Pechter E A
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, Valencia, USA.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998 Sep;102(4):1259-65. doi: 10.1097/00006534-199809040-00056.
The current popular system of determining bra size is inaccurate so often as to be useless. Add to this the many different styles of bras and the lack of standardization between brands, and one can see why finding a comfortable, well-fitting bra is more a matter of educated guesswork, trial, and error than of precise measurements. An improved method of determining cup size by directly measuring the circumference of the breast is presented in this paper. If adopted commercially, this simple method could reduce dramatically the number of women said to be wearing the "wrong-sized bra." The technique has also been found to be an accurate predictor of postoperative breast size in augmentation and reduction surgery, and thus offers plastic surgeons an opportunity to better meet the expectations of women undergoing these procedures.
当前流行的确定胸罩尺寸的系统常常不准确到毫无用处。再加上胸罩的多种不同款式以及品牌之间缺乏标准化，就不难理解为什么找到一款舒适、合身的胸罩更多是靠有根据的猜测、尝试和试错，而非精确测量。本文提出了一种通过直接测量乳房周长来确定罩杯尺寸的改进方法。如果在商业上采用这种简单方法，据说可以大幅减少穿“尺寸不合适胸罩”的女性数量。该技术还被发现是隆乳和缩乳手术中术后乳房大小的准确预测指标，因此为整形外科医生提供了一个更好地满足接受这些手术的女性期望的机会。
