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Breasts and pectorals look weird after implant removal

After I had my implants removed, my breast look weird as well as the pectoral muscle. When I lift my arm, breast goes up also just as if i had implants. It also feels like something is missing in the middle of my breast, like there is no muscle there anymore, making my breast go apart, closer to my armpits and changing its shape. Did my doctor do anything wrong? Can anything can be done in this situation? Before augmentation, I used to work a lot with pectoral. What about now? Will it make my breast look even more weird?

2 answers to “Breasts and pectorals look weird...”

A: Implant removal

Farbod Esmailian, MD

I would assume from what you have said that you have your implants in for a while.  Things are usually never the same I would bet that your surgeon did not do anything wrong. The pec muscle is released inferiorly when the implants are put in so after having the implants for a while the pec muscle... more

A: Breasts and movment

Steven Wallach, MD

It is very hard to tell without examining you, but the muscle is usually divided inferiorly to allow the implant to sit properly, and may distort now that the implants have been removed.

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