Love for yourself, your body is inherent in every woman. Someone loves themselves thin, someone full, but one detail remains the same - each loves itself symmetrical left and right. The asymmetry of the breast is especially frustrating, because the breast is what makes the fair women feminine. Why does this happen and how to fix it?
What is breast asymmetry ?
Everything created by nature has differences. Our right hand is different from our left, one eye is smaller than the other, but all these errors are so small that no one notices them. Asymmetry of the chest - different sizes of the right and left breast. But in the normal state it is imperceptible.
They begin to say that one breast is larger than another when the difference is one size or more. This causes inconvenience to a woman and noticeably to the naked eye. Asymmetry can be congenital and acquired.
Types of breast asymmetry
Congenital asymmetry appears for unclear reasons. During puberty, one breast develops faster than another. Usually, by the age of 20, this deficiency resolves itself. If this does not happen, then you will need a correction of the asymmetry of the chest.
Acquired asymmetry appears for a number of reasons:
- Injury. Having hit in childhood, few people will remember such a moment. Therefore, most often, the asymmetry of the chest obtained by trauma is taken as congenital.
- Tumors Any tumor can adversely affect the breast due to the proliferation of tissue. Therefore, when asymmetry is detected, it is recommended that the presence of pathological neoplasms be eliminated in the first place.
- Pregnancy and lactation. This is the most common reason.
Why can breast size vary during pregnancy?
During pregnancy, the breast is prepared for feeding. The mammary glands swell and often bring pain. Since the breast itself is slightly different in size, with swelling of the glands this can become more pronounced.
Typically, such an asymmetry of the breast passes immediately after birth. When milk begins to be produced. If this does not happen, you need to choose a smaller breast as a more active one and give it to the baby more often. Over time, there will be more milk in it and it will slightly increase.
Causes of asymmetry during lactation
Lactation, that is, the production of milk by the breast, is every woman’s own. Some have too much milk and stagnation begins in the chest. Others have too little and have to feed the baby with a mixture. Breast size does not affect how lactation develops. Usually it takes about three months to get better and does not arise after problems, but this time is enough to make the breasts of different sizes.
First you need to figure out what the amount of milk depends on. At birth, only colostrum is excreted in the early days. At first, this is quite enough for a newborn. Then comes the milk. And it is much more than the child needs. Therefore, the breast is poured and the size may be different just during the arrival of milk.
The biggest mistake during this period is decantation. Let's say 100 ml of milk comes to the chest. The child ate 50 ml, the rest of the mother expressed. For the body, this is a bell that the baby ate everything, and it may not be enough. The next time, 105 ml will be produced in the chest, but again this will not be enough. As a result, you have to constantly express, so that there is no stagnation.
If you do not decant, then there is a natural settlement of lactation. The child ate 50 ml of 100 ml. Next time there will be less milk. As a result, by the age of three months the baby’s breast stops filling up and changing its size with the arrival of milk. Why does breast asymmetry develop, the reasons for this are as follows:
- Stagnation in the chest. When there is too much milk in the chest, the child does not eat it. The milk remaining in the glands “freezes” and turns into stones. The woman’s chest becomes hot, painful. The stones are very painfully broken massage. Often a woman cannot breastfeed. As a result, less milk is produced in this breast due to a break in feeding. Tip: in fact, feeding can help in this situation. The baby is applied to the chest so that the chin "looks" at the painful area. The baby will easily help mom cope with the trouble.
- Breast injuries in a woman's life can affect feeding. A bruised breast in the future may produce less milk, and accordingly will be smaller in size.
- Single breastfeeding. It can be convenient for mom, for example, feeding at night, if the woman practices joint sleep. The baby sleeps on one side, and it is convenient to feed with one breast. Or a baby, for some reason, prefers a certain breast.
- Nipple injuries. The child may bite or cracks appear on the nipples. Then the woman tries to spare the sick chest and gives it less often. As a result, there is less milk in it.
Will breasts become the same after breastfeeding?
It all depends on the initial state of the breast. If a woman was involved in sports, then, most likely, the chest will return to its previous shape, although it will not be so elastic. Recovery will take time. After feeding is completed, it will take about 3-4 months. But the chest will even out in size. Even if the woman has been breast-feeding only the last few months.
