How Do I Know if Breast Implants Are Actually Under the Muscle?

Thank you for your question. If breast implants are placed beneath the chest muscle, the pectoralis muscle, then if you flex your pectoralis muscle you should see the muscle squeezed and displace or push the implant down and out.tummy Tuck splash starting at 3 in the morning

Regarding: "How Do I Know if Breast Implants Are Actually Under the Muscle?
I had my surgies a lil over a year ago, my paper work got messed up & I got saline instead of silicone I paid for & was told they were put under the muscle, but I wonder if they are not. I can feel them, is there any way to tell? Also sometimes I have random pains in my breasts, kindy dull achey pains."

Very unfortunate and atypical. Most members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons are ethical individuals and it is painful to hear stories such as yours. Was your surgeon a member of this society?

It is important that you obtain ALL paperwork associated with your surgery for future reference. Once these implants deflate, both Mentor and Allergan / Natrelle implants carry a life time replacement policy but your new Plastic surgeon would need to know which company to approach for your free implants.

As regards the under VS the Over the muscle placement, stand in front of a mirror with your hand over one breast and flex the chest muscles. If the implants move up and you feel it , the implants are UNDER the muscle. If they more or less stay the same they are over the muscle.

Dr. Peter Aldea