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Thoughts on Public Perception of Ideal Breast Shape.

Denis Souto Valente1, Rafaela Koehler Zanella2.   

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Year:  2022        PMID: 35854875      PMCID: PMC9280520          DOI: 10.1093/asjof/ojac042

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Aesthet Surg J Open Forum        ISSN: 2631-4797


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We read with interest the article by Kelly et al in which the authors investigated the public perception of ideal breast shape using a crowdsourcing survey of 960 answers (60% male).[1] The authors used this database to “help improve patient outcomes by pairing the patients with the best possible cosmetic outcome for them.” [1] We appreciate the authors’ contribution to the growing literature on breast surgery outcomes and commend their efforts to standardize crowdsourcing as an option for learning ideal overall preferences for specific anatomy. However, an essential question of their findings was not dealt in-depth in their manuscript: Will a woman seeking breast surgery have the same aesthetic preferences as a 60% male population? In our humble opinion, the answer to this question will be no. The gender of the participants significantly influenced their esthetic judgment.[2] As suggested by Brustkern et al, “this difference might be attributable to an evolutionary, biologically sex-specific decision regarding parental investment and reproduction behavior.” [3] Generalizability, also known as external validity, is the extent to which the findings of a study can be applied to other settings.[4] It seems that a 60% male perception of ideal breast shape cannot be applied to the usual female patient searching for aesthetic breast surgery.
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1.  External validity, generalisability, applicability and directness: a brief primer.

Authors:  Mohammad H Murad; Abdulrahman Katabi; Raed Benkhadra; Victor M Montori
Journal:  BMJ Evid Based Med       Date:  2018-02

2.  The influence of education and gender on the esthetic perception of facial profile.

Authors:  Damla Torul; Mehmet Melih Omezli
Journal:  Int J Esthet Dent       Date:  2022-02-17

3.  Public Perception of Ideal Breast Shape.

Authors:  Jason D Kelly; Bryan Comstock; Orr Shauly; James M Smartt; Daniel J Gould
Journal:  Aesthet Surg J Open Forum       Date:  2021-11-26

4.  Facial threat affects trust more strongly than facial attractiveness in women than it does in men.

Authors:  Johanna Brustkern; Markus Heinrichs; Mirella Walker; Bastian Schiller
Journal:  Sci Rep       Date:  2021-11-18       Impact factor: 4.379

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