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Best Implants for Exercising?

There are so many different complications recently,now i am going to have my surgery and im gettin nervous.Im torn between getting my silicon implants above or below the muscle.I work out two to three times a week with push ups, pull ups, sit ups.I know it takes time to heal but when im healed can i resume lifting my whole body weight??138lbs? Would it be better to get my implants above the muscle?Iv nursed 3children and went from a C to a B, i want to be a large D. I sag a lil, no lift recomended.

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Best implant placement for athletic women: subfascial or split-muscle

Your question is a very important one because of the different trade-offs. Under-muscle implants may produce a more natural look, particularly in women with low body fat. But they will be very prone to what are called "animation deformities" which are distortions of the breast shape with muscle flexion. This is related in my opinion to the method used for placement, which typically involves cutting the muscle attachment to the ribs in order to let the implant sit in the proper... more

Natural looling breast implant

Getting the implants above the muscle depends on several factors. I offer patient's a simple analogy to illustrate what we mean: Q: If you take a baseball and you cover it with a silksheet, what will it look like? A: Like a baseball, you will even see the stitching. Q: Now if you take that same baseball and cover it with a comforter what will you see? A: It depends on how thick the comforter is but generally you will see a softly shaped lump. So now the... more

Breast Implant Placement

Hi there- I have several professional athletes as patients, and their implants are under the pec muscle. Unless you are a competitive body builder, the advantages of this placement far outweigh the short lived increase in discomfort after surgery, and movement of the implants with muscular contraction is not a generally a problem as long as you don't workout nude.

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Breast augmentation and exercising.

In cases where a person lifts weights often and heavy weights I recommend placing the breast implant above the pectoralis muscle.This gives a more natural look . When the chest muscle flexes this can distort the implant and give the breast a funny shape. I would also use silicon gel implant instead of saline if your breast tissue is thin for a better look.

Best Implants for Exercising

You are asking so many differing question that without a posted photo I find giving accurate response very hard. My guess is a above muscle implant at least a 450 cc HP. More likely you will need close to 600 cc's - BUT no photo!. You than can exercise without muscular implant lateral distortion.

Breast Implants in Athletic Person

There are good reasons for placing Breast Implants in both positions. However, for someone like you, who works out and uses her arms vigorously, the only choice should be to place them above the muscle. This is a lesson learned from many failures. Your normal activities and arm use trump all other considerations.

Breast implants

I usually place them partially under the muscle. This should not impact your working out in any significant way once you heal.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

ABOVE

I hate to sound like a broken record but, your normal breast tissue is above the muscle. After children, your breast tissue goes away, thus you need it replaced - ABOVE the muscle. No one puts it totally under the muscle, it is only at most half to a third under and when you contract your pecks, it deforms the implant.

Breast Implants in front of or behind the muscle?

When deciding to place beast implants in front if or behind the pectoralis major muscle, there are pros and cons with either decision. Behind the muscle gives a more natural look, with a tapered upper pole; however, there will be more motion of the implants when you are working out. For my patients who are body builders, and who pose, I place the implants in front of the muscle to keep the breast implant from moving with flexion. In front of the muscle, the implant tend not to... more

Joseph Mele, MD

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Walnut Creek Plastic Surgeon

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