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I Would Like to Know if You Can Still Have Breast Augmentation With A Sunken Chest?
i would like to know if you can still have breast augmentation if you have a sunken chest? i have looked all over to see if other people or doctors have done it an i cant seem to find an answer.
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j in utah
in Salt Lake City, UT
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Breast augmentation candidates with sunken chest
Thank you for your question. Many times, breast augmentation is a great way to camouflage a depression in the chest. To see if this might be right for you, see two or more board-certified plastic surgeons in your area for a complete evaluation to make sure you are a good candidate and that it is safe for you to have surgery. I hope this helps.
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Pectus excavatum and breast augmentation
Certainly you can have bresat augmentation with pectus excavatum but it will not treat you concave chest. The implants also may displace a bit due to the angle of the rib cage.
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Pectus excavatum and breast implants
Pectus excavatum is the term used to describe a sunken funnel chest with a concavity in the central chest area. The treatment for that condition is surgery on the bone to move it or placement of a custom made implant. If the concavity is severe it compromises heart lung function and the patient should have the bone surgery. In females if the concavity is mild it can be partially camouflaged with breast implants. If the concavity is severe without compromise of heart lung function a custom...
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Breast Implants for Sunken Chest
Pectus excavatum is not that uncommon. Many patients with a pectus can benefit from simply placing breast implants. The breast implants actually help hide the indentation of the breast bone. The main concern is not to make the implant pocket too close to the midline of the breast bone, so as not to end up with a "uniboob" or synmastia. The differences from one side to the other will remain after your surgery, but the volume difference can be improved. I...
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A "Sunken Chest" Deformity called Pectus Excavatum and Breast Implants
Yes, you can have Breast Augmentation with a sunken chest called Pectus Excavatum. I have performed this procedure many times on women with varying degrees of this deformity. Sometimes a normal breast implant augmentation procedure is performed, which tends to camouflage the deformity. Other times a minor soft tissue release is necessary to prevent a cross eyed appearance to your nipples. In severe cases of Pectus Excavatum I usually recommend filling this concavity with a...
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Breast augmentation with deep chest cleavage
Women with a mild "Pectus excavatum" or sunken chest may have very pleasant outcomes with the appropriate choice of implant size, shape and position.
The procedure can be performed very successfully and often the only issue is that the cleavage appears a little deep, which is a feature that some women actually appreciate.
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Breast augmentation with a sunken chest
You can have breast implants with a sunken chest, also called a pectus excavatum. Unless the implants are chosen carefully however as the depression can be made more noticable with a 'canyon' effect on your chest. In general a lower profile implant will give a nicer result, and asymmetry is common with a pectus and must be accommodated in the plan. Of course the pectus can be corrected with a custom solid implant if the augmentation will not work out without.
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Breast Augmentation With Pectus Deformity
A pectus excavatum or "sinken chest" is not a contraindication to having a breast augmentation. You should be aware, however, that an augmentation will not improve the pectus and may, in fact, make it more noticeable.
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Chest wall shape and breast augmentation
The shape of a woman's chest most certainly plays a role in the result they achieve with breast augmentation. This certainly does not mean you should not have it but proper planning on your and your plastic surgeon's part is very important. If implants that are too wide are chosen you run a greater risk of your breasts being too close together. As a rule breast augmentation is in a woman with a pectus excavatum yields breasts that are closer together out of a bra. You would do well...
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Breast augmentation with pectus excavatum
In my experience a breast augmentation in patients with a sunken chest or pectus excavatum can help to camouflage this area. I have several patients with this problem who feel that it is much less noticeable after the breast augmentation.
It is possible to have the implants too close together so care must be given to implant placement so as not to have the implants too close together. Also, in many cases the ribs are angled toward the breastbone and the nipple may appear to...
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Breast augmentation can help give you more confidence in your appearance.
Breast augmentation can help give you a more normal appearance. I have performed breast augmentation on many patients with "pectus excavatum" or "sunken chest". My practice is located in Draper, UT and my office would be happy to help give you some initial information regarding this procedure.
Breast implants will help disguise the abnormal chest shape. You just have to make sure that your surgeon is very familiar with this condition and the special...
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Breast Augmentation With A Sunken Chest?
There is no "one" suken chest. Pectus Excavatum, sunken chest, attempts to describe a spectrum of chest anomaly which varies from a slight flattening of the chest to a pushed in deformity of the chest cage. A breast augmentation by itself CAN be oerformed in women with a mild pectus deformity while in more advanced forms, the woman mant benefit from flattening of the chest by placing a custom CT-generated implant floor to support the implant. The most advanced forms are associated...
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Breast augmentation with pectus excavatum
You can do a breast augmentation with pectus excavatum but the surgeon needs to carefully select a slightly narrower, smaller implant for you because you will look bigger than others because of the depth of your cleavage and the inward angling of your chest wall increases the risk of a unibreast.
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Breast Augmentation and Pectus Excavatum?
Thank you for the question.
If you have pectus excavatum ( concavity in the sternal area), then breast augmentation may be helpful. In my experience, breast implants tend to help “camouflage” the concavity, making the cleavage area look deeper. Often times postoperatively is hard to know that the patient presented with pectus excavatum.
Often, patients with pectus excavatum have medially sloped chest walls ( sloped towards the cleavage area); care...
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