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Are my Breasts Considered Abnormal and Tubular?

asked 1 year ago by cupcakez
Latest answer by Rian Maercks, MD
Question viewed 3,002 times
Tags: areola, breast tissue, options, small, spacing, tubular

My breasts are very small and set far apart, with large areola's that almost point to my sides. I have had 2 miscarriages and since then, I have noticed a greater loss in breast mass / tissue at the upper portion of my breasts.

They have always looked disfigured to me and I am very self conscious because of this. So, is this a normal condition? Or tubular? What can be done to repair the abnormality? Thank you.

13 answers to Are my Breasts Considered Abnormal and Tubular?

Tubular breasts are characterized by having a constricted breast base.

Tubular breasts are characterized by having a constricted breast base with resulting breast ptosis and widened areola from upward displacement of the the breast tissue under the nipple. All the tissues are normal. However most plastic surgeons pay much attention to this breast form as the best corrective treatments require thought and adjustments in our breast augmentation techniques to have the best outcomes. Specific to your case, your breast tissues are normal but the form... more

Chen Lee, MD
Montreal Plastic Surgeon

Abnormal? No. Typical? No.

I myself am confused by the conflicting answers given to your question- so I'll try to clarify some things. First, it's very difficult to evaluate exactly what's going on in your case from the single photo you provided. In lieu of directly examining you, good standardized front and side photos would be required to give you specific information. I see many cases of Tuberous breasts in my practice and most are minor. In some cases the nipple issues of tuberous... more

Scott E. Newman, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

www.psurgery.com

You have mild form of tubular breast

Your breast are far a part and with large nipple-areola complex. The areola stretching is consistant with tubular breast. Breast augmentation with implants will only enlarge your breast and push you nipples position more to side. I would suggest fat grafting for your breast. This a non-conventional approach and the goal would be breast enlargement less than a cup and correction of the nipple position.

Kamran Khoobehi, MD
New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

Are my Breasts Considered Abnormal and Tubular?

Your breast show developmental abnormality with exagerated separation( "wide cleavage") and nipples pointing to the sides. Your breasts need to be reshaped and it is up to you whether you also opt for augmentation .The approach should be periareolar with emphasis on relocating the nipple-areolar comlexe more medially. Augmentation alone will not give you the best result.!

Erel Laufer, M.D.
Tampa Plastic Surgeon

Breasts that are located far apart

You do not appear to have tubular breasts but your breasts appear to be located laterally (to the side) on your chest wall. You can have a straightforward breast augmentation with a good result. Your breast implants will be located behind your natural breasts, meaning that the distance between your breasts will still be far apart, however with a good bra it will be easier for you to achieve cleavage. Best wishes, Dr. Bruno

William Bruno, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

Tubular breasts

Your photographs don't really appear to depict tuberous breasts. Straightforward breast augmentation should work well in your case, but as with all surgery, the approach will have to be individualized based on the shape of your breast and torso.

Malik Kutty, MD
Sugar Land Plastic Surgeon

The tuberous breast, constricted with prominent nipple

The truly tuberous breast has a constricted skin envelope, tightness along the fold and a nipple which tends to be 'herniated' or pushed forward. Your breast does not seem to fall into the category of a tuberous breast, though has issues all its own. Your breasts are normal in a sense, though widely spaced on a broad chest. Many options are available, from implants or improve size and symmetry, to forms of breast life to adjust nipple areolar size, and to a degree nipple position. It... more

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

www.peterejohnsonmd.com

Constriction or tuberous breast.

From what I have seen on the Internet there's a lot of confusion about what constitutes a constricted breast and what constitutes a tuberousbreast. In my opinion they are to some extent a spectrum. A constricted breast has the tight base and the distance from the nipple for the fold that of the breast is abnormally short. In my mind the tuberous breast is a breast that looks somewhat like Snoopy's nose with a big dilated areolal at the end. In a... more

Adam Tattelbaum, MD
Washington DC Plastic Surgeon

Tubular breasts

Tubular breasts is a way of categorizing the shape and anatomy of the breast is some women. It has a wide range of variations and severity. In some ways, it doesn't matter how you categorize it. A surgeon should analyze the anatomy and you should agree on a goal as an end result. Any surgery will be customized to meet those goals as much as possible. Depending on what bothers you (i.e. size, asymmetry, position of the nipples, size of the areola, shape and proportion, etc.), the surgery... more

Robin T.W. Yuan, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

Tubular breasts

Tuberous breast repairs are commonly scar ridden flat and unnatural looking. The good news is that there is a specific technique to create natural appearing breasts with hidden scars for this type of breast shape. The procedure involves a special subfascial placement of silicone implants and a special nipple lift and areolar reduction with a hidden scar. The results are very natural appearing. All the best, Rian A. Maercks M.D.

Rian Maercks, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

Tuberous and other breast "deformities"

Based on what can be seen in the single picture, I do not see any real tubular breast shape deformity but relatively normal shaped breasts can have large areolas, placement laterally on the chest, and with an axis of the nipple pointing off to the side rather than straight ahead. The size of the areola relative to the breast could be improved with an augmentation but the pillow volume of the implant cannot bring the breasts closer together nor can it bring in the axis of the nipple to point... more

Scott L. Replogle, MD
Denver Plastic Surgeon

Breast deformity.

First off, to truly tell if you have a tubular breast deformity would require an examination. A tubular breast deformity is a type of congenital breast deformity which is a result of constricting bands within the breast itself. This leads to an elevated attachment to the chest wall (high inframammary crease), herniation of breast tissue into the areola, and an overall constricted appearance to the breast. You may have a mild constriction of the breast, however it does not appear to be the... more

David Bogue, MD
Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

Breast augmentation -getting it right the first time

I would not call these tuberous breasts because the essential ingredients of a constricted lower half of the breast and high inframammary folds are not present. The photo shows a wide separation between the breasts and nipples and a slightly smaller left breast than right breast. The left nipple also points more to the outside than the right. In such cases you cannot just put a breast implant in because it will only magnify the outward pointing of the nipples. The desired dimensions are... more