Pectoral Implants
There are two major groups of men who seek pec implant surgery:
Men who are born with chest wall deformities such as pigeon chest or Poland's Syndrome (lack of one side of the pectoralis muscle). Most of these patients think correcting these problems is a huge operation of breaking the bones of the chest wall and moving them forward, however for these men, the deformity can be camouflaged well with pec implants.
For these cases you make a customised implant that fits the defect. It may not be put under the muscle, it may be put under the skin and can give the chest a more aesthetic, masculine contour.
The other group of men seeking pec implants are men who genetically don't have very good muscles, or men who would like to have a better chest but don't have time to get to the gym. The critical issue for these men is to place the implant underneath the pectoralis muscles not under the skin. An incision is made under the armpit and the skin and muscle carefully lifted up and the implant inserted.
The implant comes in four sizes and before surgery the chest wall is measured so the right sized implant is chosen. After pec implant surgery the patient can still build his own pec muscles for an even greater result.
During the recovery period, the patient is instructed not to lift their arms after surgery. When the dressings are removed the patient is told to follow a gentle exercise program for the next few weeks to permit a full and comfortable range of motion of the arms. This allows the pec implants to settle into the fascia pockets that surround the muscle. Generally within a week or two, physical use of the upper body muscles may be resumed and within six weeks, full pectoral muscular activity may be recommenced.
Surgical risks may include: infection, bleeding, asymmetry, scarring, and muscle and/or nerve damage.
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