Let’s get two things out of the way: First of all, there are a lot of reasons to get a boob job, none of which are anyone else’s business. Second, the perfect boob does not exist.

But if you were a plastic surgeon hoping to be the Michelangelo of one person’s idealized breasts, it would help to have a shared language of what’s aesthetically important. Most plastic surgeons accomplish this over the course of several consultations, talking to the patient about what will make them happy.