Acquaint yourself with the most common problems associated with surgical placement or implant position.

Problematic Implant Positions

 
Problematic Implant Positions

breast_surgery-Implant asymmetry
It occurs when one implant placed higher than the other or put too far medially or laterally with respect to the other implant.

-Bottoming out
This implant position happens when implants have being positioned too low on the chest wall in comparison with the nipple position.

This may represent over-dissection in the area of the inframammary wrinkle during surgery, cutting of the lower portion of the muscle, or may happen obviously with implants that are positioned over the muscle or only subpectorally and not completely submuscularly.

-Synmastia (also known as bread-loafing) generally presents over-dissection in the medial area of the breasts over the sternum (also known as the breastbone) in an effort to make better cleavage.

-Implants that are too widely spaced apart, missing enviable cleavage or falling into the armpits upon lying down.

-Implants that remain too high postoperatively (and do not “drop” or “settle” into the correct place).