Breasts of different sizes.. What does the doctor say?

A variety of factors, including hormonal changes, puberty, and accidents, can affect breast size

Breast size varies from person to person. But did you know that your two breasts can vary in size from each other? Although experts say this is 'normal', caution should be exercised if there is a sudden change in breast size. Doctor Tanya, popularly known as Dr_cuter us, recently shared on Instagram about having asymmetrical breast size.

It is completely normal for one breast to be larger than the other. "Usually, for most people, it's the left breast, but if your right breast is bigger than the left breast, that's normal too," she said in the video. The difference can be as big as an inch, but if the size of the breasts changes suddenly, he cautioned, a doctor should be consulted.

Neha Gupta, Senior Obstetrician at Forties Hospital, Noida agrees, "Various factors, including hormonal changes, puberty and accidents, can affect breast size."

But if you notice any irregular changes in your breasts – in size, density or shape – that weren't there before, or if you have bleeding from the nipple or pain and wrinkling of the skin on top of the breast, you should see a doctor.

"If breast size is asymmetric during puberty, it's likely to remain that way throughout adulthood," she said. Even if there is no medical reason to treat them, cosmetic surgery can be done to correct a disturbing difference in breast size.

Mammography is used to detect breast cancers, However in young women any benign lesion can be identified by "breast ultrasound" and biopsy can rule out any malignant changes. 

Urging women to self-examine their breasts, Gupta says, Every woman should know how her breasts look and feel. Family history of breast cancer, obesity and alcohol are some one of the risk factors for breast cancer, Dr Gupta said.

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Breast size varies from person to person. But did you know that your two breasts can vary in size from each other? Although experts say this is 'normal', caution should be exercised if there is a sudden change in breast size. Doctor Tanya, popularly known as Dr_cuter us, recently shared on Instagram about having asymmetrical breast size.

It is completely normal for one breast to be larger than the other. "Usually, for most people, it's the left breast, but if your right breast is bigger than the left breast, that's normal too," she said in the video. The difference can be as big as an inch, but if the size of the breasts changes suddenly, he cautioned, a doctor should be consulted.

Neha Gupta, Senior Obstetrician at Forties Hospital, Noida agrees, "Various factors, including hormonal changes, puberty and accidents, can affect breast size."

But if you notice any irregular changes in your breasts – in size, density or shape – that weren't there before, or if you have bleeding from the nipple or pain and wrinkling of the skin on top of the breast, you should see a doctor.

"If breast size is asymmetric during puberty, it's likely to remain that way throughout adulthood," she said. Even if there is no medical reason to treat them, cosmetic surgery can be done to correct a disturbing difference in breast size.