PC48. Public Perception of Ideal Breast Shape

Abstract

PURPOSE: The authors aimed to quantify public perception of the attraction to breast shape by measuring public opinion for various esthetic elements of breast anatomy, and linking this to various demographic factors. METHODS: Survey responses were collected from 1,000 users of Amazon Mechanical Turk to collect demographic data as well as ask users to rank preferences for randomized image panels of breast proportions. Responses were collected and analyzed to find the overall ideal breast proportions. RESULTS: In total, 1000 responses were collected, with 960 being used for analysis. Overall, a majority of respondents were male (60%), with a plurality belonging to the age group of 25-34 years old (49.3%). The most notable preference between all groups was upper pole height to lower pole height, with 49.1% of people preferring the 65:35 ratio. Breast width to shoulder width also had a strong preference with 105% being the preferred percentage, and the 25-34 age group having a very strong preference for this. Contrary to a previous study analyzing Asian breast preference, overall a nipple projection ratio of 1.2 was preferred slightly more than 1.0. CONCLUSION: The authors used a crowdsourcing survey technique with randomized image panels to analyze ideal breast preference using images of various anatomical traits of the female breast. It was concluded that crowdsourcing can be a favorable technique to learning ideal overall preferences for specific anatomy.