How Long Do Muscles Reattach After Breast Explantation?

Muscle reattachment following
breast implant removal is dependent upon multiple variables.The most important variable is the extent of
the original submuscular pocket dissection.When muscles are aggressively detached during surgery, they take longer
to heal.In most cases, the muscles are minimally detached along
the medial border of the sternum; the muscle separation along the inframammary
fold tends to be more significant.After
explantation, these muscles tend to heal with scar formation to the surrounding
chest wall structures.This happens over
the course of the seven to eight weeks in most cases.In most cases, patient’s have relatively
normal chest wall muscle function following explantation surgery.If you’re concerned with chest wall function following
breast implant removal, it’s important to discuss these issues with your
surgeon prior to your surgical procedure.Your surgeon should be able to answer all of your questions and
formulate a treatment plan that’s appropriate for you.

The muscle that was divided to place the implants sub muscular will not re-attach after implant removal.

The ability of the muscle to reattach dependis in part on the contraction of the implant pocket and return of the tissues to their original positions. Scar massage helps to mobilize tissue and re-establish normal tissue planes. This can take upwards of two years.

Breast implant removal is almost always very easy.  If the muscle is removed from under the pectoralis and if there has been no silicone gel spillage, the capsule can remain.  The muscle will stick to the chest wall almost immediately in most cases.  I place a couple of dissolvable stitches anchoring the muscle to the chest to hasten and ensure reattachment.

The muscle really doesnt re-attach. What happens is that the capsule where the implant was adheres back down to the chest wall and this capsule has the muscle attached to it. So yes the muscle adheres back down to the chest wall, but not to where it used to be, it will be higher up. Really this does not affect you in any way cosmetically as there is tissue and skin over this area and the muscle is not very thick, specially after years of breast augmentation.