![]() A pretty, cleavage enhancing, Victoria’s Secret bra may only hold half the volume calculated above. The real answer: Subjectively: It depends. The simple answer: Objectively: When we do the math using the most commonly used US system of bra measurement, a 34C cup is 480ccs. As it was so eloquently put by a presenter at the ASAPS annual meeting, “If a patient wants a guarantee for a specific cup size, I tell her I can, if I get to buy the bra.” So How Many CCs Are There In A C-Cup?īra sizing can be frustrating and confusing, and this is why it is hard to promise a certain cup size after Breast Augmentation. ![]() For example, the cup volume of a 34C is 25% larger than that for a 32C and 23% smaller than that for a 36C. Since is takes more volume to increase an inch around a larger chest, cup volumes increase, for a given letter size, as the band size increases. Again, there are variations, some countries use 2 cm and others may use 3 cm. When measuring around the breasts, each increase of one inch equals and increase in one cup size. Measurements are made around and below the bust for bra fittings. Other countries simply use the closest even number, so it is important to know the method of sizing. In the US, the measurement is made in inches, and then 4 or 5 is added to this to get to an even number. The measurement under the breasts, the size of the chest without including the breasts, determines the band size. Cup Volumes And Band SizeĬup volumes are also dependent in band size. There is no industry standard for bra sizing, so if you wear a 34C from company A, a 34C from company B may not fit. This brand specific sizing, and often style specific sizing, leads to further confusion over what a C-cup really represents. It is no secret that if you wear a C-cup in VS, you likely wear a B-cup in other mainstream bra manufacturers like Warner’s and Bali. To add to the confusion, boutiques that tailor their products to younger/thinner women tend to inflate the cup size for a given volume. I think it’s an extension of the saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill.” In this case, the hill is a C-cup. Oprah Winfrey had an entire show dedicated to this, so it must be true. Women with smaller breast tend to wear bras which are too large, and women with larger breast tend to wear bras which are too small. Why Women Wear the Wrong Size Braīra researchers have studied what size bras women wear and have documented through the years that most women do not wear the size bra for which they measure. On the other hand, we wear what is comfortable. ![]() She had a loyal following, because she could find the right size for each customer and each manufacturer, and she confirmed that most women wear the wrong bra size. She fitted women for bras, and even for prosthetics after a mastectomy. Magnin’s in Walnut Creek until the day it closed. It is estimated that 75-80% of women wear the “wrong” bra size. It depends on each patients experience, body shape and even the brand of the bra worn. If plastic surgery were 100% objective, this would be great however, even though we can measure and calculate volumes with great precision, what exactly a C-cup represents is subjective. SubjectiveĪt the latest American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon (ASAPS) meeting, a company was offering a high-tech laser scanner that can be used to measure the exact contours of a patient’s body. At least they should not be, but this segues nicely in the subjective side of the C-cup. Additionally, the actual volume will be less than calculated, because breasts are not perfect hemispheres. The downside is that even this simplified equation is hard to relate to for most people. The beauty of mathematics is that there is a defined answer. Measuring the base width of the breast gives us the radius, and via the equation the volume. The upside to using an equation is that equations are 100% objective. In other words, if you double the radius of the breast, this will increase the volume eight-fold. The volume of the breast is directly related to its radius cubed. ![]() The equation above is the approximate volume of a breast, given its radius (r). If you are still reading this, I will explain. Please explain how this equation answers the question,”How many ccs are there in a C-cup?” Post-Bariatric Surgery (After Weight Loss) Fillers (Restylane Juvederm Perlane Radiesse) ![]()
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