Options for Fixing Tubular Breasts?

I'm 22 years old with tubular breasts and I'm considering having them fixed. What are my options if I don't want to get breast implants? What are the common side effects of having breast implants for my case?

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Fixing tubular breasts

Patients can get very nice results with tubular breast correction surgery. It is important for the patient not to expect too large a size, in my opinion, or the tightness of the lower pole of the breast can cause problems, or incur great risk to the patient regarding nipple blood circulation as the surgeon attempts to release the tight lower pole. The surgery for tubular breasts is designed to minimize the droopiness, the asymmetry and the size differences. With asymmetry, an implant is... more

Tubular breasts

Without an exam it is hard to say what you could benefit from. But in general, patients need breast implants to augment the lower pole.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Correction of Tubular Breast Deformity

Tubular breast deformity is defined by a narrow, constricted breast base with the breast tissue herniated into the nipple areolar complex resulting in a much larger areola and and overall "snoopy nose" look. The condition is often unilateral and thus surgery is used to create some symmetry. The surgery involves making radial cuts in the breast tissue to allow it to expand, lowering the inframammary fold (if it's high), lifting and reducing the areola. Typically implants are... more

Tuberous (also referred to as tubular or constricted) breast deformity: correction & use of implants

SEE VIDEO BELOW FOR BEFORE AFTER PICTURES: The hallmarks of tuberous (not really tubular) breasts and things to be addressed when planning surgical correction are: narrow base diameter (best treated with an implant, radial relaxing incisions) herniating breast parenchyma (radiating relaxing incisions) enlarged nipple areolar complex (best managed with circumareolar mastopexy type incision) Proceeeding with an implant you will likely treat conditions 1, 2 & 3. However, you may not... more

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

See board-certified plastic surgeons for tubular breast correction

As the other excellent posters have stated there are options, but over the internet very hard to determine the degree of constriction and the location on the breasts. The best advise is to see 3 boarded Plastic Surgeons, who have done tubular constricted breasts reconstruction. Even better see if the can arrange an interview with a post operative patient, one on one. I tell my patients that they MAY need up to 3 operations to correct these issues. Best of luck!

Options for fixing Tuberous (aka Tubular) breasts

Tuberous breasts are asymmetric breasts whose bases are constricted forcing the areola to be wide and herniated. Various forms of tuberous breasts exist, the classical appearance has been termed a Snoopy Dog Nose deformity. Full correction of the deformity requires a release of the constriction along the base (which acts much like the twine rope holding Christmas tree branches close to the trunk. As soon as those are released the breast tissue springs out and assumes a more conical form).... more

Tubular breast treatment options depend on your particular situation

Depending on the degree of the tubular breast that you have one options might be to tighten the skin around the areola to reduce the prominence, flatten the breast, and reduce the diameter of the areola. Be aware however that this will probably make your breasts significantly smaller as well. This is where you can often get the benefit of a breast implant at the same time. The issue after having breast implants for your tubular breasts is how the final shape might turn out. It often takes... more