The Biggest Issue in Breast Implants: A 3-Part Series

Pasadena's Natural Beauty

 Part 1: By far the most important choice you will make in your pursuit of bigger breasts is whether to put the implant above or below the muscle. The muscle is a wildcard that produces many effects, not all of them good. Understanding all of these options and possibilities is very important. 

We recently took the Sports Illustrated swimwear, swimsuit model edition, and analyzed the problems with the women's breast implants. Many of the under-the-muscle placements had resulted in the implant being pushed out toward the side and down. The girls in the Sports Illustrated photographs were often holding their breasts toward the middle, and many times the implant had dropped or been forced down lower than it might naturally have done so by the muscle action. 

Under-the-muscle implants are supposed to produce a more natural curve in the upper part of the breast area, and perhaps they do for a while. However, eventually most "under the muscle" implants get pushed down so the muscle is no longer really covering them. 

Of course, it's possible and even likely that over-the-muscle implants droop also, unless they're protected by a good-quality bra most of the time. These implants, however, tend to sag straight down. 

Efforts to repair problems like these are relatively hazardous compared to the initial implant surgery. The medical journals are full of reports of nipple areolar area death and a higher infection rate and other problems due to attempts to improve breast implants. 

One particular article I show the patients who want surgery because their breasts have stretched out, and this article shows in living color nipple areolar complex or nipple areolar area skin death and loss of the nipple and areola. 

Even though breast implants have problems, they are still the most popular and the highest satisfaction cosmetic surgery we have. Women who improve their bustline often feel much more confident and are able to perform at a higher level in many ways.