Thoughts on Round Vs anatomical breast implants

[rose]

Hello lady's
I want to share the informations my surgeon told me about Round Vs anatomical breast implants
I went to appointment with him to talk about breast implants the surgeon was part of gender team (the only medical team specialized in trans care in Netherlands) and he told me in his years of work with the team they did alot of breast augmentation for trans women the beginning with round implants but from his experiences with trans women he found it was the wrong thing to do and he explained to me that trans women chest and nipples position in trans women is different then cis women and the best option is anatomical texture implants to ensure the most natural results and prevent the implants from dislocation
In his words he said if I go with round implants I will have big chance of "fake ugly" breast and I will end up with either wrong position of the nipples away from each other or big gap between them or obvious edges of the round implants and advice me to have only extra high anatomical texture implants to have natural looking big breasts he said with trans patients the goal is to have the most natural good size for the breast and avoid the fake look that can give us away
I have been on hormones since 2008 but I didn't develop much of breast tissue also what he referred as "male chest anatomy" is different in most trans women than cis women
I have few friends who did the round implants and I can totally agree with what he said about the big gap between breasts and nipples position and overall "fake look" but I don't know anyone who did the anatomical breast implants
After saying that what is your opinion about the Round Vs anatomical breast implants ?

[GingerVicki]

I would have to pick anatomically correct. What is the point of getting an expensive pair of implants if they do not look good? Doctors often give good advise. I recommend a second opinion if possible.

[Lucca]

To be honest, I didn't know that there are two types of breast implants. What exactly is the point of getting, er... anatomically incorrect implants?

[GingerVicki]

To be honest, I didn't know that there are two types of breast implants. What exactly is the point of getting, er... anatomically incorrect implants?

Some women can get away with the perfect circle breast implants. I believe that people choose the fake round ones for a more youthful look. In my opinion, petite women getting something C or under it will work, but I prefer the natural look.

Also, many people view people who have the fake round look as <not allowed> toys, something I would not like. I have a personality and want to be respected.


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[MaryT]

The anatomically correct ones make sense to me too, if they are available.

[Northern Star Girl]

To be honest, I didn't know that there are two types of breast implants. What exactly is the point of getting, er... anatomically incorrect implants?

@Lucca
That is EXACTLY what I was thinking....  why would anyone desire breasts that do not look anatomically correct. 

In the magazines we have all seen women with fake looking breast implants... why would one spend money and go through surgery for something like that?   

It is their body and their money so it is certainly their decision...
... but I just don't understand it.
Danielle

[jill610]

I would strongly suggest you get multiple opinions.

Ok so I had SIX consults and every one of them, half of whom specialize in trans care said absolutely no to the shaped implants. Initially I was pretty set on the shaped implants.

Here's why.

First, anatomical is a monomer, they are teardrop shaped and designed to provide additional upper pole volume, specifically for mastectomy patients. In all women, but trans women in particular, the wide distance between the breasts is due to the under the muscle placement and the need to maintain adhesion between the muscle and the rib cage. The shaped implants require the surgeon to perfectly position them, any error in positioning will be visible through the skin and potentially look weird. The shaped implants also will not help with the cleavage (distance between boobs) because they need to sit in the pocket, and if the pockets are too close together you will end up with a uniboob as the skin/muscle loses adhesion with the rib age.

The main thing that makes implants look fake is the lack of a fold and the implant being visible through the skin (my opinion), most who did not have a lot of breast tissue will not pass the pencil test after implants regardless of how big you get. This is also true for cis women, according to my surgeon.

The nipple thing is purportedly skill of the surgeon and anatomy of the breast, according to multiple consults. My nipples post implants are where they should be and I have a finger and a half between the breasts, and they are easily squished together and flatten when I lay down. It's only been a few months but I'm past the "torpedo boobs" stage and they are settling. I did have an A before so may have some fold after but maybe not.

Of the six, only one of them recommended subglandular and his reasoning was that it would result in more drop and less distance between the breasts. He also had no experience in trans care and overall I was unimpressed.

I ended up with sub muscular textured high profile, and understand this is fairly common with women and trans women with a wider rib cage.

Good luck in your decision and make sure you do your research and are comfortable both with the surgeon and the conclusions he is leading you too.

[Lucca]

Yeah, I actually did some research after initially reading this and found that a lot of people don't recommend "anotomically correct" implants on the grounds that they don't think they look as real. So, the name's kind of confusing, implying that they're objectively more realistic than the other type when it's more subjective than that.