Dr. Robert Whitfield explains that a patient's own breast tissue naturally thickens and can increase in cup size over time. He argues clinicians should focus on what autologous reconstruction can restore rather than what implants might provide, shifting how patients think about their options.
Your baseline obviously is your own tissue. Your own tissue is really going to change over time. Typically, when we're younger, we're thinner. And then as we age, I've had patients and my nurse practitioners talk about it a lot. People seemingly gain a cup size over time sometimes. So when a woman asks, what will I look like? She's often picturing the implant as the norm. And everything else as a loss. The better question is not what you lose when a device comes out. The better question is what can we restore with your own tissue and what can we not restore?
