Where In The Breast Are Silicone Implants Placed?

Breast augmentation surgeries are performed to increase the size of breasts. The increase in size can achieved with silicone implants placed inside the breasts. The main objectives of breast augmentation surgeries can be summarized as increasing the breast size and shaping the breast. With the use of implants, breasts can be increased in size, volume and can become firmer and change shape.

In breast augmentation surgeries, the two most commonly known methods for placing the implants within the breasts can be referred to as under the muscle and over the muscle appraoches. During breast augmentation surgeries performed with under the muscle approach, the implants are placed under the chest muscle. In breast augmentation surgeries performed with over the muscle approach the implants are placed over the chest muscle, under the glandular tissues of the breast. There are also implant positioning techniques such as the subfascial approach and the dual plane approach. The implant positioning technique should be determined according to the anatomy of the patient who is to have the breast augmentation surgery. Some techniques are more suitable for some anatomies and they will affect the results.

Performing a breast augmentation surgery with the subfascial approach means that the implants are placed between the chest muscle and fascia, the layer covering the chest muscle. The placement of implants in this plane has many advantages, such as a reduction in the risks to some complications, and more natural and pleasing results. As the chest muscle is not cut when the subfascial method is used and because the implants are not placed behind the chest muscle, it is generally a more comfortable implant placement method, and the healing process after a breast augmentation surgery performed with this method is also more comfortable.

The planet that the implants are placed in during breast augmentation surgeries is also a factor for obtaining natural looking results. Especially, in women with little breast tissue, over the muscle implant placement can create unnatural looking results and even can cause the implants to be palpable. With each patient having different suitabilities for these methods, under the muscle and subfascial methods can be said to create more natural looking results.