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What Can I Do to Fix my Wide-spaced Breasts?

asked 1 year ago by Soap in Orlando, FL
Latest answer by Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Question viewed 1,690 times
Tags: cleavage

I'm 19 but my breasts are wide spaced and unattractive so I am considering surgery options. 5'9, 120 pounds, very thin but well-proportioned. I have a good 2- 2 1/2 inches between my C cups and this area is EXTREMELY flat and boney. It is genetic. The upper center of my chest is also boney. You can see my ribs. You can't tell I am c cup. My boyfriend says I'm crazy, but I honestly want surgery so I can know what it's like for once to have some cleavage. I feel so unfeminine! Is there anything I can do?

8 answers to What Can I Do to Fix my Wide-spaced Breasts?

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What Can I Do to Fix my Wide-spaced Breasts?

This is a very difficult problem. If you place the implants too closely to achieve cleavage, you will risk seeing ripples along the inner surface of the breasts. Fat grafing in an otpion but still in its relative infancy and you may not have sufficent fat.  
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Widely spaced breasts may be treated using a few different options

Implants are often used to fill in the space found on or around the breastbone(sternum). In some cases larger implants are necessary to create medial fullness of the breast. Breast lifts(mastopexy) may also be used as a way to manipulate the tissues in the center of the chest such that a fullness of the cleavage is created. In most cases an implant  and a breastlift are combined to create this desired result.
Nick Masri, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon
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Breasts far apart

You hit the nail on the head, you are destined by your anatomy.  Cleavage is blocked by the muscle insertion.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Breasts that are too far apart

A picture isn't necessary. From the description it's clear that your breasts are much farther apart than average. The average is about 1 1/4 inches from my study on the subject (in patients for breast augmentation). The answer is also the same. I would strongly advise against trying to move them or make them appear closer together, particularly with C cup size breast already.  Implants can make the cleavage steeper and more defined but not bring the breasts closer... more
Scott L. Replogle, MD

Denver Plastic Surgeon
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Fix my wide-spaced breasts

With NO photos very hard to determine the issue and if it is correctable. See 3 boarded plastic surgeons. Be careful maybe your realistic expectations are not on course. Be careful. From MIAMI DR. B
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon
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Widely separated breasts (large intermammary space)

I recommend a visit to a plastic surgeon for full evaluation to rule out things like a pectus.  Implants with a wide diameter may do the trick.  Conversely, some anatomy can be fixed, some corrected, and some we have to accept.  Only an evaluation can tell.
Scott E. Kasden, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
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Breast augmentation for wide-spaced breasts

The distance between breasts can be improved with a number of techniques but it's important to be seen by a plastic surgeon first-- sometimes you have this improved with implants alone, but there are other options available to you.  It's important to remember that there is naturally some bit of distance between the two breasts even in ideal anatomy, and your plastic surgeon will be able to go over this with you in detail at your consultation.
Shahram Salemy, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Options for natural wide space between breasts

Without seeing you personally, no one can give you specific advice but here are a few general comments. Fat grafting can sometimes be done to conceal areas that are too thin, though this would not improve the cleavage in terms of the breasts as much. It may be worth considering low-profile implants to round out the base diameter of the breasts although this would of course make them larger. A lift wouldn't do it.
Richard Baxter, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

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