When it comes to bra and boob jobs, all you need to know, here we cover the subject of getting properly measured if you have implants.

Having an implant will affect your bra size perhaps more than you might think. You will have of course decided upon your size with your doctor, but you will need to bear in mind that implants usually make the breast wider than a natural breast. So, even if you thought you might have gone up a cup size from B to C say, it might be that following the implant, you might actually have to go to a D cup, in order to get the correct fit. And when doctors say that after the implants you will have a ‘full’ cup, this usually entails at least a half cup increase, which means you effectively have to go up a whole cup size anyway.

Remember that breast implants tend to be measured in cubic centimetres. An increase in say from 150cc to 175cc is in effect a half cup increase. So when it comes to having the correct size of bra after your implants, it is important to remember their cubic size in centimetres.

With breast implants, when it comes to measuring your bra size, it is the same as measuring for a bra without implants. You take your tape and measure horizontally around your chest directly underneath your breasts. If the tape measure gives you an odd number, you add five inches; if the tape reads an even number, you add four inches.

Discovering your cup size when you have implants, is not the same as when you don’t. So, take the measuring tape and with it running parallel to the floor (when you’re standing upright), and measure from where your breast begins at the cleavage, across the nipple, to where it ends near the armpit.

You then take both measurements and work out your cup size. For example, if your band measured 34 inches (which translated to a 29 to 30 inch ribcage) and your breast measured seven inches, the you would be a cup A size. If your ribcage measured say 38 inches (a 33 inch to 34 inch ribcage) and your breast measured 11 inches, you would be a C cup size.

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