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Do I Have Tuberous Breasts? (photo)

asked 7 months ago by LolaDores in Gallatin TN
Latest answer by J. Jason Wendel, MD
Question viewed 592 times
Tags: opinion, tuberous

I have noticed a few women on here asking about their breasts, and I have recently become very insecure about mine and I was wondering if you could tell me if I have tuberous breasts. I'm 23 and I've never been pregnant. My breasts sit high on my chest and are very far apart and not very full in the center.

23 answers to Do I Have Tuberous Breasts? (photo)

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Tuberous breasts vary a lot.

I can see why it might be hard for you to answer this question yourself. True tuberous breasts can almost not look like breasts at all, and these extreme examples are often what's seen when searching the internet. In a severe case there's almost no breast tissue other than what is herniating into the nipples. The base of a tuberous breast is constricted (a smaller diameter of circle than it should be). Your breasts have an element of that which can be... more
Donald F. Roland, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon
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Question about tuberous breasts

Your breasts are not truly tuberous in the rigorous sense though you do have some characteristics that are also seen with tuberous breasts including the enlarged areolas and the widened space between the breasts. The real issue is: Do you like your breasts or not? If not: Do you want to improve their appearance? If you do want to improve the appearance of your breasts, you can as your situation is treatable. You should consult with one or more board certified plastic surgeons in your... more
Steven Turkeltaub, MD

Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon

www.turkeltaub.com

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Tuberous breast deformity

Dear LolaDores, Sometimes it can be unhelpful to label people with a certain deformity as it may make them feel abnormal. Tuberous breast deformity covers a wide range of breast shapes and you have some features, but I would hesitate to label you as having a deformity. It doesn't matter whether someone says you have a tuberous breast or not, the main question is 'are you happy with you breasts?'. If the answer is 'yes', then don't worry what anyone... more
Jonathan J Staiano, MBBS

Birmingham Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous breast have many variations

This is a problem we see often and sometimes with puberty: the areola may be wide the breast may"herniate" through the areola (puffy nipple) the base of the breast may be narrow breasts far apart can be very asymetric.
Jed H. Horowitz, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous breasts

Yes, you do have tuberous breasts and they can be much improved by an experienced plastic surgeon. Depending on your child bearing timing you might want to wait until done if that is any time soon or if not, you might go ahead now with an augmentation, tissue release and periareolar lift. Good luck.
Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous breasts

Your breasts do have a tuberous appearance in that the base is narrow and constricted and the inframammary fold to areola distance is relatively short. However, you do not have a very high crease and the breast tissue is not really herniating or protruding into the areolas. The shape of your rib cage is contributing to the position of your breasts on your chest and the width between the breasts. The appearance of your breasts can be enhanced by breast augmentation with a periareolar or... more
Marialyn Sardo, MD

La Jolla Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous breast or not

The simple fact is that you do not have a tuberous breast of any sort. Your breast is normal and though spacing is wide you do not have the constricted skin envelope and nipple herniation of the tuberous (root like) breast. Sorry about the insecurity, however you don't need surgery, just weight loss, a healthy active lifestyle, and a significant other who appreciates you. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd.com
Peter E. Johnson, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

www.peterejohnsonmd.com

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Do I have tuberous breasts?

Yes, you do appear to have a developmental deformity known as tuberous breasts. Your breasts are spaced widely apart, the areola is large and positioned low on the breast mound, the inferior pole of the breast is constricted rather than rounded. If you were simply looking for the areola size to be reduced and raised to a somewhat higher position on your breast, and you wanted to avoid implants and did not want to increase your breast size, a breast lift to accomplish these goals... more
Robert M. Grenley, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

www.seattleplasticsurgery.com

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Some characteristics but definitely fixable

While your breasts do show some of the characteristics we associate with tuberous breast deformity, you certainly have a fixable problem. Like any problem we see in plastic surgery, there are more severe cases and less sever cases. I suspect that doing a mastopexy may be all you need. Redistributing your breast tissue so more is on the upper portion of your chest and reducing the size of your areola will go a long way toward improving the appearance of your breasts. Some of the things we do... more
Robert Frank, MD

Munster Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous Breasts

Hi LaioDores, The photos are very helpful. You have a variant of tuberous breasts. This deformity is a developmental abnormality which has a broad spectrum from mild to severe. Typically the major characteristics include: small breasts, wide spacing between the breasts, high breast folds, narrow base breast width, enlarged, puffy areola. The overall appearance can be improved with surgery. I would consult with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in your area. more
Todd B. Koch, MD

Buffalo Plastic Surgeon

www.toddbkochmd.com

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Tuberous Breasts?

