Question: I am told I have tuberous breasts. They certainly are misshapen. How hard is this to correct?
Answer:
It totally depends on the severity of your breasts’ shapes.
Tuberous breasts are a totally normal breast variant – only the breast shape is unusual. There is nothing wrong with the breast function or breast tissue. However, the shape can be odd enough to make any woman self-conscious about her appearance.
Changes seen with tuberous breasts include –
• Very wide areolae
• Puffy nipples (because the breast pushes out into the wide areolae
• A tight or short lower breast – this gives the breast a tubular or torpedo shape.
• One or both breasts smaller than normal.
• Asymmetric breasts – with one much larger than the other.
• Drooping of one or both breasts.
In some women, the changes may be very subtle. For instance a woman may have slightly wide areolae which don’t bother her and a slight tightness in the lower breast. She may only want (and need) breast implants with release of the tight breast tissue from inside during surgery.
In other women, all six shape changes may be present and severe. Surgery must be carefully planned to correct each change to produce the prettiest possible result.
This might include –
• Reducing the areolae (this reduces the puffiness under the nipple),
• A vertical lift of the droopy breast,
• Reducing the size of the droopy breast,
• Releasing the tight breast tissue in both breasts and
• Placing breast implants in both breasts for better size and more natural shape.
When the two breasts look totally different, surgery can be challenging – so careful analysis of the differences and planning of their correction is very important.
Be sure to sit down with your surgeon, look at photos of your breasts and discuss what steps are needed for you to get the prettiest possible result and as close to your “wish look” as possible.