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How Would You Correect my Tuberous Breasts?

asked 7 months ago by NikiC in Superior, WI
Latest answer by Michael Law, MD
Question viewed 263 times
Tags: options, puffy nipples, tuberous

I was diagnosed with Tuberous Breasts and am wondering the best procedures to correct this and average cost. I was told by one suregeon that I am symmetrical and he suggested scoring of the breast tissue to widen it, implants and a mastopexy. I was also given a price range of about $8,500. What are your thoughts on this? I also would need aereola reconstruction (they are huge!) which he only barely touched on. How does that work?

11 answers to How Would You Correect my Tuberous Breasts?

Correction of Tuberous Breasts

Thank you for your email. Tuberous Breasts 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 final result will take months to see and that you will need to be patient. The incision is usually confined to... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Tuberous Breasts

Other shape issues are quite common, including one known as 'tuberous breast'. Tuberous breasts tend to be narrow at the base and are overly projecting for their size, and this phenomenon may occur on one or both sides. In its mildest form, the lower pole of the breast is underdeveloped or may even appear constricted - sometimes referred to as a 'constricted lower pole'. In severe cases the breast is conical in shape and is sometimes described by the patient as looking like a... more

Michael Law, MD
Raleigh-Durham Plastic Surgeon

michaellawmd.com

Tuberous Breasts

Tuberous breasts are breasts that have a lack of fullness of the lower breasts with protrusion of breast tissue beneath the areola/nipple. There are mild to severe versions of this condition. Tuberous breasts are in general are treated by surgical internal release of tight breast tissue and placement of an implant. When the condition is severe then instead of an implant being placed a tissue expander is placed. This stretches the tight breast and skin over time. Once the desired size is... more

Earl Stephenson Jr., MD, DDS
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

Tuberous bresat deformities

There are several variations of tuberous breasts and they all require different things. Some may require scoring, some my require imploding the tissue through the areola and cinching it down, and some just need implants. An exam is critical.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Tuberous Breast Correction Frequently Requires Revisional Surgery

Tuberous breasts present in a wide variety of presentations but the fundamental problem is always a constricted breast base and herniated breast tissue through the areola. Release of the breast base (scoring)and the placement of an implant (volume enlargement) done through a periareolar approach is the treatment approach. It is always a difficult aesthetic challenge and should not be confused with the more 'simple' procedure of breast augmentation alone. The reality... more

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon

www.eppleyplasticsurgery.com

Tuberous Breasts, Breast implants

Tuberous breasts are best corrected by a combination of breast implant with a release of the breast tissue and nipple. This can be performed by utilizing an incision around the nipple.

Burton M. Sundin, MD
Richmond Plastic Surgeon

www.drsundin.com

Tubular Breasts

Breasts that have a cylindrical shape rather than a teardrop or round shape are referred to as tubular, tuberous, snoopy dog, constricted, etc. The basic shape of the breast is more like a cylinder with a very narrow base and a large areola (out of proportion to the rest of the breast) and a short distance between the nipple and the inframammary crease (the fold under the breast). Corrective surgery of the tubular breast should include the following: Decreasing the... more

David Finkle, MD
Omaha Plastic Surgeon

www.bodybyfinkle.com

Breast correction sight unseen

Many think they have a tuberous breast, or have been told such, when this is not the fact. Opinions even diverge on this site. Mastopexy or breast lift is not part of a tuberous breast repair, though release of the constriction around the nipple is as the breast is enlarged with and implant. Best to get another opinion by a surgeon in your area. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

www.peterejohnsonmd.com

Treating the tuberous breast

Tuberous breast deformities come in a range of severity and symmetry vs asymmetry. The treatments you describe sound pretty much in line with what most folks need but without photos we really can't say more than that. Has your doctor shown you photos of other patients like yourself so you know he/she has done lots of tuberous breasts? This is not for a rookie plastic surgeon.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Tuberous breast surgery

There is great variability in patients with tuberous breasts. Some patients require multiple procedures while some require a minor modification at the initial surgery.

Jay M. Pensler, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Tuberous breast shape improvement.

Tuberous breast shapes require specialized surgical treatment. A tuberous breast shape has a narrowed base to the breast compared to regular breasts. The specific treatment for this breast shape is to broaden the base by releasing breast tissue in a radial fashion, as well as to perform a radial donut mastopexy technique to invaginate the herniated areola and reduce the size. The breast shape can also be augmented if you want to, but not with a large implant if you... more