Reconstructive Science Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
J Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2022 Feb;56(1):30-37. doi: 10.1080/2000656X.2021.1908313. Epub 2021 Apr 11.
Researchers have long tried to search for the 'perfect' aesthetic outcome of breast surgery. Although lots of anthropometric studies have been done, there is no consensus when dealing with harmony, abstract, and proportion that make up for its ideal shape. This study was convened a survey to find the most perfect breast shape by assessing the upper pole contour and upper pole to lower pole ratio (UP:LP) preference among the Malays, Chinese, and Indians races. Hundred thirty-five individuals partook in this survey. Most of the participants generally preferred a more convex shape of upper pole contour with the Malay (50%) and Indian (35.7%) favored a more convex shape while the Chinese preferred it to be just slightly convex (42.8%). Single unmarried individuals (64.7%) significantly preferred a more convex upper pole contour ( = 0.018). The UP:LP ratio of 45:55 ( = 0.002) was the most significantly preferred proportion (37.8%) which largely comprised of the Chinese (51%), followed by Indian (21.6%) and Malay (19.6%). With these findings, using a controlled perception-preference method is a more preferred choice when describing an ideal breast shape as compare to an anthropometric measurement that might be less accurate. Therefore, breast and plastic surgeons alike need to look beyond the anthropometric numbers and should consider the other 'abstract' aesthetic shape which difficult to measure including the upper pole breast that has more convexity and the UP:LP ratio of 45:55 which showed to be the most aesthetically perfect form as agreed in the current works of literature.
研究人员长期以来一直试图寻找乳房手术的“完美”美学效果。尽管已经进行了大量的人体测量学研究，但在涉及构成其理想形状的和谐、抽象和比例时，仍未达成共识。本研究通过评估马来人、华人和印度人种族的上极轮廓和上极与下极比例（UP：LP）偏好，进行了一项调查以找到最完美的乳房形状。共有 135 人参与了这项调查。大多数参与者普遍更喜欢更凸的上极轮廓形状，马来人（50%）和印度人（35.7%）更喜欢更凸的形状，而中国人则更喜欢稍微凸一点（42.8%）。单身未婚者（64.7%）明显更喜欢更凸的上极轮廓（ = 0.018）。45:55（ = 0.002）的 UP:LP 比例是最受青睐的比例（37.8%），其中大部分是中国人（51%），其次是印度人（21.6%）和马来人（19.6%）。有了这些发现，与可能不太准确的人体测量相比，使用受控感知偏好方法来描述理想的乳房形状是一种更受欢迎的选择。因此，乳房和整形外科医生不仅需要超越人体测量学数字，还应考虑其他难以衡量的“抽象”美学形状，包括更凸的上极乳房和 UP:LP 比例为 45:55，这是目前文献中一致认为最具美学完美的形式。
