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What is the Best Way to Correct my Tubular Breasts?

Hello, I am 20 years old and have tubular breasts. I want them to be corrected and I want as much information as possible before I make the decision to do so. My goal is simply to have round breasts that look normal. I dont want anything huge, I just want to look healthy and find comfort in my own skin. I have wanted breast implants for over 2 years but I figured I would wait to see if anything would change but nothing has. Please help!

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Tuberous breasts can have nice correction with surgery

Hi Freedom, I glad you have some thought to this issue and that you waited until you were a little bit older to have the surgery. Thanks for sending the photo. It helps a lot. Most patients with tuberous breast need several things addressed and you appear to be the same. First the fold under the breast needs to be lowered a bit, an implant is used for volume, the breast parencyma is released so it is not tight and a small lift is done,usually with the areola made... more

Tuberous breasts can be corrected

You have a condition that is not rare. Tuberous comes from "tuber", resembling the stem from a potato, because the breasts have a narrow, constricted appearance with a prominent areola containing most of the breast tissue. Breast implants can greatly improve your appearance, but it is important to consider stretching or expanding the soft tissues to create a more normal breast appearnce, including releasing the tissues from inside to allow the spreading,... more

Tuberous Breasts and Implants?

Thank you for your question and picture. Your picture demonstrates breast ptosis along with constriction/tuberous anomaly. Tuberous breasts generally have a very narrow base and usually a long skin envelope. In the most severe cases of tuberous breast, a breast lift can be done through an incision around the areola, making the breast into a more rounded shape that the patient will be happy with. In many cases however, a lift is not necessary. You should be aware that the... more

Surgical options for tuberous constricted breasts

The traditional approach is circumareolar reduction with radial relaxing incisions with dual plane approach and submuscular placement of conservatiive sized round smooth silicone implants. Fat grafting is emerging as a new option.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Tubular breast correction

There is no model or consensus of what constitutes a tubular breast and what is the best way to correct it. In your particular case demonstrated by photos, I would agree with the term tubular breasts. Fortunately they are fairly symmetric and have a reasonable chance at correction that will stay relatively symmetric through breast changes later in life. After reviewing my own experience and that of others over many years, I recommend a two stage approach with a properly fitted... more

Correcting the tubular breast deformity

The tubular breast deformity involves a drooping nipple, a fold under the breast which is too high and a lack of volume. This deformity can be quite psychologically devastating. To correct the tubular breast requires a releas of the fold to make it lower and increase the width of the breast, placing an implant under the pectoralis muscle and releasing the constricted breast itself. This correction can be quite liberating both psychologically and for fitting clothing.... more

Talmage J. Raine, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Tuberous breasts

Tuberous breasts are very difficult to correct and may need more than one operation to achieve a good shape. It often requires widening of the base of the breast due to a tight skin enevelope and also imploding the nipple areola complex to correct the herniated tissue.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Correction of tuberous breasts may require several steps

Tuberous or tubular breasts may vary from affected woman to woman, but all are narrow from side to side, usually longer than the are wide which makes them look droopy, may be undersized, may have larger than usualy areolae and may have a crease under the breast that is too high. Often too, the breasts are significantly assymetric and sometimes only one breast is involved. In your case, your breasts match, even if they do not look the way you would like. This works in your favor, because... more

Tuberous breast correction

There are several issues that need to be addressed when correcting a tuberous breast, including a tight skin envelope, deficiency of breast tissue, and large areola (the pigmented skin around the nipple). Using implants may improve both of the first two problems, and performing a breast lift around the nipple can address the third. There may be a significant improvement in the appearance of the breasts, and a huge implant is not necessary to achieve a good result. It is better that you have... more

Tubular Breast Deformity

If that is your picture on the top then your case is not that severe. Different surgeons may use different techniques. Each technique is good as long as the results are good. Expect to have a peri-areolar incision and the placement of an implant and lowering of the infra-mammary fold. In your case you can expect to have a good result with only one operation.

Correction of Tuberous Breast Deformity can be DONE!!

Tuberous breast deformities are difficult cases but most can be accomplished in a single stage with a very nice result. Generally what needs to be done is to lower the crease, divide the bands and placement of silicone implants in a dual plane position. Also to help with the nipple and areola protrusion and to centralize the breast/nipple areola, a circumareolar mastopexy is done. Make sure the surgeon you seek has experience dealing with tuberous breasts. more

Correction of tumbular breasts

Based on your photo and desire for larger breasts, I think that the best solution is likely going to be breasat implants with a breast lift in order to even out the nipples and break up the constricting bands responsible for the tubular breasts. It might be possible to do radial scorring with implants, but I think that the lift will really be needed.

Flexible approach to tubular breast correction

The correction of tubular breasts can be done in differnt ways, according to the specifics of each case. Very often a periareolar (Benelli) mastopexy is part of the solution because it tends to flatten the central part of the breast which corrects the protrusion. I have also used an expander implant (Mentor Spectrum) which is helpful to expand the lower portion of the breast where it is often tight. See more than one plastic surgeon and decide what makes sense in your situation. more

Tubular breasts are corrected with modified breast lift.

Hi. This requires sophisticated surgery. 1) The basic problem is that the breast tissue on the underside of the breasts is very tight and needs to be released from the inside. Worse on the left, in your case. 2) The breasts are then lifted and made more symmetrical. 3) Then we insert moderate plus profile, smooth walled, cohesive silicone gel implants over the muscle. 4) All of this is done in one operation, and you have circular... more

Peri areolar sub mammary textured silicone gel implants are best for Tuberous Breast.

In my experience the best solution for your problem of Tuberous Breast is to make an incision around the bottom half of the areolar complex and enter the sub mammary pocket, release the breast and drape it over a textured silicone gel implant. Often there is an associated problem with a large nipple areolar complex which tends to bulges with the breast tissue sort of coming through this area. This is best treated with an incision around the entire areolar and a second incision to create a... more

Correct tubular breasts

Multiple staged operations work best to correct this breast deformity. Seek 3 opinions from boarded Plastic surgeons. If ever in MIAMI come see me I have very good photographic examples of staged repair. Best of Luck from MIAMI Dr. B

Correction of Tuberous (Constricted) Breasts

Tuberous Breasts (also referred by some as Tubular, "Snoopy Dog Deformity") etc get their description from their resemblance to a root or tuber. They are often elongated with a large, partially herniated areola/nipple complex. The correction involves an incision along the lower third of the areola (which blends in extremely well. The incision allows the surgeon to go through the breast and literally divide the fibrous bands (similar to twine that holds the branches of Christmas... more