Why are my breasts like this and is there anything I can do to change them? (photos)

Thank you for your question and for your pictures. It appears that you have tuberous breasts. This is fairly common in my practice and can usually be improved with a breast augmentation. I recommend consulting with a few board certified plastic surgeons in order to better know your options.

Thank you for
your question and photos.

Your images
indicate you have tuberous breasts.

Tuberous breast is a congenital abnormality that occurs during
puberty breast development. It can be classified by a combination of reduced
breast diameter, underdevelopment of the breasts, areolar overgrowth, protrusion
of the nipple areola complex, breast sagging, and breast asymmetry.

What you must realize is that breast tissue grows in between
the skin and chest muscles. When there is a stronger than normal adherence
between the muscles and the skin overlying the breast tissue, it makes breasts grow
out of the area where there is least resistance. The result, the developing breast
tissue herniates into the narrow opening of the areola resulting
in the tubular appearance.

We call this a constriction ring in the bottom and sides of
the breast.

Now that you know
why this happens, please know that you are not alone in experiencing this, and
this can be fixed.

Correction of tuberous breasts requires total
personalization, surgical planning, technical skill and finesse, anatomical
understanding, and an aesthetic vision to achieve the most beautiful, balanced,
and natural results.

As cases of
tuberous breasts present a surgical challenge, you must seek the help of
board-certified plastic surgeon who is knowledgeable and skillful in the task.

The surgery will
involve releasing the constricted base of the breast where the overlying skin
is strongly attached to the chest wall while fixing the areolar herniation. The
breast tissue’s distribution will be rearranged to cover the previously
constricted areas. The breast sagging will be fixed using a breast lift, and
the inframammary fold (breast fold) will be defined and restored. The size of
the areola will also be fixed, and the breast volume may have to be augmented to
fix underlying breast asymmetry using the anatomic gummy bear implants and fat.
These procedures may either be done in 1 or 2 different surgeries.

Hope this helps.