I'm still trying to figure out my size and shape (34:7 or 34:8), and I'm looking forward to ... trying more outside-the-Matrix sizes and seeing what a difference that a proper/better fit can make!

I'm not sure if I have narrow, average, or wide roots. I'm thinking although my body is very wide, my roots may be more narrow-to-average width, partly due to VenusianGlow's excellent pictorial resources (is it ok to link? http://www.venusianglow.com/2013/07/nsfw-pictures-of-breasts-with-broad.html), and also due to the fit of a Claudette Dessous 34F (hot pink trim with purple colorway) which is supposedly narrow, yet encompassed all my tissue on the sides. That reminds me, I need to enter measurements for that one next. Also need to work up courage to get pics, as images have been SO helpful, and I want to help others too.

Here's what I'm bringing to the table: bra calculators say I'm 34F/FF. I had mildly tuberous breasts before surgery, probably was a shallow 34B (currently have 'gummy bear' anatomically shaped implants - had to replace the original saline rounds from Dec. 1995 as a slow leak occurred from tissue growing into the valve!) and now I'm pretty conical unless cold/retraction occurs, when I get more of a rounded shape. I have very firm tissue (always been like that, even pre-surgery), extremely broad shoulders, a large ribcage, breasts about an inch apart, and I'm extremely full on top. The shape of the anatomical implants, in addition to surgical technique of radial scoring, assisted in filling in the bottom of my breasts, as they were very constricted due to my tuberous-ness. It did help quite a lot, but I'm still extremely full on top, and I'm pretty sure I need bras with room for immediate projection at the wire.

This may sound strange to some, but I was so happy once gravity and time worked their magic over the past few years to give me a bit more 'hang'! I still can't hold a pencil underneath my breasts (unless I hunch over), but I do have a bit more fullness toward the bottom, which to me makes me feel more womanly.

Since I was a little girl, I was hoping to develop breasts that could be described as fairly pendulous. I always thought that was the most feminine and pretty looking shape, no matter the size, I just wanted that type of look. After puberty I ended up with super pointy triangles, overly puffy areola, and not a hint of what I considered to be a beautiful drape/hang/womanly shape that I always hoped to develop. I didn't look like any of my female relatives, or even like any of my friends. It took until I was researching doctors for my 2nd surgery in 2005 to realize that my breasts were not merely conical, not simply small, but "tuberous", which is considered to be a congenital abnormality. Isn't that a lovely thing to read about oneself? /s



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