Is There a Safe an Effective Way to Correct my Tuberous Breast Deformity Without Implants? (photo)

I have had constricted breasts for as long as I can remember. I barely fill an A cup and wear a padded B to look fuller. My tissue under the nipple is limited and as you can see from the picture, my nipple protrudes and appears herniated. What would you recommend I do to fix my breast constriction? I am 19 years old, I weigh 130 pounds, I'm 5'3, and I've never had kids or been pregnant. I am not too interested in implants, as much as I am changing the shape of my breast. Thank you!

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External expansion and fat transfer

External expansion with the BRAVA system followed by fat grafting is showing promise and could give you excellent results.

You should really consider implants.

Though my colleagues are correct in telling you that the only way to decrease the tuberous breast anatomy you exhibit (actually, much more accurately described as sub-areolar only pseudoherniation, or "puffy nipples") is by a periareolar approach to tighten and reduce the nipple/areola protrusion, I would offer an additional point of view here for completeness. You have extremely small breasts, and decreasing your nipple/areola protrusion will make your chest more masculine in... more

Herniated tissue

From the photos, it looks like you have prominent areola and possibly herniation of tissue into them. If you do not want implants, you may achieve a satisfactory result by performing a circumareola approach and imploding the tissue inward.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Is There a Safe an Effective Way to Correct my Tuberous Breast Deformity Without Implants?

If your only objection to your breasts is that the nipple/areolar complex is protruding, or what we call "pseudoherniation", and you are content to maintain your current breast size and shape otherwise, you can have a circumareolar or periareolar lift that essentially "telescopes" the protruding hernaited areola inward and flattens in out. If you are looking for any degree of breast enlargement and increased projection, then of course you would need breast... more

TUBULAR BREASTS

Thanks for the photos. You are rignt in saying that you have tubular breasts with herniation of the Nipple- Areolar Complex. My recommendation would be a Circumareolar approach to correct the herniation of NAC, the tubular shape and breast augmentation. I do not feel your breasts will change much with age.