Is accessory breast fat? The difference between accessory breast and fat

I used to think that the growth under my arms was fat, until a friend saw it and said it was accessory breast, not fat. Is there any difference between accessory breast and fat?

Excessive fat is the accumulation of adipose tissue, which is more common in obese people. The bilateral excess fat is basically symmetrical. Accessory breast is breast tissue that has not degenerated or has incompletely degenerated, with or without nipple unilateral or bilateral disease. Accessory breasts may cause swelling and pain in adult women during menstruation, pregnancy or breastfeeding, and sometimes the nipples may secrete milk. Excessive fat is not breast tissue, does not have glandular lobes or milk ducts, and will not cause swelling and pain or lactation. Accessory breast is breast tissue, which may cause breast diseases such as breast fibroids, breast hyperplasia and breast cancer. Excessive fat is adipose tissue and will not cause the above diseases.

1. Different structures. Cellulite is the accumulation of skin and some subcutaneous fat, which is common in some obese people. In addition to skin and subcutaneous fat, accessory breasts also have accessory breast tissue. Accessory breast tissue is dense and often interspersed with yellow fat.

2. The symptoms are different. Generally, armpit fat will not feel anything. It feels soft and will not change in size or cause pain. Accessory breasts will cause pain just like breast hyperplasia. The pain of some accessory breasts will change with the women's menstrual cycle. A few days before menstruation, the accessory breasts will feel pain, and after menstruation, the pain will be relieved or disappear.

3. Different elimination methods. Since armpit fat is mainly composed of fat, it can be reduced or even disappeared by losing weight. But accessory breasts are different. No matter how you lose weight, even if the fat in the accessory breasts disappears, the porcelain-white accessory breast tissue is still there. Therefore, it is impossible to make accessory breasts disappear by losing weight, massage or taking medicine.

Accessory breasts have nothing to do with being fat.

Accessory breasts may be caused by congenital developmental abnormalities or genetic factors, which result in the appearance of tissue similar to normal breasts under the patient's armpits. It will grow along with the normal breasts. If not treated in time, it may cause symptoms such as accessory breast cancer.

Patients can undergo surgical resection treatment. In daily life, they must pay attention to the hygiene and cleanliness of the breast area and must do a follow-up examination after treatment.

Acquired pseudo-accessory breasts are mostly caused by acquired obesity or improper dressing, which will cause local fat on the outer chest or armpits over a long period of time. Congenital accessory breasts are mostly breast tissue, and some may swell and ache during menstruation, pregnancy and lactation. Some nipples may even secrete milk. Therefore, if you want to confirm whether it is accessory breasts, you need to go to a professional hospital for a professional doctor to check.