Breast Augmentation Bras: the New You and the New Bras

Breast enhancement is one easy way to obtain immediate gratification to improve your self-confidence and image. Breast augmentation recovery involves the importance of resting, taking medication, not lifting weights or exercising, use of compression garment, and then a good bra. However, many people may not understand the importance of finding a bra that fits properly and gives you the correct amount of support.

Advantages to the Right Post Breast Surgery Bra

The right after breast augmentation bra does not only reduces swelling, but positions the breasts correctly on the chest, shortens recovery time, improves blood circulation, and helps to flush potentially harming body fluid to help maintain beautiful breasts. Alternatively, if you are not wearing suitable garment, you may end up with a backache, thinning skin on your breasts, and or sagging breast, and no women wants that!

Breast Augmentation Recovery Garments

Your bra size and type will vary throughout the healing process. In the beginning of recovery, you want to ensure you have the best support possible with the littlest amount of pain. Your plastic surgeon will advise compression garment. Compression garments assist in minimizing the throbbing sensation, discomfort, and pain. After your first week or so of breast augmentation surgery, another type of support garment may be suggested by your plastic surgeon and the final suggestion might be a sports bra. Sport bras firmly hold the breasts in place providing comfort, with a little less support then a compression garment, but still just enough. Soon enough you will be ready for a no under wire bra with less reinforcement.

Bra Selection for Breast Augmentation Patients

Selecting the right bra is not always the easiest thing to do after a breast augmentation. However, it is possible. There are many factors that can help you in finding the bra that best fits your new breast augmentation look. When deciding on the right bra, you want to keep in mind not only the band and cup size determine if it is appropriate for you, but also the location of your breasts as they sit in the cup and how they are positioned. Additionally, bras with under wire are not to be worn any sooner then six weeks after your procedure and then on are only to be worn on occasion.

Steps to Finding a Breast Augmentation Bra

First, you want to calculate your band size. Your band size should not have changed following breast augmentation unless your swelling has not fully subsided and or you have gained weight during your recovery. The band size, also known as the back size or frame size, is measured in inches in the United States and centimeters in other countries. In order to determine an approximate band size you will need to measure your ribcage, which is located underneath your breasts.  Make sure the measuring tap is horizontally and tightly wrapped around your ribcage. Next, you will take this number of inches and add a 4 if it is even and if the number of inches is odd add a 5 (i.e. Mary’s number of inches around her ribcage measured 32. She will add 4 inches, which will put her at a 36 band size). You should always fasten your bra in the last setting because with wear the bra band will stretch and when it does you will be able to fasten the band on a setting further in, which will provide the same comfort and support.

On to the next step; establish a cup size for your breast implants. To do this, you will take a tailor measuring tape and position it in the center of the nipple, the fullest part of the breast. Then, horizontally extend the measuring tap around your chest to your back. Finally, you will subtract your cup size inches from your calculated band size inches. Once you have that number look to the chart below to determine which cup size you are (i.e. Mary’s band size is 36 and her cup size is 40, this means Mary is a C Cup).

0 – ½

AA Cup

½-1

A Cup

1-2 ½

B Cup

2 ½ - 3 ½

C Cup

3 ½ - 4 ½

D Cup

4 ½ - 6

DD Cup

6–7

DDD Cup or F Cup

7-8

G Cup

8-9

GG Cup

9-10

H Cup

10-11

HH Cup

11-12

J Cup

12-13

JJ Cup

Now that you have estimated your bra size based off the above formulas you are ready to start exploring. Keep in mind, if you are shortening the length of the bra straps or the bra band is not level with the front band, the bra doesn’t fit properly. In addition, if your breasts appear excessively busty or if your nipples are showing you may need a bigger cup size or a different style cup. 

Cosmetic Surgeons always recommend to their patients who have had a breast augmentation to wear a bra throughout the day and while sleeping. This will give you and maintain the best results for stunning breasts.

Related Topics: Breast Augmentation, Breast Implants, Breast Implant Incisions, Breast Revision Surgery. For a complimentary consultation about breast augmentation or breast surgery with Dr. Blau, go to http:www.cosmetic-md.com.