Cosmetic surgeon reveals perfect breast dimensions
A cosmetic surgeon has carried out extensive research to reveal the perfect breast dimensions.
Consultant Plastic Surgeon at University College London and the Royal Free Hospitals, Patrick Mallucci, studied 100 glamour models appearing in The Sun newspaper over the course of three months.
He has now revealed the 'ideal female proportions' in his study entitled 'Concepts In Aesthetic Breast Dimensions: Analysis Of The Ideal Breast.'
“For 30 years The Sun has been putting a picture of a topless girl on Page 3 every day, making it one of the paper’s most enduringly popular features. The fundamental rule is that for a girl to make it on to Page 3, she must have entirely natural breasts," said Mallucci.
“It made me question what it is that makes readers find these breasts appealing to the eye, and whether there is a common theme between them that might define that.”
The cosmetic surgeon used computer measuring tools to analyse the proportions of each model's breasts, finding that they all shared four common factors.
Amongst the dimensions analysed included the angle at which the nipple pointed and the expanse of skin on the upper and lower parts of the breast around the nipple.
“The study revealed that in all cases the nipple ‘‘meridian’’ – the horizontal line drawn at the level of the nipple – lay at a point where, on average, the proportion of the breast above it represented 45 per cent of overall volume of the breast and below it 55 per cent," he told News.com.au.
“In the majority of cases the upper pole was either straight or concave, and the nipple was pointing skywards at an average angle of 20 degrees. In all cases the breasts demonstrated a tight convex lower pole – a neat but voluminous curve."
The study will allow women to spell out to cosmetic surgeons the exact dimensions they want to achieve from their breast enhancement surgery.
“Now we can show women images to highlight shape and form that will actually give them what they want,' Mr Mallucci added.
