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Kenneth R. Francis, MD answers: Subpectoral breast implant removal: What happens to the muscle that was cut?

I have read questions regarding breast augmentation and if you are unhappy with the results, you can always take them out. Of course, doctors warn the more your skin stretched the less youll look like your original self, but that they CAN return to normal. I however am wondering, if you get implants under the muscle and somehow or someday decided to remove them without replacement, what happens to the muscle that was cut to fit the implant underneath? Can that be fixed, or does it heal itself? Does the muscle disintegrate?


Kenneth R. Francis, MD
11 months ago
By Kenneth R. Francis, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Dear Mom,

That is very well thought out question.  By the time you would consider removing your implants, you would know what functional deficits you had incurred from the cutting of your pectoral muscles.  From a cosmetic point of view, you probably would not see any difference.  If you are a bodybuilder or professional/amateur athlete who relies on the use of their pectoral muscles to compete you should have your implants placed above the muscle.  Good luck!

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A: Leave the breast muscle alone!

Robert M. Freund, MD
2 days ago
By Robert M. Freund, MD - New York City Plastic Surgeon

Depending on how the implants were placed, it is extremely likely that the muscle has contracted and changed shape according to the type of cutting that the doctor performed to put the implants behind the muscle. There is no good way to correct this. Just forget about it and enjoy your body without the implants.

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