Are my breasts tuberous? How can I increase fullness at the top?

There is nothing in your photos that suggest you have tuberous breasts. You should be able to achieve the upper pole fullness you desire with a standard breast augmentation procedure.

You don’t appear to have any constriction of tissue around your nipples, a trait of tuberous breasts, or if there is any it is very mild. For this reason, breast augmentation alone may be sufficient to give you fullness.

Unfortunately, surgeons have created the term tuberous breasts, a fact which causes unnecessary concerns for women. Many women just have different sizes and shapes and in my opinion shouldn't be labeled. I recommend an in person consultation with a plastic surgeon to discuss your goals and be measured. After I measure and discuss goals with my patients, we then look at pictures of women (my patients) with similar measurements with different size and style breast implants. They also get to see what they would look like when the breasts have fully dropped and fluffed and in clothes. You get to see actual results and the surgeon's experience and not a virtual idea of what can be achieved. Women tell me that this process is very helpful in determining what size and style breast implant is right for them. Mildly Sagging Breasts: If your breasts are mildly droopy, a saline or silicone gel implant placed behind the pectoral muscle might help create the illusion of perkiness. That’s because as the implant fills out the top of the breast, it also fills out the bottom, making it look as if the nipple has moved higher. It hasn’t. You can always get a lift later if you feel you are not perky enough when fully settled and healed. Dr. Ted Eisenberg, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Author. RealSelf Distinguished Hall of Fame Inductee. Philadelphia, Pa., USA

Thank you for the question. Based on the photos you do not have tuberous breasts. Breast augmentation with implants can be performed to increase the size and enhance your breast, if of course you desire so. I wish you the best of luck. Vasileios Vasilakis, MD. Double board-certified, fellowship-trained plastic surgeon, Houston. TX.

Based on your photos you do not have tuberous breasts. Your concerns of areola size and lack of upper pole fullness can be corrected. A conservative breast augmentation with implants can supply the fullness that you want. During your surgery your areola can be downsized to be more proportionate to the breast. See a board certified plastic surgeon near you to learn more.