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Can the Chest Muscle Be Fixed if It Moves Weird (Up and Out) After Having Breast Implants Removed?

asked 5 months ago by Denisse978 in Lowell, MA
Latest answer by David Bogue, MD
Question viewed 95 times
Tags: chest, flexing, muscle, options

I had breasts implants for 9 years and removed them 6 months ago because of the way the muscle moved them when flexing the muscle, but now even without implants I still have the same problem with the muscle. I want to get implants again but I want my muscle fixed at the same time, can this animation deformity be corrected? What is the most effective and predictable way? Thank you.

2 answers to Can the Chest Muscle Be Fixed if It Moves Weird (Up and Out) After Having Breast Implants Removed?

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Muscle deformity with and after implants.

The animation deformity you have experienced is not uncommon with implants placed submuscularly. Unfortunately, there is very little that can be done for this while implants are in place. Upon explantation, it helps to perform a total capsulectomy (removal of all of the breast capsule) and to even reattach portions of the pectoralis muscle to the chest wall (medially and inferiorly). If you were to have implants placed under the muscle again, the animation deformity is likely to continue.... more
David Bogue, MD

Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

www.drbogue.com

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Breast implants

You had sub muscular breast implants which moved when the muscle was flexed. This could have beed corrected and the implant left in place. now you had the implants removed and still have abnormal muscle movement. i believe this is due to the fact that the capsules were not removed and the muscle stll moves the capsule and the old pocket of the implant. The best and surest way to repair this id to reove the capsule and reattach the muscle to the chest wall again. If you want... more
Samir Shureih, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

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