Will not notice much after implant removal

Bahram Ghaderi, 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?


Bahram Ghaderi, MD
6 months ago
By Bahram Ghaderi, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

If you get to the point or age where you would just like to have your implants removed, the shape of your breasts with not be significantly distorted other than normal aging. That of course also depends on your pre-augmentation breast size and how large your implants are. These few points of discussion with your surgeon can give you some idea of how your breasts will appear after explantation. Usually you will just return to your pre-augmentation appearance. The only thing that can't be stopped is the aging of skin and tissue which happens with or without implants.

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