Breast surgery takes care of various congenital deformities

What congenital deformities are addressed by breast surgery?

Congenital deformities treated by breast surgery generally correct deformed or irregular breast development or a complete lack of development in one or both breasts. Deformities to the appearance of the breast include breast size and shape, the absence of a normal nipple and areola, or presence of more than one nipple. The techniques used to treat congenital deformities depend on the deformities themselves and the resulting conditions. Specific conditions treated by breast reconstruction techniques include:

Amastia: a rare condition where normal growth of the breast or nipple and areola does not occur. This can be present in one or both breasts, and is often related to other birth defects.
Amazia: the absence of a nipple and areola.
Asymmetry: where the breasts develop at a significant disproportion.
Axillary breasts: where breast tissue develops or is located in the underarm region. Flap techniques can reposition the tissue to a more natural position on the chest wall.
Chest wall abnormalities: where deformities in the chest wall that result from other congenital conditions or even developmental disorders such as severe scoliosis, affect normal breast development and appearance.
Poland syndrome: the symptoms include a lack of a portion of the pectoralis muscle that may contribute to the lack of breast development.

Any of the above conditions should first be diagnosed by your primary care physician or a pediatric specialist. Diagnostic tests to verify the conditions and any underlying contributing causes will likely be required. A consultation with a cosmetic surgeon can begin at any age, to monitor progress and development, and define an appropriate course and timing for treatment. Other congenital breast deformities treated by specific breast surgery procedures include:

Breast or juvenile hypertrophy: where the breast growth is in excess beyond the normal stages of growth in life; can be treated by breast reduction.
Constricted breasts: where the breasts fold is high, and breast tissue is constricted to the upper portion of the breast.
Tubular breasts: where the breasts have no natural slope or roundness, but rather appear as tubes projecting out from the chest wall.
Ptosis: severe flattening and dropping of the breasts.

Congenital Deformities

Nearly every congenital breast deformity can be addressed by reconstruction. The greater issues for defining good candidates of reconstruction due to congenital deformities are:

Health factors related or not to the breast deformity
The exact type of deformity and structures of the breast and body afflicted
Timing and physical development of the patient

In general, good candidates for breast surgery to correct congenital deformities are young women whose physical growth is nearing completion. However, where only limited structures of the breast are involved, or where good candidates understand that reconstruction may evolve over several procedures and time, reconstruction may begin at any age defined as appropriate by your cosmetic surgeon. Multiple procedures are not necessarily required to correct a deformity, but rather to address the deformity according to the various stages at which a woman’s body matures, or refine initial outcomes that may change somewhat as a woman grows and matures.

1. Breast reconstruction and general types of free flaps
Unlike a pedicled TRAM or latissimus flap that remains tethered to its original blood supply, free flaps are flaps of skin and fat, and in some cases muscle, which ar...

2. Eat cabbage family vegetables several times a week
Eat cabbage family (cruciferous) vegetables several times a week I know you just got through hearing about the importance of fruits and vegetables. But this f...

3. Eat omega 3 rich fish several times a week
Eat omega-3 rich fish several times a week Omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to decrease the risk of heart attacks and are linked to lowering blood pressure...

4. Cut your colorectal risk by reducing the amount of red meat you eat
Eat less red meat Some experts believe you can cut your colorectal risk in half just by reducing the amount of red meat you eat to one serving a day. How does...

5. Does the type of fat consumed relate to colon cancer prevention
Eat less saturated fat and avoid eating a high-fat diet Personally, I don’t believe that eating a very low-fat diet (around 10 percent calories from fat) ...

6. Cooking with less fat and saturated fat
Cooking with less fat and saturated fat I have a national column and a cookbook called The Recipe Doctor. My mission is to lighten up dishes and/...

7. Eat several servings of whole grains a day to prevent corectal cancer
Eat several servings of whole grains a day Whenever I use the word “several” in a sentence, my little girls always ask me, “how many is seve...

8. Colorectal cancer and folic acid calcium and vitamin E
Take a multivitamin containing some folic acid, calcium, and vitamin E Although you can (and should) get most of the vitamins and minerals you need through fo...

9. The science linking sugar to colon cancer
The science linking sugar to colon cancer There are studies that find a correlation between a high-sugar diet and colorectal cancer, and studies that don’...

10. Alcohol is associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancers
Now, about alcohol Alcohol is associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancers. The more you drink, the higher your colorectal cancer risk. It doesn’t ...