Posted On: January 09, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Tubular breast deformities are not all that uncommon. By definition, it is associated with herniation of breast tissue into the nipple areolar complex, constriction along the lower pole of the breast causing a poorly defined inframammary fold. Often the nipple areolar complexes are also lowered causing some degree of sagginess or ptosis. Repair of the […]
Read MorePosted On: November 30, 2018 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients who present with tubular breast deformity are often very unhappy, not just with the size of their breasts, but actually with the shape. The components of tubular breast deformity include No. 1, a poorly defined inframammary fold. In other words, there is no fold along the bottom of the breast or it is not […]
Read MorePosted On: January 04, 2017 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
I evaluated a female patient who expressed that she wanted to lift the shape of the breast as well as increase the volume. During her examination, we discussed her slight tubular deformity and grade 3 ptosis. Grade 3 ptosis is where the nipples lie below the inframammary fold and point downward (see the pre-op photo […]
Read MorePosted On: November 29, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
TUBULAR BREAST DEFORMITY BREAST ASYMMETRY – SEVERE The below case is a patient who is 20 years old, presenting with severe tubular breast deformity on the left with severe breast asymmetry and right breast ptosis. To reconstruct this young lady’s breasts in order to create a normal appearance, requires both different volume implants as well […]
Read MorePosted On: November 04, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to us with severe congenital breast deformities. The next example shows a patient with severe breast asymmetry, and tubular breast deformity. Notice on the right breast there is minimal breast tissue with pseudo-herniation of the breast tissue into the nipple areolar complex, no inframammary fold and blunting along the lower pole of her […]
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