Can breast implants be placed to make my breasts look closer together?

Your baseline cleavage, or inversely, the degree of breast separation,  is a major determinant to the degree of cleavage achievable postoperatively.  The surgeon can dissect closer to the midline but must be cognizant of overly thinning the tissues and potentially... more

Breast implants should be centered on the nipple-areolar complex.  If they are placed too far to the center, the breasts will appear off-center. Simply placing larger implants creates problems as well.  The muscle in the center of the chest on the breastbone (sternum) must be detached in many... more

The amount of cleavage obtained after breast augmentation is primarily determined by these three factors: Volume of implant Base diameter of the implant (how wide the implants are) Position of the nipple relative to the middle of your chest Subglandular or submuscular placement of implants. Plastic surgeons... more

While the issue of ‘over’ or ‘under’ the pectoralis major muscle receives a great deal of attention, even more important than implant position relative to this muscle is implant position vertically and horizontally on the chest wall.  In many patients, the inframammary fold needs... more

In general, you can get more definitive cleavage with implants placed on top of the chest muscles. This is somewhat dependent on what amount and distribution of natural breast a person has to begin with. With the size of your breast you describe, any cleavage in you would come form the size and type of implant... more

When placing implants underneath the muscle, your surgeon must take great care to dissect the muscle properly to create the right cleavage. If the muscle is not released adequately, you will end up with a very wide space in between the breasts. If it is released too much, you can end up with synmastia, or a... more

When breast implants are placed behind the muscle, the surgeon must do a good job of releasing the muscle fibers from the border of the sternum (breast bone) in order that the implant pockets are as close together as desired.  The surgeon must also avoid opening the pockets too far laterally (towards... more

The only way to get the implants to look closer in the midline is to use ones that are wider than what you have.  You might want to consider this in addition to maybe going down to a moderate plus profile so your breasts don't end up looking unnaturally large.

There are a couple of things to consider in order to get the cleavage right: Most important I think is base diameter, so that there is the optimal space between the breasts while centering the implants in the natural foundation of the breast. With the right implant dimensions, some improvement can be acheived... more

High profile implants do exactly what you mentioned.  They provide projection on smaller framed patients.  I always tell patients that if the implant is placed under the muscle( which in most cases I do), the medial ( central) muscle attachments limit the ability to add cleavage.  If the... more