Is breast augmentation with a pacemaker possible?

It is generally safe to get a breast augmentation with a cardiac pacemaker, but it requires careful planning and discussion with your plastic surgeon in concert with your cardiologist. Pacemakers are placed just underneath the skin, and therefore your breast augmentation would likely be safest if it was placed in a sub pectoral position, so there is a muscle interposed between the pacemaker and the breast implant. Preoperative clearance from your cardiologist, proper pacemaker monitoring during and just after surgery to assure it proper functioning and postoperative follow up with your cardiologist to ensure that your pacemaker is working correctly would be very important.

Your cardiologist would have the last say on this, but the breast augmentation would probably not be affected by this as long as the implant was placed under the muscle.

A pacemaker is not an absolute contraindication to breast augmentation. However, it will require a measure of planning.

Patients will not only require cardiac clearance but also device monitoring throughout the case.

Surgically, the implant should be placed deep to the muscle so as to avoid disturbing the subcutaneous pacer location.

As always, discuss your concerns with a board certified plastic surgeon (ABPS).