Do I have tubular breasts, flatchestedness or both? (Photo)

Hello,Thank you for your question and photos. It appears that you may have constriction as a factor for for the lack of development in your lower poles but it is difficult to say without an in-person exam. Depending on your age and stage of development you may be a good candidate for breast augmentation with implants. I recommend that you meet with a board certified plastic surgeon in person to talk about your concerns and learn about the options you have.All the best

Based on the pictures you submitted, you appear to have a form of tuberous breasts. Best advice is to obtain a face to face consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon near you. They can examine you, then discuss treatment options to improve the size and shape of your breasts. They can also any and all questions you might have including the ability to breast feed afterwards.

Thank you for your question and photograph.  Tuberous breasts present in different degrees of severity.  Three hallmark features of tuberous breasts include enlarged areolas, herniation of breast tissue through the areola, and a constricted base.  It is not clear to me from your photograph whether or not you do actually have tuberous breasts.  Best to discuss your particular circumstances during an in-person consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon.  Best of luck.

Thank you for the question and pictures.
I think your breast photos do demonstrate some of the characteristics seen with tubular (constricted) his breast. For example, the distance from the areola to inframammary folds seems to be tight and relatively short.  Your inframammary folds seem to be widely spaced from the midline of your chest. The areola do demonstrate some features associated with tubular breast such as  an increased width  and “puffiness”.
 You will benefit from an in-person consultation with well experienced board-certified plastic surgeons. This consultation will allow for accurate advice that is best provided after a thorough history, physical examination, and detailed discussion of your goals. There are a lot of factors to consider when making recommendations; for example your life circumstances ( planned pregnancies, psychosocial situation…) and tolerance for scars  are factors that should be taken into consideration by you and your plastic surgeon.
I hope this helps.

Hi, thanks for sharing your concern and photos with us!
First I want to congratulate you for making this important decision. Deciding to get an aesthetic procedure to change your body and get a new life style is a big step!

Looking at your photos I might say that you´ll be a great candidate to get a breast augmentation with implants. The size of the implant will depend of what you want and what your body support; the results of this procedure are beautiful, giving you and excellent shape of the inner and outer pole of the breast. 

Before all this, of course, you need to get a complete medical evaluation and laboratory exams to check everything is fine. For us your safety, always, is going to be first.

Have a great day!

Dr. JPG

Your breasts are quite small but fortunately you do not have tuberous breasts.   With smaller breasts who should be able to breast-feed  but will make less milk than your child may need and will likely need to supplement feeding with formula as do 66% of women. Fortunately you do not have tuberous breast and breast augmentation alone could increased breast size and improve shape.

Hello and thank you for your excellent question. You do not appear to have tubular breasts, but you do have severe breast hypoplasia. Fortunately, you are a great candidate for a breast augmentation.  The size, profile, shape, texture, and type of implant (e.g., saline, silicone gel, “gummy bear”) is based on your desired versus existing breast size and shape, your chest wall measurements, and soft tissue quality. Of course, you will need an in-person consultation to evaluate you for this procedure. Preoperative visualization and surgical simulation with the Crisalix system may help with your decision. Any treatment plan should be based on a detailed discussion with equal input from both you and your surgeon.    Make sure you specifically look at before and after pictures of real patients who have had this surgery performed by your surgeon and evaluate their results.   The most important aspect is to find a surgeon you are comfortable with. I recommend that you seek consultation in person with a qualified board-certified plastic surgeon. Good luck!

Best,
Jon Ver Halen, MD FACS 

Harvard educated plastic surgeon