Can Tubular Breasts Ever Look Pretty?

I had surgery 3 years ago and I noticed them starting to go back to the way they looked before the surgery. I'm thinking about going under again..but is it worth it? will they ever look normal? Is it possible for them to be closer together? and how big should I go without them looking terribly fake?

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Tubular breasts won't be perfect but can be better

I think your previous surgeon might possibly have been out of their league with your surgery. You can have revision of the implants, and you need lifting and this can improve the result. Don't try to fix this with overwhelming volume. Go to the very best plastic surgeon in your region and know that you can't be perfect with tubular breasts (a tough starting point!) but your result should be much better than it is.

Tubular Breasts and Improvement?

Thank you for the question and picture. Although the results of breast surgery in your case will never be “perfect”, I think there is certainly room for improvement. Please do your due diligence and find a well experienced plastic surgeon with significant demonstrable examples of his/her work. Best wishes.

Tuberous breast revision: There is a solution

There are several things that create the undesirable aesthetics. Firstly the implant base width appears to be too narrow for your chest wall dimensions. Secondly the inframamary fold needs to be lowered. Thirdly, you have undesirable lateral inferior stretchning that is very common with dual plane placement. Placing breast implants under the muscle creates a few aesthetic problems. If you look at your picture, your breasts are too far apart at midline to have a... more

Tubular breast deformtiy

Yes, I agree that your breasts can be improved. Although correcting the tubular breast deformity can be challenging, it can be done to make your breasts become more symmetric and "pretty." By placing larger implants and bringing the implants together as well as performing circumareolar mastopexy and releasing some of the constructed breast tissue, your breasts will look better.

Tubular breast deformity correction

Tubular breast correction is one of the more difficult corrections in plastic surgery, but YES they can look quite normal after appropriate surgery. The issues with a tubular breast are typically a herniation of breast tissue into the areola, an elevated inframammary fold, and a shortened amount of breast skin between the bottom of the areola and the inframammary fold. Correction for mild cases often involves a release of the internal tethering to correct the herniation and a lower of the... more

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Re: Can Tubular Breasts Ever Look Pretty?

I agree with Dr. Aldea, it appears from your photos that you did not initially have adequate treatment for your tubular breasts. Generally my approach is to release the constricted narrow inferior portion in a subgladular plane with a superior portion of the prosthesis being placed submuscularly. This allows for generous superior coverage. If there is herniation of the breast tissue beneath the areola, this can be de-bulked and a periareolar mastopexy then performed. There is usually a... more

Tuberous breast correction

You do have quite a discrepancy between your breasts. I am sure that they could be made to look better as well as more the same through various techniques. Since they have already stretched with present implant, you can also go larger. Watch my videos.

Treatment of tubular breasts

Tubular breast are a very challenging problem in plastic surgery, but they can "look pretty" after the proper treatment. From your pictures, it seems as though each breast requires a slightly different approach, but without examining you I can not get specific. In general there has to be some release of the constricted breast tissue and sometimes some rearrangement of the tissue as well. Wider implants may help to increase the cleavage up to a point, but... more

Correction of tuberous breast deformity

It is possible to correct tuberous breasts enough to make them look "pretty", even if not perfectly symmetric. There are a number of techniques that may improve the current appearance of your breasts, including using larger implants, lifting the breasts to achieve better symmetry, and releasing the constricted lower aspect of the breasts.

Correcting the Tuberous (aka Tubular, Snoopy Dog) Breast

Regarding: "I had surgery 3 years ago and I noticed them starting to go back to the way they looked before the surgery. I'm thinking about going under again..but is it worth it? will they ever look normal? Is it possible for them to be closer together? and how big should I go without them looking terribly fake?" Your breasts COULD look a lot better but it require attention to detail. It will not be accomplished by simply going UNDER or bigger but by correcting what was... more