What are tuberous breasts?
Tubular breasts are so called because they have a tubular shape. It is conditioned by alteration in breast development, such as underdevelopment of mammary tissue with insufficient lower pole and herniation of the areola with excessive diameter. The alterations can be of different grades, and the abnormality in one side can be much bigger than in the other.
How does a woman know she has tuberous breasts?
In reality, tuberous breasts bear a close resemblance to hypotrophic breasts and many women attend the consultation believing that they only require a breast augmentation. However, a consultation with expert plastic surgeons is essential so that they can correctly diagnose insufficient development in the lower section and can classify it as a tuberous breast. In general, patients who present with tuberous breasts consider their breasts, which tend to be asymmetrical, to be very strange and do not have the normal shape of hypotrophic breasts.
What is the solution to tuberous breasts?
Of course, they require surgical intervention and must be studied very precisely to determine which part of the breast should be augmented, which in particular tend to be the whole periphery and the lower section. This augmentation is performed via the insertion of prostheses. The areola must also be reduced and the protruding part of the gland must be repositioned. In some cases, we use fat graft prostheses to correct different scars that can be left by the previous submammary furrow.
What approaches are the most appropriate for correcting tubular breasts?
We consider that the most correct approach is the periareolar approach, since in most cases, the areola has to be acted upon, whether to reduce it, or avoid the herniation of the gland. Therefore, the part of the areola can be corrected and the breast prosthesis inserted to fill the lower part of the breast.
Can tuberous breasts be remodeled without using implants?
Sometimes it is possible to remodel the gland, if it has enough volume, and correct both the herniation of the areola and redistribution of the gland without placing prostheses by dividing the existing gland into radiuses. But in most cases there is a need of breast implant, In order to give more volume to the lower part of the breast where it is essential.