Are my breasts are considered "tuberous breasts"? This how my breasts developed as a teen. I'm now 20 years old and my breasts never been super perky. I'm a virgin and I never had children or lost any dramatic amount of weight. My areloas and nipples always been big, but my breasts remain small. I never had any upper fullness and the bottom of my breasts never filled out. Most of my teens, my breasts has been a crooked like v-shape. So are my breasts are tuberous?
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Insurance companies typically cover procedures that improve some functional deficit or treat a disease process. Tubular breast deformity is not typically covered as it does not meet either of those criteria. Each insurance company is different, however. If you really want to know, you can...
It is not inherited and I have treated quite a few patients with this deformity. There are many different types from mild to severe. The deformity is secondary to developmental issues and mainly results from fibrous bands that develop around the breast tissue and inhibit its usualy growth...
Depending on the severity of tubular breast disorder, different options can be used. It is hard to say for any individual which is the best without a consult. The one thing that I really like about fat, is that it can be used to thicken the tissue at the bottom of the breast which is really t...
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