It sounds as if the other surgeons are assuming that you have implants but I didn't get that from your description. Do you have implants? If I am correct and you do not, I am guessing that you are talking about the fullness between the breasts in large chested women. Generally there is no breast... more
Can I increase the space between my breasts with cosmetic surgery?
Most women's breasts are seperated, and you can see like a path way in the middle that keeps the breasts separate. But I don't have that... it's like my breasts are joined together. Is there any way to increase the space between my breasts? Would cosmetic surgery be able to do anything?
3 answers to “Can I increase the space between my...”
A: Symmastia of the Breast
What you are describing is called symmastia. This is a rare complication of breast augmentation when a overly large implant is used and/or over dissection of the pocket where the implant is to be placed medially. The correction for this is to remove the implants close that space and place smaller... more
A: Symmastia Correction
The condition of having no division between the breast mounds is called symmastia. It is usually a complication of over dissecting a pocket during breast augmentation or the use of implants that have a diameter that is too large for the chest wall. It is an extremely difficult complication to correct and most... more
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