Breast Asymmetry + Boob job

Hello everyone,

I am currently 22 years old and just got an implant in my left breast. I thought I would share my story in case anyone who’s experienced / experiencing something similar, doesn’t feel so alone ☺️

(Also I wasn’t sure what group to put this in so don’t come for me pls haha)

All of my life i’ve struggled with extreme asymmetry in my breasts; I know not all breasts are perfectly symmetrical and no two will ever be the exact same - but mine for example, were more like distant cousins than even remotely sisters. It’s always been a huge insecurity of mine because bras never fit right and if I wore low cut tops - as well as bikinis - I would have to add lots of extra padding to my right cup. I hated seeing my body naked and I always wore a top whenever I had sex with someone because I was so insecure about how different my boobs looked. I would even go as far to not allow my partner to even touch my chest area whatsoever.

A lot of the women in my family have larger chests, so my mom would always reassure me they would grow in more symmetrically once I got older. But well after hitting puberty, my right breast never grew in, yet my left one did. I went to multiple doctors throughout my teens who told me this was normal and that my breast would grow once i’d reach my 20s; I was even prescribed some hormones but this seemed to only grow my right breast even bigger while my left breast remained the same size. By the time I turned 20 my left breast was a C/D cup and my right breast was barely a B.

When I turned 21, I finally decided I was going to speak with a few plastic surgeons to discuss some options as this has always been a huge insecurity of mine. I saw 4 different surgeons in total, mainly to collect and compare different information, and they all suggested that I may actually be suffering from a minor form of Poland Syndrome which is a birth defect characterized by an underdeveloped chest muscle on one side of the body. We discussed different options of what they could do to make them more symmetrical, but one thing they all reiterated was that regardless of what procedure we go with, my breasts would never be perfectly the same; which was a hard truth to accept because that’s all i’ve ever wanted, but the surgeon I decided to proceed with said that right now the goal is to get my breasts looking “more related and a part of the same family than twins immediately” lol.

Yesterday I got an implant in my left breast. My surgeon and I decided to do the left one first so that once it settles, she will be able to see what she will need to do to my right breast in order to get them more symmetrical; they aren’t perfect, and they most likely never will be, but the gap of asymmetry is much smaller than it was before. I know i’m still young and will most likely need to get them redone in the future, but i’ve accepted that. Implants were also not what I had in mind when fixing the asymmetry as the idea of them kinda freaked me out, but after discussing all my options, it was probably the best procedure for my case.

If anyone else has asymmetry in their breasts - extreme or not - just know that this is completely normal and you’re not alone. I just felt that this was something I needed to get done in order to feel better about myself and my body.

If anyone has ever been through something similar, I would love to hear your stories :)