WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 1998: Re: Another breast question

Re: Another breast question

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Jan 1998 20:21:55 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 29 Jan 1998, VF wrote: >
>Is it common and/or natural for women to have different sized breasts?
>My left breast is noticeably larger than my right one (I would say a cup
>size larger, perhaps), and it doesn't exactly lend itself to high
>self-esteem. Why does this occur?

Although some disparity is common, more unequal breast sizes are noted in some. If it is very noticeable ( I mean VERY noticeable), uncomfortable (read:painful) or totally like they're from 2 different people (one being very big - known as hypertrophy) they can be resected to even them out.

It would be rare for this to be a serious problem (read:medical disease).

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG
OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York
Great Neck, New York
http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/marchbein.htm
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