If this does not happen, then you will need to correct the asymmetry of the chest. Of course, only if it is inconvenient for the woman herself.
Asymmetry of the chest - what to do?
It all depends on the reasons that led to the change in breast size.
- During pregnancy, this is a normal condition, and you just need to be patient.
- If you notice breast asymmetry during feeding, try to give your baby a smaller breast as often as possible.
- If breastfeeding is already over, wait a few months.
- For congenital reasons, only breast asymmetry can help.
- You can slightly adjust the chest through exercise.
Breast surgery
Beautiful breasts are a step towards self-confidence. Many women have very different breast sizes in this regard. Intimate life spoils, misunderstandings with the husband begin. And all because of a simple internal constraint. It becomes difficult for a woman to undress and be allowed to touch her breast. In this case, it is better to contact professionals and correct the asymmetry using plastic. Surgical intervention can be aimed at breast reduction (if hyperplasia is observed) or increase (with hypoplasia).
Preparation for surgery
The preparatory process takes much longer than the operation itself. The patient undergoes a general blood test, undergoes an ultrasound examination, consults with a plastic surgeon, and sometimes even talks to a psychologist. A survey is required to rule out the presence of malignant neoplasms. Only after this is the date of the surgical intervention assigned.
A conversation with a psychologist is necessary so that the patient herself understands whether she really needs this operation. Plastic surgery involves the correction of nuances that upset a person’s psychological balance. And it is very important to be prepared for this morally, to understand all the possible risks and be able to correctly correlate the expected result with possible complications.
Surgical intervention
Indication for surgery is a pronounced asymmetry of the chest. The operation can be performed by one method, or maybe their combination. This is decided by the doctor based on the examination and medical history of the patient.
The duration of the operation is from an hour to two. In this case, most of the time the surgeon will deal with the nipples, so that they look aesthetically pleasing. After the operation, the patient remains under the supervision of a doctor for another two days. This is necessary in time to see the development of possible complications. Then after 8 days, the stitches are removed. And rehabilitation ends on the 14th day after the operation.
Complications
Eliminating breast asymmetries can lead to a number of undesirable consequences. It can be hematomas, tissue necrosis, infection, etc., like any surgery, breast plastic surgery is a risk. Therefore, doctors advise women to think about their decision when the sizes of the breasts differ less than a couple of sizes.
Contraindications
Breast plastic surgery is contraindicated in girls under 20 years old. Since at this time the mammary glands are still developing, and the problem can be solved independently. In addition, women with:
- disturbed blood coagulation;
- infectious diseases;
- heart problems
- diabetes mellitus;
- tumors.
Breast correction with sport
Even breast asymmetry is not able to push every woman to surgery. If the readiness for such a step has not yet come, you can try to slightly correct the problem with exercises. Correction will occur due to the development of the pectoralis major and minor.
- Push ups. This is the easiest exercise for the chest. It will help tighten the chest. Push-ups can be standard - from the floor. They can be modified - from the bench, from the bench with his back. It is best to combine all these types to work out all the muscles.
- Dumbbells. There are a lot of exercises with dumbbells and all of them contribute to tightening the chest, making it more elastic. The simplest ones are lifting dumbbells on outstretched arms sideways and forward.
Exercise can “lift” the chest and make it more elastic. Due to this, the asymmetry is smoothed. But this is not a momentary process. For the result to be noticeable, it will take at least two months. Therefore, be patient and cultivate.
Should breast asymmetry be corrected?
The asymmetry of the breast does not do any harm to health. How to fix it and whether it is worth doing at all, only a woman decides. Of course, when she really sees this as a flaw, feels constrained, then asymmetry should be corrected. Beautiful breasts will return everything to its place.
The correction method may depend on the difference in size. If the difference is small, then you can try to fix the problem with physical activity. The difference in size will be much less noticeable in the presence of an elastic and tightened chest.
Operation is a more serious step. If you decide to go for surgery, the main task is to find a good specialist. And in a few months the problem will disappear forever!