(02-07-2015, 12:51 PM)Bonecracker Wrote: [ -> ]A more realistic bit of maths would estimate that her breasts weigh approximately 30 lbs in total at their heaviest (these are real, not implants which weight more) and her entire body weight is around 150 lbs. Making her 20% boobs. That's pretty amazing considering the average D-cup weighs 3 lbs.
Bone,
After reading your post I simply began to search online via Google. First, Rachel has a video out where she weighs her breasts, each one and you'll be shocked once you look and watch it (less than 60 seconds and free as I'm not a member of her website). I just Googled "How much do Rachel Aldana's breasts weigh"
From the "Breast" Wiki page there is the following too:
The dimensions and weight of the breast vary among women, ranging from approximately 500 to 1,000 grams (1.1 to 2.2 pounds) each; thus, a small-to-medium-sized breast weighs 500 grams (1.1 pounds) or less; and a large breast weighs approximately 750 to 1,000 grams (1.7 to 2.2 pounds.) The tissue composition ratios of the breast likewise vary among women; some breasts have greater proportions of glandular tissue than of adipose or connective tissues, and vice versa; therefore the fat-to-connective-tissue ratio determines the density (firmness) of the breast. In the course of a woman's life, her breasts will change size, shape, and weight, because of the hormonal bodily changes occurred in thelarche (pubertal breast development), menstruation (fertility), pregnancy (reproduction), the breast-feeding of an infant child, and the climacterium (the end of fertility).[6][7]
With respect to implants weighing more than real breast tissue, there is a lot of info online. Here are many words from different doctors on this subject.
"Saline-filled implants definitely weigh slightly more than the same volume of breast tissue as breast tissue has a certain amount of fat in it and fat weighs less than water (saline)." "The older the person and the heavier the person, the more fat present in their breasts, as a rule. A silicone gel implant weighs virtually the same as a saline implant of the same volume."
"Saline implants are somewhat heavier (for an equal volume) than breast tissue." Silicone implants have a very similar weight to natural breast tissue."
"Given that breast tissue is more similar to fat in mature individuals, for the same volume, saline implants weigh slightly more whereas silicone implants are roughly equivalent and may therefore feel slightly more natural."
So as to real breasts weighing more than saline implants, it doesn't appear to be the case as saline implants weigh slightly more than real breast tissue.
And silicone implants weigh roughly the same as real breast tissue.
Again, simply go and look this info up as it's not me saying this, but info I've found online.
Also, if need be I'll find the math and the article but the info is out there online about how much one CC of weighs for saline and silicone implants so if a lady were to get 400 CC's in each breast she'd know how much weight gain she would have.
Wendy Whoppers, before her retirement and reduction had 3,000 CC's in each breast and each breast weighed about 7 lbs meaning both of her breasts combined weighed about 14 lbs.
Like almost any topic on the internet, there is a lot of wildly conflicting information but reading many different articles on the same topic and seeing who it is providing the info helps too (a doctor, though not all doctors are correct of course vs. John Q. Public responding to a Yahoo question someone posted...) And I've found dumb things saying that D cup breasts weight like 15 to 23 pounds and that's simply not true.
Bra sizes 32A, 30B, 28C = about .5 pound per breast
Bra sizes 34A, 32B, 30C, 28D = about .6 pound per breast
Bra sizes 36A, 34B, 32C, 30D, 28E = about .7 pound per breast
Bra sizes 38A, 36B, 34C, 32D, 30E, 28F = about .9 pound per breast
Bra sizes 40A, 38B, 36C, 34D, 32E, 30F, 28G = about 1.2 pounds per breast
Bra sizes 42A, 40B, 38C, 36D, 34E, 32F, 30G, 28H = about 1.5 pounds per breast
Bra sizes 44A, 42B, 40C, 38D, 36E, 34F, 32G, 30H, 28I = about 1.7 pounds per breast
Bra sizes 44B, 42C, 40D, 38E, 36F, 34G, 32H, 30I, 28J = about 2 pounds per breast
Again, please simply look info up. I don't think Rachel's breasts weigh anywhere close to 30 lbs combined... especially after watching her video...
Lastly, here is a great chart about bra size, cup diameter, volume of one cup and total weight of both breasts.
Well it doesn't cut and paste nicely in here but I'll drop the link in here.
It's from the Brassier measurement wiki page...
There is a lot of info on the page and you'll need to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page for this very informative chart. It lists the U.S. and the British bra sizes side-by-side too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassiere_measurement
