Breast Implant Placement: Over Or Under The Muscle?

December 4th, 2015 | Posted in: Breast Implants |

Choosing the ideal breast placement is best decided by you and your plastic surgeon. This placement will be dependent on a number of factors including:

1. The type of breast implant
2. The size of breast implant
3. Your health history
4. Your body type

The shape of the breast and final look is for the most part determined by the association of the breast implants and the chest muscles. A number of factors come in to play when determining if over the muscle placement or under the muscle placement is best.

Dr. Gabriel Chiu at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, Inc. will help you achieve the look you want by meeting with you personally in a consultation to determine if over or under the muscle breast placement is best.

Over The Muscle Placement

Placing the breast implant over the muscle means the implant is placed between the chest muscle and the breast tissue; this is called subglandular placement. Some of the advantages of over the muscle breast implant placement are:

1. Larger implants can be placed depending on the features of the breast.
2. The breast implants can be placed closer together so a more pronounced cleavage can be attained.
3. Breast implants have less chance of becoming distorted when the chest muscles are contracted.

Under The Muscle Placement

The breast implant placed under the muscle is called submuscular placement. Advantages to placing the breast implant under the muscle are:

1. The skin in the breast area tends to retain its resilience as the chest muscle helps to support the placement of the breast implant.
2. There tends to be a more natural appearance as the chest muscle and breast tissue are both covering the area.
3. Rippling is likely to be less noticeable when there is a submuscular placement of the breast implant.

Silicone breast implants work well when the patient has a significant amount of breast tissue and can be placed over the muscle. The silicone implants tend to give a more natural look and feel as compared to saline implants.

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Silicone breast implants and saline breast implants are both excellent choices. Detailed information about both options can be found on the Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, Inc. website, and a consultation with Dr. Chiu will determine the ideal implants and placement for you.