Women's joys: breast asymmetry and the possibility of its correction

For the first time, girls experience breast asymmetry during puberty. Under the influence of hormones, one breast can develop faster than the other, and this is considered the norm. However, a hormonal failure can cause a situation where one breast stops growing altogether, while the other begins to develop rapidly, provoking asymmetry. Estet-portal.com notes that such disorders are often genetically determined and may occur after childbirth, during menopause. Breast asymmetry can be corrected surgically.

Manifestations of breast asymmetry and the choice of methods for its correction

Minor chest asymmetry, the difference in size and shape is always present. But when this feature becomes visually noticeable, a woman's self-esteem deteriorates significantly and problems appear in her personal life.

Breast asymmetry can be manifested not only by its size and shape, but also by the severity of ptosis, the shape and orientation of the nipples, and the size of the nipples.

With one normal mammary gland, the second may be hyper- or hypotrophic, have a proboscis-like extension, omission, too large or small areola diameter.

The choice of method for correcting breast asymmetry depends on the degree of the defect. Specialists distinguish the following types of asymmetry:
•    1 type. Mild, almost imperceptible degree that does not require surgical correction.
•    2 type. One breast is about a third larger than the other.
•    3 type. The size of one breast is half or even more than the other. At the same time, the larger breasts are significantly lowered.

The third type of breast asymmetry can be corrected for medical reasons if it is accompanied by a violation of posture and other physiological disorders.

Features of plastic surgery to correct breast asymmetry

Before discussing breast asymmetry surgery, the patient should consult a mammologist. Unfortunately, one of the causes of asymmetric mammary glands is a malignant neoplasm, and this risk must be excluded at the stage of planning a surgical intervention.

If the mammologist finds no contraindications to the operation, you should decide together with the patient which type of breast correction she prefers:
•    reduction mammoplasty, when the hypertrophied mammary gland is reduced to the size of a smaller gland;
•    augmentation mammoplasty, when the smaller mammary gland is enlarged to the size of the larger one by installing an implant;
•    correction of both mammary glands with a change in their shape and size due to different implants, breast lift.

Depending on the choice of the patient, the surgeon determines the tactics of surgical intervention. The duration of the operation depends on the volume of the operation, but in any case it is performed under general anesthesia.

In the postoperative period, a woman must constantly wear a special bra for two months, be aware of the restrictions regarding lifting heavy objects, prolonged work on a slope, visiting a bath, sauna, solarium.

The correction of breast asymmetry does not affect a woman's ability to have a child. The operation allows to give the breast a natural and even shape, to balance the volumes of the right and left breasts as much as possible, to give the woman confidence in her beauty.

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