Breast type gallery / glossary / index

Female breasts appear in all sorts of shapes, sizes and feature variations. This breast gallery, glossary and index is dedicated to all different breasts around the world. Regular, unique or even sometimes a bit weird... In fact, there are well over four thousand differently defines breast types! And in this breast type gallery we list them all for you. What is your breast type?

As there are so many, we've divided this overcomplete glossary of breasts into four seperate segments:

• Minimal to small sized breasts ( Cup 0, cup A and cup B)
• Regular sized breasts (cup C)
• Large sized breast types (cup D)
• Extra large sized breasts (Cup DD (or E), F & G)
• Unevenly sized breasts

Breast cup (bra) sizes
In theory, there an unlimited number of breast cup sizes possible, and in common practice we can define 19 band sizes * 13 cup sizes = 247 different breast sizes, and although those at the far ends such as 26K or 50A do not occur a lot, the possibility is still there. Sizing tables are far from universal though, and when buying a bra you may find yourself buying a DDD bra of one brand that is E with another brand and still exactly the same size. We hold on to the middle route and will accept the usage of double lettered bra cup sizes, for example for women who can't comfortably fit in either D or E they should go for size DD etc.

The difference between each breast cup size is one inch, which is an overall global standard. Starting at 0-inch for AA, 1-inch fort A, 2-inch for B, 3-inch for C, etc. The difference between your band measurement (all around at armpit height) and full-breast measurement (WITH bra, measured over the fullest part of your bust) maked up your breast / bra cup size. If you measure an uneven number for your band size, add 1 to get the correct market-standard band size.

All specific breasts sizes, where we could find examples, are given their own gallery:

0 inch diff	26AA	28AA	30AA	32AA	34AA	36AA	38AA	40AA	42AA	44AA	46AA	48AA	50AA
1 inch diff	26A	28A	30A	32A	34A	36A	38A	40A	42A	44A	46A	48A	50A
2 inch diff	26BB	28B	30B	32B	34B	36B	38B	40B	42B	44B	46B	48B	50B
3 inch diff	26C	28C	30C	32C	34C	36C	38C	40C	42C	44C	46C	48C	50C
4 inch diff	26D	28D	30D	32D	34D	36D	38D	40D	42D	44D	46D	48D	50D
5 inch diff	26DD	28DD	30DD	32DD	34DD	36DD	38DD	40DD	42DD	44DD	46DD	48DD	50DD
6 inch diff	26E	28E	30E	32E	34E	36E	38E	40E	42E	44E	46E	48E	50E
7 inch diff	26EE	28EE	30EE	32EE	34EE	36EE	38EE	40EE	42EE	44EE	46EE	48EE	50EE
8 inch diff	26F	28F	30F	32F	34F	36F	38F	40F	42F	44F	46F	48F	50F
9 inch diff	26FF	28FF	30FF	32FF	34FF	36FF	38FF	40FF	42FF	44FF	46FF	48FF	50FF
10 inch diff	26G	28G	30G	32 G	34G	36G	38G	40G	42G	44G	46G	48G	50G
11 inch diff	26GG	28GG	30GG	32GG	34GG	36GG	38GG	40GG	42GG	44GG	46GG	48GG	50GG
12 inch diff	26H	28H	30H	32H	34H	36H	38H	40H	42H	44H	46H	48H	50H
13 inch diff	26HH	28HH	30HH	32HH	34HH	36HH	38HH	40HH	42HH	44HH	46HH	48HH	50HH
14 inch diff	26I	28I	30I	32I	34I	36I	38I	40I	42I	44I	46I	48I	50I
15 inch diff	26II	28II	30II	32II	34II	36II	38II	40II	42II	44II	46II	48II	50II
16 inch diff	26J	28J	30J	32J	34J	36J	38J	40J	42J	44J	46J	48J	50J
17 inch diff	26JJ	28JJ	30JJ	32JJ	34JJ	36JJ	38JJ	40JJ	42JJ	44JJ	46JJ	48JJ	50JJ
18 inch diff	26K	28K	30K	32K	34K	36K	38K	40K	42K	44K	46K	48K	50K

And the following chart show breast sister sizes according to volume and the difference between underbust and bust measurement. You can save this chart and keep it as reference whenever you need to choose an alternative bra cup size.



Breast fullness: How full is your cup?

The female breasts have a certain fullness we can determine. These are not actual breast types but breast characteristics that are only part of the breast type. For instance, elliptical breasts are fuller at the bottom while shallow on the top section, while fuller on the sides as well as the insides.

