Symmastia
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Symmastia is a rare congenital anomaly in which soft tissue connects, or webs, both breasts across the midline anterior to the sternum. It can be surgically corrected by a plastic surgeon.
The term is also very commonly used in plastic surgery
to describe a similar appearance that occurs undesirably following breast augmentation
. The colloquial term used to describe this is the "uniboob".
The term is also very commonly used in plastic surgery
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
to describe a similar appearance that occurs undesirably following breast augmentation
Breast augmentation
Breast augmentation denotes the breast implant and fat-graft mammoplasty procedures for correcting the defects, and for enhancing the size, form, and feel of a woman’s breasts...
. The colloquial term used to describe this is the "uniboob".