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Do I Have Tubular/hypoplastic Breasts?

I am 25. My breasts are set really wide apart and they are really small, admittedly I am quite thin. (5ft8, 118pounds). Having so much space between my breasts makes finding a bra v difficult. When I had more weight on, my breasts were also a lot more droopy. Do I have tubular breasts? Would you say I won't be able to breast feed or that there are negative/health implications apart from the obvious aesthetic un-appeal?

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For the not tubular breast

You are thin and your chest is broad, with a slight looseness to the skin, though otherwise your breasts, for better of worse, are quite normal. I would not call you unaesthetic. I would think that you will breast feed without difficulty, and will suffer no health impact from the shape or size of your breast. A little weight will help, as will a push-up bra. The 'real' term is tuberous or root like, not tubular, and you are far better than that. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd more

Tubular breasts

Sagging breasts do not equal tubular breasts. Tubular breast are more akin to a hernia under the nipple. Looking at your photos I do not note tuberous breasts.

Breast augmentation together with breast lift

Your photo shows widely spaced breasts with distance between the nipples just under twice the normal range. That makes your nipples point to the forward obliques instead of straight forward. This is due to the shape of your rib cage in that the frontal midline part of the rib cage protrudes forward. The medical term for this is pectus carinatum. Interestingly the left side of the rib cage protrudes more than the right. You see this in the photo as a visible ridge at the bottom of the left... more

Do I Have Tubular/hypoplastic Breasts?

Thanks for posting a great frontal view. No, you do not have a tuberous or Snoppy Dog breast deformity. Best to see a boarded PS in your area to discuss all your issues.

Tuberous vs hypoplastic breasts

Hi, You may find this hard to believe, but you are a normal. Just a bit saggy. This in no way represents a problem with ability to breast feed in the future. Best wishes Dr. H

Tuberous breasts

There is wide variation in what is considered "normal" anatomy. You have a broad chest and widely spaced breasts. They are somewhat narrow, but within the "normal" range. You do not have herniation of your breast tissue into your areolas which is one of the things that sets tuberous breasts apart from "normal" ones. Overall the center of your chest is more prominent although you do have a slight sternal hollow. This makes your... more

Your breasts are not tubular.

You are thin, small breasted and they are ptotic. An over the muscle augmentation with perhaps a small lift should help. But, they will not necessarily be closer together.

You will need lift

I do not see any thing that would imply tubular breasts. You will need to have lift because of the nipple position and the quality of the skin. Implant by itself will cause more sagging and very thinned out breast skin. After the lift , you may get breast implants to enlarge the breast.

Kamran Khoobehi, MD

28 reviews

New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

You do not have tubular breasts.

Hi. You seem to have a very straight forward problem. Somewhat small breasts with not enough fullness on top, and the left breast appears slightly lager. You should do very well with round, smooth walled, moderate plus profile silicone gel breast implants placed over the muscle. see video

Pectus excavatum

To me it appears you have a mild form of pectus excavatum which is making the breasts pushed apart. Mild to moderate pectus does not cause any symptoms. You have ptosis also. Subpectoral breast implants with breast lift will improve the apperanece of yout breasts. By dissecting the pocket more medially the set apart look can be improved but won't be corrected completely.

Do I have tuberous breasts?

Tuberous breast deformity covers a wide spectrum from mild to quite severe abnormalities. I can see how you may think that you have a mild case, but I do not think that I would classify you as such. You do have quite a wide cleavage and there is a bit of a droop to your breasts, which can occur when you have lost weight. This will carry with it no negative health implications and in itself, will not mean that you will be unable to breast feed. In order to improve the... more

Your Cleavage is Your Cleavage

Breasts that are spaced widely apart are not a deformity; they are an anatomical variant. Tubular breasts are a true developmental deformity that exist along a spectrum. Breasts that are natively set far apart from the midline are not deformed. When breasts are situated so far laterally, the space can be fixed to an extent with placement of an implant. However, it will likely not be corrected completely without completely distorting the breast appearance.

Breast issue

It looks more like you have sagging breasts rather than tuberous breasts. The wide spaced breasts may not improve much with impalnts. You look very thin and your thin tissues may result in rippling with implants.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Tuberous breasts?

You do not have tuberous breasts, just saggy (ptotic) and with a small amount of brest tissue (hypoplastic). This should not affect function at all. You may or may not be able to breast feed but that has nothing to do with the appearance of your breasts: some women can and some women can't. And there are no negative health implications from these conditions either. If you are concerned about their appearance, a breast augmentation with or without a lift would probably be expected to... more