The distance or gap between breasts is referred to as the intermammary distance. This distance is the anatomical area that determines the degree of cleavage.
Often on social media the intermammary distance between breasts is judged with a ‘push up’ brassiere on but in reality objective assessment can only be made in standardized clinical photographs.
This distance varies greatly between woman and is determined by breast, muscle and chest wall anatomy.
The distance or gap between breasts is referred to as the intermammary distance. This distance is the anatomical area that determines the degree of cleavage.
Often on social media the intermammary distance between breasts is judged with a ‘push up’ brassiere on but in reality objective assessment can only be made in standardized clinical photographs.
This distance varies greatly between woman and is determined by breast, muscle and chest wall anatomy.
Strategies to help reduce this distance if too large is to perform breast augmentation and involves the surgical insertion of a correctly sized Motiva cohesive gel silicone breast implant or with fat taken from another part of the body following liposuction. This fat is specifically injected to lessen the gap. Often a combination of these procedures is used.
In some patients after breast augmentation surgery, the gap is unusually small or not present at all. This is termed symmastia and is a challengeing reconstructive surgery problem. The approach here is to perform surgery and reduce the size of the pockets where the breast implants sit in order to widen the gap.
