implant volumes and profiles, with photographs taken at different stages of recovery. Current examples include implants ranging from approximately 325cc to 500cc, as well as submuscular and subglandular placements in selected cases.

Every result shown belongs to an individual patient. Your natural breast tissue, chest width, skin quality, existing asymmetry, implant choice and healing can all affect the outcome. Before and after photographs should therefore be used as a guide rather than as a guarantee of what surgery could achieve for you.

Breast Augmentation Before and After Patient Gallery

Our gallery allows you to view a variety of breast augmentation before and after results from patients who have undergone surgery.

The current gallery contains examples photographed at different points after surgery, including approximately one week, eight or nine weeks, three months, four months and six months post-operatively. This is useful because breast appearance continues to change during recovery as swelling reduces and the tissues settle.

When looking through the photographs, it can help to consider the patient’s starting breast shape as well as the final result. Two people choosing implants of a similar volume can have noticeably different outcomes because their natural anatomy is different.

What Can You Learn From Breast Enlargement Before and After Photos?

Before and after photographs can provide a useful visual reference, but they are most helpful when viewed in context.

You may be able to see differences in:

• overall breast volume
• projection from the chest
• upper and lower breast fullness
• breast proportions
• differences between the breasts
• how results appear at various stages of recovery

Rather than searching for one result that you want to reproduce exactly, consider which characteristics appeal to you. You may prefer a more subtle increase, greater projection or a fuller appearance.

These preferences can then form part of your consultation discussion.

Different Implant Sizes Can Produce Different Results

The London Private Hospital gallery includes examples of several implant volumes. Current cases include breast augmentation using 325cc, 335cc, 350cc and 360cc implants, alongside examples around 390–400cc, 420cc and 500cc.

Implant volume is measured in cubic centimetres, or cc, but the number alone does not tell you how your breasts will look.

For example, the appearance of a 350cc implant on one patient may be very different from the same volume on another. The result can be influenced by:

• chest width and body proportions
• the amount of existing breast tissue
• breast shape before surgery
• skin elasticity
• implant width and projection
• implant placement
• differences between the left and right breast

This is why implant selection should be personalised rather than based only on the cc shown in a photograph.

Can Before and After Photos Help Me Choose My Implant Size?

They can help you communicate what you like, but photographs should not determine your implant size on their own.

A useful approach is to identify several results and consider what appeals to you about them. For example, you may prefer:

• a relatively subtle increase in volume
• more upper breast fullness
• greater projection
• a softer transition from the chest to the breast
• a fuller overall breast shape

It can also be useful to identify results that do not reflect your preferences.

Your surgeon can then consider these examples alongside your measurements and existing anatomy. A photograph of another patient cannot confirm that the same implant would be suitable for you.

Breast Augmentation Consultation in London

If you are considering breast augmentation, consultation gives you an opportunity to explain what you would like to change and ask questions about the available options.

Your surgeon can consider factors such as your natural breast shape, chest measurements, existing breast volume, skin and tissue characteristics, asymmetry and medical history before discussing potential implant options.

Bringing examples from a breast augmentation before and after photos gallery can be helpful because they give you a visual way to describe your preferences. However, the aim should not be to reproduce another patient’s result exactly.