Will Breast Implants Ruin a Tattoo on Upper Rib Cage?

If you have your heart set on having breast augmentation soon, I would suggest that you postpone the tattooing. Any area of nonhealing or infection associated with the tattooing process may necessitate postponement of your breast surgery.  Also, having breast augmentation surgery performed first will allow you to appropriately plan positioning and design of the tattoo. You may find the attached link, demonstrating many patients with tattoos, helpful to you as you consider your options.  Best wishes.

If you receive a tattoo in the upper breast area, and then undergo a breast augmentation at some point, then chances are that the tattoo will get a little larger.  However, unless you go with a very large implant for your tissues, I doubt it would alter it very much.  Many women have a tattoo in the area before augmentation, and they still look good without any significant change in the design, color, etc.  I hope this helps.

It is difficult to predict the effects of breast augmentation on a tattoo.  Sometimes tattoos will move or stretch in response to a breast augmentation.  I would suggest waiting until after the augmentation to get a tattoo.  This will allow you to more accurately define its position and avoid a potentially unfavorable aesthetic outcome with respect to tattoo colors stretching or appearing to fade.

Good luck!