Conditions
Tubular Breasts
Getting a bra that fits is enough of an ordeal as it is without being told that your boobs are a funny shape. Tubular breasts are in fact pretty common, though shouldn’t be confused with Tubular Bells – everyone’s favourite 1973 concept album. Tubular breasts are caused by a lack of development in the breast tissue during puberty which leads to the aesthetically bizarre malformation that can see breasts grow asymmetrically as well as been particularly droopy and unusually far apart. The term ‘tubular breast’ comes from the tube-like appearance that afflicted breasts may take. In contrast to the cone-shaped Madonna-style bosom that is deemed regular the base of a tuberous breast is very narrow with a long skin envelope. The malformation can affect one or both breasts and is only cosmetic in its irregularity, but can often cause low self esteem which could lead to other mental health related problems. The condition is most commonly corrected with a surgical procedure that typically involves either implants or tissue expansion. Breast surgery is a major operation which will take weeks to heal and goes with all the usual risks of major surgery, so no decisions should be gone into lightly.
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i too have very small tubular breasts. my right has not developed at all and left only to an AA/A size. i am very self consious about them and i feel that perhaps this contributed to the fact that i have not been able to breast feed any of my 3 children-which i desperatley wanted to. i feel like a failure-its supposed to be the most natural thing in the world and yet i can't even do that right! i am very low. and to top it off i socialise mainly for the children and i am the only mum who bottle feeds her baby. i feel like it is being rubbed in my face the fact i had almost no milk supply at all. is there anything i can do to enable me to breast feed should i fall pregnant again?
i have tubular breasts and i am 18. i hadnt heard of them untill i sa them on the show but i knew my boobs were different to what they should be and i used to hide them and be self concious about them because i also have keloids on my ears and i kno hat people can be like but then i realised ill never be able to have surgery to correct them due to having keloids on my ears from having my ears pierced when i was 10, so ive learned to live with them. the way i see it if you dont love who you are and you dont like your body others will pick up on this but if your confident and proud then others will be just as hapy as you are. dont worry about them you are who you are ive learnt to be happy with mine because i cant have surgery due to having keloids on both ears but im happy now i didnt used to be but i am now...
I have tubular breasts i was always unhappy i felt like a freak i got so jealous when would see my boyfriend when i was younger looking at magazines with girls who had gorguse perfect round breasts i spent my whole teen years hating and questioning what was wrong with me! I knew i wanted a boob job eventually when i was 21 i finally had a boob job it never went right i have had 2 more since i am extremly pleased with my right breast it looks as perky and full as a glamour model the left is also full but the nipple sits right at the corner rather than the middle im hoping this can be corrected in a few years my boyfriend i have now i never told him i had tubular breasts as meet him just after the surgery he thinks my boobs are amazing 2 and a half years on i still dont want to say im just glad he thinks my boobs are amazing and i finally feel more at peace with myself! I think surgery for my reason was definatley the best decision i would encourage anyone who thought about it for as many years as i did to go ahead! Tubular breast to me is not pretty and definatly doesnt make you feel good in yourself!
I too have very odd looking tubular breasts, but have only just discovered that this 'deformity' actually has a name! Before I knew, I was never really bothered by my strange looking boobs - they made buying tops a bit tricky, but I'd never had boyfriends that have objected (probably because I never thought to try to hide them!). However, having a label given to them, and having them branded as 'abnormal', did make me feel like a total freak for quite a long time. Which eventually then made me really annoyed with myself! The fact is girls, that we all have weird bits of our bodies that don't quite conform to the norm. It doesn't make your body 'disgusting' or 'ugly' or 'repulsive' (please, please, please don't use such horrible words, because it shows total disrespect for yourself, and you KNOW deep down it's simply not true). It just makes you a bit different from the boring, uniform images of beauty that we are routinely told we must aspire to. Nobody's breasts should ruin their life, because you are about so much more than your breasts! I don't want to be critical of women who go for surgery - I completely and utterly understand the desire to 'correct' something you feel you can't live with (I'd be lying if I said I hadn't considered it), and it would make bra shopping a heck of a lot easier! But it is not the only option! Nobody here has mentioned it, but counselling could be really useful in helping you to think about your breasts in a different way. After all, 'normality' is an utterly subjective concept - if I were standing topless in a room with all of you, I would be normal! Be at one with your boobies - they're not from Mars, they're not sent from above to ruin your life - they're just one little (pointy) bit of you and they'd be very sad if they knew you hated them so much :-)
I am 17 years old and I have been to ships to try bras on and none of them sit right. but after watching this episode I knew why. I am not happy with my breast they are fat apart and just look horrid. my mum has spoke to me about but I don't feel comfortable talking just gets me down. the thing is I don't want surgury, is there any tablets of anything else that can help?
I have tubular breasts, along with large areolas. Theres about a 4cm gap between them. Sometimes they make me feel so sick and angry. Other times I try not to worry about them as it is a common thing. I went to see different surgeons, nearly booked but didnt have the courage. Not too sure which is best surgery. Do not want to get implants, the thought of something fake inside me makes me feel uneasy. Maybe a breast lift and areola reduction. If anyone knows please help. x
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Im 19 years old and it was only due to this programme that I realised what was wrong with me and that it wasn't only me in the world that felt so afraid and disgusted by something that should be beautiful. I have never truly been able to be close to a partner. I suffer from depression and all the horrible side affects that come with it. In this episode that I saw, the girl was able to to get this corrected. I was wondering how I would go about this?? How do I tell me doctor whats wrong if I can't even look at myself??? Help....
I am 18 years old and I have this problem. I am so repulsed by my own body sometimes I just cry at night.. I literally cannot look at my own naked relfection because it disgusts me so much. As I am a student I can't afford surgery and I can't get it on the NHS because the surgery is cosmetic. I would do anything to get this surgery so I could just feel like a woman for the first time in my life. Because of how disgusting my body is I have a fear of intimacy and it's holding me back from living my life and getting close to people. I wont be able to correct this condition until I am much older and out of uni and by then the damage will already be done. I am so jealous of other women who were born normal I actually feel sick with jealously sometimes. I really feel corrective surgery for this deformity should be offered on the NHS, not just for my sake but for all the women who are as desperate to be normal as me.
my breasts are disgusting too ive suffered with bad mental health problems because of this i hate taking my top off i feel like a freak i cannot afford surgery either so i plucked up the corrage to see my gp and she was very unsympathetic and told me i had to live with it which has got me down even more i cannot get a bra to fit me properly when i went to get fitted for one i tried 15 bras on and none could give me clevege or make me feel like a woman i look at other women and want to cry i hate myself so much and just dont know which way to turn i just want some help ive paid silly money for breast enhancement pills that never work which just knocks more confidence out of me i look for nice tops to wear but they never fit correctly please someone helpme im so down
Seeing this featured on Embarrassing Bodies came as a huge relief to me - finally, I knew I wasn't the only one and there is something I can do about it! I'm just not sure about whether they will yet, as I am only 15. Do I have to be over a certain age to have breast surgery, or should I just go ahead and see my doctor to see what they can do anyway?
i am 21 and have this condition and i have been to god knows how many surgeons to have it corrected but i m a overweight ever one says no before i can do anything about it. I have tryed everything to loose weight and have got nowhere what do I do?
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