• Too much fat in breast
• Too much gland
• Too much skin
• Various degrees of drooping or sagging

• Asymmetry (sides not even)
• Different lengths
• Deferent widths
• Different size areola

• 515 grams left breast
• 520 grams right breast

• 346 grams left breast
• 516 grams right breast

Large breasts in obese female
5 feet tall, weighed 200 pounds, and wore 46DDD bra

Skin - good tone

Breast tissue removed:

• 870 grams left breast
• 920 grams right breast

Large breasts with good skin tone
5 feet 3 inch tall and weighed 155 pounds and wore 40DD bra.

Skin - fair tone and somewhat stretched

Breast tissue removed:

• 430 grams left breast
• 450 grams right breast

Young Teenager Large breasts with good skin tone
5 feet 3 1/2 inches tall and weighed 117 pounds and wore 33F bra. She had a tiny body with disproportionately massive breasts.

Skin - good tone but very stretched

Breast tissue removed:

• 510 grams left breast
• 480 grams right breast

Gigantomastia with severe drooping
5 feet 8 inch tall and weighed 321 pounds and wore 54DD bra (the true chest diameter was 44" making her bra size off the scale).

Skin - badly stretched and massive

Breast tissue removed:

• 3943 grams left breast
• 4453 grams right breast

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