Scared of Getting "Uniboob." Is This Possible? (photo)

I think its called my boobs are very close to each other and i LOVe the cleavage i am getting but i feel a little tightness coming from the middle of my chest so i am getting wicked scared that the skin will one day lift up or whatever and my two boobs become one. how does that happen? i called my PS office and they think i am being crazy, im just scared of stuff going wrong cause i cant afford for it too. I just bought online that thong bra thing from make me heal. just in case, ekk

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8 Doctor Answers | Asked by Brookeh in Nashua, NH

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Uniboob does not seem likely for you.

Your chest wall exhibits a mild to moderate pectus excavatum deformity (your sternum dents inward) causing your breasts to face forward in your anatomic case, rather than facing slightly to the side (in a woman with a rounder chest). This gives nice cleavage, but can put increased pressure on the tissues that keep your breasts separate and your cleavage attached to your breast bone (sternum). Symmastia is the proper surgical term for "uniboob" and there are symmastia bras that... more

Uniboob unlikely

Based on the photos and the information in your question, it is extremely unlikely that you will suffer from uniboob (symmastia). Continue your dialogue through postoperative care and they should be able to guide you properly.

Synmastia in the patient with chest wall depression

Thanks for your question in your photographs. The photographs are always helpful. Based upon what I'm saying at present I don't think you're going to develop A"Uniboob". Your implants are certainly close together but as others have surmised it is likely that you had some depression of the chest wall that angles the implants towards the midline. In my own patients with this kind of chest wall depression it generally leads to a very dramatic,... more

Symmastia

Just based upon your photos, it does not look like you are developing a symmastia. Follow closely with your surgeon. Good luck.

Steven Wallach, MD

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"I am getting wicked scared that my two boobs become one. how does that happen?"

As your own question demonstrates, most women like having a cleavage. But, threre is a disagreement regarding the WHAT exactly constitutes this space between a woman's breasts lying over the sternum (ie the intermammary cleft or the intermammary sulcus). Most would view cleavage as the narrow separation of the breasts AS SEEN IN a low-cut clothing (blouse, evening gown etc) NOT as seen when upright and undressed. When large and wide implants are used, placing them requires making... more

Uniboob Risk?

Thank you for the question and pictures. It is very likely that your chest wall slants medially ( towards the cleavage area). Therefore your breast implants do sit close to one another. I would suggest that you avoid any bra/clothing that push the breast implants closer to one another and consider use of the “thong bra" (run this by your plastic surgeon). Hopefully with these measures you will continue to enjoy the cleavage area and avoid any issues with implants moving... more

Symmastia and pectus excavatum

An inwardly angling chest wall sets you up for the implants tumbling toward the center, makig more cleavage but also increasing the risk of a symmastia. It looks like you surgeon nicely kept the skin tacked down along the sternum so this should do well to prevent a uni-breast. Just be sure to stick close to your doctor and do NOT wear anything that pushes the implants up or closer to the middle.

Scared of Getting "Uniboob." Is This Possible?

Your posted photos do not demonstrate a "uni boob" effect. The implant pockets are not in communication. The anatomic deformity you have causes a very close appearance. BTW nice result.