Do I Have Tuberous Breasts & Will it Be Possible for Me to Breastfeed?

Hi. I have never really cared that much about my weird shaped breasts, until recently (i am now 21). I was searching the net and found "tuberous breasts" and thought that mine looked silimar. My breasts are very small, pointy with fleshy nipples. When my nipples are erect, my breasts appear more normal. I have no cleavage, and no bras really fit me. I have been considering surgery anyway, but i wanted to know if I really have tuberous breasts? What grade would I be? I am in Australia.

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Tuberous breast shape.

I would suggest that you have a mild form of tuberous breast shaped breasts, but this certainly is more common than you think. You do not have a weird shape at all. A breast lift pattern in which a circumareolar breast lift incision is made would correct this nicely if an implant is used as well. I don't see that there should be a problem if you desire breast feeding in the future. Please be aware that not all women can breast feed, but it has nothing to do with... more

Tuberous Breast Characteristics

Tuberous breasts have a high inframammary fold, a base with a tight skin envelope and an areola with a constricting band that pushes tissue into the areola. Your photos show mild features of a tuberous breast. There is no reason to suspect that you will have trouble breast feeding. If you would like to change the shape of your breasts a lift around the areola can release the areolar constriction and an implant can help lower the fold and expand the base. You do not need to dislike your... more

Tuberous breasts can be corrected

You have the mildest form of tuberous or constricted breasts and I think that you are being too hard on yourself. I would not call them 'weird' at all. Implants would help to make them more round if you want to have larger breasts. As mild as your condition is, I doubt that you would have a problem with breast feeding.

Tuberous breast

Yes, you definitely have a tuberous component. It should not preclude you from being able to breast feed.

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Tuberous breasts?

Thank you for the question and good quality pictures. Yes I think you do have a mild variant of tuberous (constricted) breasts. Tuberous breasts, in general, have a very narrow base, short distance from areola to inframammary fold, tight (constricted) lower pole of the breasts, relatively wide space between the breasts, "puffy" and areola and some degree of ptosis (drooping). Generally, the procedure involves breast augmentation with areola reduction / mastopexy... more