Tuberous Breast Deformity

Kevin Brenner, MD answers: Are my breasts considered "tuberous"?

Are my breasts are considered "tuberous breasts"? This how my breasts developed as a teen. I'm now 20 years old and my breasts never been super perky. I'm a virgin and I never had children or lost any dramatic amount of weight. My areloas and nipples always been big, but my breasts remain small. I never had any upper fullness and the bottom of my breasts never filled out. Most of my teens, my breasts has been a crooked like v-shape. So are my breasts are tuberous?


Kevin Brenner, MD
15 days ago

Tuberous Breast Deformity, also known as Constricted Breast Deformity, occurs when the lower pole of a breast does not fully develop. There is great variablity in how it presents, but in general the lower pole of the breast is short and underdeveloped with a lower breast fold that is higher than normal. As a result, as the breast develops it herniates  through a fibrous band internally which leads to a small, sometimes pendulous breast with an abnormally large areola. From what you describe, you may very well have some form of this deformity.

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