The "quad boobs" problem
 of full breasts; bra spill-over

Full as a whole

These breasts are equally full all throughout and are usually round in shape. Women with full breasts most often suffer from so called quad boobs, and even with correctly fitted bra they usually get "spill overs" due to the bra cutting off part of the breast tissue half-way. If you have this, you can best wear a (French) demi-cut bra (also known as demi style or half-cup bras) with a low cut. This bra minimizes the quad boob effect. You may also want to consider a balconette bra which is characterized by a square neckline, falling at mid-breast height. Another option is to go for a Kewi bra, a recently developed, highly engineered type of bra. Absolutely do not wear bras that tend to cut through the fullest part of your breasts or a bra that has a tight seam at the top.

Regular fullness as a wholeShallow as a wholeIf your breast tissue (often less then normal) is spread out over a larger then regular portion of your chest, then you have shallow breasts. Although shallow breasts are most often seen in women with smaller breast sizes (usually up to cup C) it may occasionally occur in larger sized breast cups.

Full on the sidesBreasts with the fullness concentrated in the outer areas (sides) of the breasts, towards the armpits. You will benefit from wearing a plunge bra that is more tight at the sides, pushing your breasts slightly to the insides or a bra that has a similar effect, supporting your breasts from the outside towards the inside.

Regular fullness on the sides

Shallow on the sides 

Full on the insides

Regular fullness on the insides

Shallow on the insides

Full on the bottom

Regular fullness on the bpottom

Shallow on the bottom

Full on the top

Regular fullness on the top

Shallow on the top

Reduced projection / minimized breast tissueThose women who have breasts with reduced projection, or minimized breast tissue have a regular breast base circumference but no matching (less) breast tissue, so that the bra cup is not filled entirely. For instance, the breast base may be perfectly fitting inside a D-cup bra, yet the actual breasts themselves do not have enough fatty tissue inside to completely fill the bra cup. Choosing a smaller cup size, C, will not be adequate since the underwires do not match the breasts base. For these women it is advised to wear minimizer bras or bras with stretch fabric. You may also opt for  breast enhancers which can properly fill the empty spaces inside your bra. In more serious cases you might also want to consider breast enlargement.

Breast firmness

• Firm all around
• Regular firmness all around
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  Saggy all around (pendulous breasts)
  Sagging boobs are a very common thing and are usually the result of age, breast weight, wearing a bra too often (yes, wearing a bra makes your boobs go saggy) and the tissue inside of your breasts naturally being or becoming softer and the skin of your breasts stretching over time (especially after a child).
  

  

  Balcony bra

  Which bra best to use for saggy breasts?
  Wear either a full-cup bra, a "3-part cup balcony bra" or a 3-quarter cup bra for the best support and looks. Never ever wear a half-cup bra, as this will give you a hogh risk of (part) of your breast(s) to suddenly fall out of your bra, especially when you lean forward. This also counts for plunge bras, which have a fairly open center >>> not smart! And remember... wearing a bra too often, especially at night, makes your breasts hang earlier, faster and more. Unless you have cup size D or larger, try not to wear a bra for more then 8 hours a day or even better less then that.

Breast shapes

• Ellipse shaped breasts
  Breasts that are ellipse shaped are more wide then high when observed from the front-view. They often look like "rolls" whereby the upper breast part has no or little tissue and the breast often runs from the middle all the way to the side.
• Tubular shaped breastsThese breasts have generally less breast-tissue (breastmeat) and are long and thin in shape. Mostly, breasts of this type are cup size C and below, but there are however some women with larger boob size who also share the tube shape breast type. The difference between tubular and pointy breasts is that tube shaped breasts are generally more saggy, less developed and a narrow base.
  Which bras are best to wear on tubular breatsts?You should best choose a bra that has thinner bands / wires and projected cups.
• Pear shaped breastsThese boobs are fuller on the lower part then at the upper part, representing more or less a pear-shape. This may be difficult to recognize from the front, yet from the side-view there is a distinctive difference noticeable between upper and lower breast sections.
  Which bra should I wear with pear shaped breasts?For women with pear shaped breasts the best bra to use is either a molded cup bra, a padded bra or a padded top / dress.

• Pointed breasts (cone / conical / bullet shaped breasts or torpedo tits)This breast type sticks out more then usual and they usually have a sloping shape from top to bottom. This type of breasts is sometimes closely related to ellipse shaped breasts and banana boobs.
  Which bra to wear for pointy breasts?A molded cup bra will vastly reduce unwanted nipple exposure and will round-out the shape of your boobs. Padded bras can also enhance the rounder shaping of your breasts while you may also want to consider a padded push-up bra.

Narrow rooted and wide rooted breasts
This is a certain variation that cannot be seen from just looking at your breasts and is not directly (yet indirectly) linked to breast size, breast shape or which kind of bra you should wear.  Whether you have wide or narrow (or regular rooted breasts is determined by how far inside your breast is rooted in your body. See the picture on the right to understand what we mean.


Also see: Bra types