Is it necessary to treat accessory milk?
The accessory breast is the remnant of incomplete degeneration in the embryonic stage, so the accessory breast is smaller than the normal breast. Some accessory breast nipples, areola, and glands exist, and can also secrete milk in the lactation period; Some only have glands, but no nipples, forming local masses. It is often located at the front and bottom of the armpit, like a mass of fat. There are only small dysplastic nipples without glands, so is it necessary to treat accessory milk? Here's what plastic surgery experts tell you!
The accessory milk begins to grow in the embryo. At the sixth week of the human embryo, when the embryo is only a little more than 1 cm, the ectodermal cells on both sides of the ventral surface of its trunk thicken to form a ridge, which is equivalent to the arc line from the armpit to the groin. These two ridges are called the milk line, and there are many mammary gland primordia on the line.
As people generally only have one or two babies, they do not need many mammary glands, so only a pair of mammary glands in front of the chest continue to develop, forming nipple buds. At the third month of the embryo, the mammary duct is formed. The rest of the mammary gland primordia generally subsided after the ninth week of the embryo. If it is not completely degenerated, it will form redundant breasts after birth, which is called paramastia or polymastia in medicine.
If there are no symptoms in the accessory breast, regular observation can be insisted. But once the accessory breast has symptoms, such as significantly increased during pregnancy, it also swells and aches like the normal breast before menstruation, and some accessory breast nipples even secrete milk during lactation, then it is necessary to go to the hospital to have the accessory breast removed in time, because the possibility of accessory breast gene mutation is high, Parabreast breast cancer has a high malignancy and is very complicated to treat. If there are abnormal lumps and tumors in the accessory breast, it is also necessary to consider cutting off the accessory breast when the accessory breast greatly affects the beauty.
Paramastectomy is usually performed under local anesthesia. The incision can be designed in the front of the armpit, after the subcutaneous tissue is separated through the skin incision; All breast tissues of accessory breast should be removed. If there is nipple areola, they should also be removed together. After surgery, pressure bandage is required. After 7 days, suture removal will not have a great impact on daily work.