Thank you for the question and good quality pictures. Yes, I think your breasts do demonstrate some of the qualities seen with tuberous (constricted) breasts. Some of the characteristics seen with tuberous breasts include 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, correction... more
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon

www.poustiplasticsurgery.com

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No you do not have tuberous breast

Thank you for your question and pictures. No, you do not have classic tuberous breasts. You appear to have mildly constricted breasts with an overall narrow breast width at its base. This makes it seem as if your breasts are far apart. You do not have herniated nipple, puffy nipples, nor do you have an overly constricted base which would show as a shortened distance from your inframammary fold to the areola. A modest breast augmentation would fill out the base of the breast if... more
J. Jason Wendel, MD

Nashville Plastic Surgeon

www.mc.vanderbilt.edu

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Tuberous Breasts

Hi there- The answer to your question is yes, you do have tuberous breasts. The larger questions are whether or not this concerned you before you learned the term. If you have never been unhappy with your breasts, I would not do anything about it just because there is a term for the shape of the breasts you were born with. If, on the other hand, you are unhappy with the shape and/or size of your breasts, there are very effective options for improvement. Your best bet is... more
Armando Soto, MD

Orlando Plastic Surgeon
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Do I have tuberous breasts?

Although you exhibit some of the aspects of tuberous breast, in that your base width is relatively short and the breasts are widely separated. The inferior pole is not excessively constricted nor do you have hernia ion of the sub areola breast tissue. With that being said, if you were to decide to seek correction, it would be a similar approach to the correction of a tuberous breast case. You would need release of the medial and inferior aspects of the breasts, bi-planar... more
William F. DeLuca Jr, MD

Albany Plastic Surgeon

www.delucaplasticsurgery.com

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Tuberous breasts

There is a wide variety in breasts as far as volume, shape,chest wall position, intermammary distance, and areola diameter are concerned. While you have a somewhat narrow base and wide areola diameter please do not think that you have any type of deformity that needs correction! Yes, there are procedures that can reduce the areala diameter and elevate the breast tissue but there are costs and scars involved. If you are strongly motivated to change the appearance of your breasts... more
Ann F. Reilley, MD

Baton Rouge Plastic Surgeon
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Information about tuberous breasts

In viewing your photographs, I do not think you have tuberous breasts from what I can tell. I do think you have a slightly "constricted" inframammary pole which means the distance from the bottom of the nipple to the crease under the breast is somewhat shorter than might be expected for the size and width of your breasts. I think any experienced board certified plastic surgeon would be to provide you with an excellent result. I think that with widely spaced breasts... more
James F. Boynton, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.BoyntonPlasticSurgery.com

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Tuberous breast deformity is often not a yes or no issue

Hello, There are degrees of tuberous breast deformity for each individual. Tuberous breast deformity usually involves a very tight and high breast fold that restricts the development of the breast. You may have a mild form of tuberous breast deformity. A breast augmentation with the implant placed on top of the muscle and release of the lower breast pocket will significantly improve the appearance of your breast shape. All the best, Dr Repta
Remus Repta, MD

Phoenix Plastic Surgeon

www.aaaplasticsurgery.com

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Tuberous breasts

Your breasts have some characteristics of tuberosity, but are not completely tuberous. You may benefit from a breast lift, with or without implants. If you are planning children, speak to a plastic surgeon about whether to defer surgery until after childbirth.
Robert L. Kraft, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous breasts

Hi I would say, you are so likely to have some charcters and the shape of the tuberous breasts. As the base of the breast is narrow, the Areola is wide as well as a result of this tight skin base. Generally those breasts are more of elongated and tubes like breasts. If you look to other varieants shapes of breast, mostly the base is bevelled towards the midline of the chest internally and towrds the outter axillary line externally and that give the usual shape of the... more
Fatema S. Alsubhi, MD, SSC-plast

UAE Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous breasts

Tuberous breasts is a colloquial description of breast shape and form that incorporate a wide variation in presentation. Extreme forms are quite distinct but there are many that are not as abnormal. In some respects, it is not important what your breasts are labelled as, but what the anatomy consists of and what you would lie to change about it. All breasts have anatomical characteristics that are possibly imperfect, whatever that definition is. You should determine what you want to... more
Robin T.W. Yuan, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous breasts

Your breasts are slightly tuiberous in the extent that they hav a fairly narrow base. More extreme cases involve very narrow breasts, or almost no breast tissue with tissue herniating through the areola.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous breast

It appears you have a variant of tuberous breast. The spacing is quite wide with a narrowed base.
Jay M. Pensler, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Tuberous breasts

Your photographs suggests that y do have tuberous appearance of your breasts. This is a developmental or congenital occurrence associated with a constricted appearance of the base of the breasts with a paucity of skin under the breasts. This constriction can be released by radially scoring the under surface of the breast glands during surgery. In addition, you appear to be ptotic (droopy) in the photos and you may benefit from from a Mastopexy (lift). I suggest you consult with a board... more
Todd C. Case, MD

Tucson Plastic Surgeon

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