Conditions
Symmastia
Symmastia is a rare condition in which the breasts come together at the centre of the chest and merge together in a weblike manner. Symmastia can be a congenital condition (meaning that is occurs from birth) or can result from breast augmentation or other chest surgery. Sometimes referred to as a uniboob, correction of this condition requires surgical approaches that may not always be advisable
as the condition is known to return with time, and the corrective surgery itself can cause further scarring.
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I didn't know I had a 'condition'. It makes no difference to my life - and I lived for many years not knowing I was different - until I saw embarrasing bodies. I didn't realised I should be embarrased about it. Thankfully I am not - I am happily living my life.
i have just had a look on here for something else and found that i too have the condition and it has never bothered me and i can live with it.
I am 16 and i have this condition, i noticed about a year ago when someone pointed it out to me, ever since i have been very self consious. But it's nice to know im not the only one. I would defintely like to have them separated so i wouldn't be so self consious i wont even wear tank tops, I am a D bra size but i dont have cleavage and it really bothers me especially since i'm graduating this year and i'd like to look good and not deformed :/
I have never given it much thought before, but after seeing this website, I realised that I have this condition. After reading other posts I now know why some bras don't fit properly and why I too have never had a cleavage! Even so having symmastia has not affected my life in any way and i would never consider having surgery.
I have this too, glad to know im not the only one! it doesnt really bother me apart from not being able to wear certain shaped bras.
I have this and had corrective surgery but this did grow back witin 6 months :(
Where did you get this done and how much did it cost? No surgeon I can find in the UK seems to be able to help!
I first when privately to Bupa and then i managed to have the private surgeon do it on the NHS.... To be honest, I now have scars and nothing has changed, at first it looked great (not perfect) now i am the same if not worse and have scars added too :) Quite a intense surgery too... x
Wow this is good to know. I didn't know that my connected breasts were a congenital anomaly affecting less than 200,000 women in the U.S. (dunno about worldwide). Well, cheers to the rest of you who have it. I wouldn't mind having it corrected as well. Good luck to everyone else whether you have the uniboob corrected, or not. :)
Im 13 And I Suffer From This. I Developed Quite Young And Am Very Large Chested (DD). I Dont Know What To Do. Im Too Embarrased To Contact A GP ...
I also have this condition and would love to know who to contact in the UK to have surgery to correct it as all the surgeons I have seen so far say nothing can be done about it.
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I have this condition and have always wondered what it is called. I guess it's just one of those things I'll have to live with, but I would like to know more about corrective surgery.
I am a teenager,and i went to a doctor to ask if it was normal to have connected breasts and was told "everyone is defferent" which is true, yet i'm now realizing that this is a real condition and a congenital mutation and would like to someday correct it ,but it sounds as if the surgery is dangerous? Any more information would really be useful! Thanks!
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