Breast Implant Placement: The Easiest Recovery Explained
17 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video (by Robert Whitfield MD) explains that placing breast implants above the chest muscle (subglandular/submammary placement) is technically easier and results in a much simpler, less painful recovery because the surgeon does not cut or modify the chest muscle. However, the speaker notes an aesthetic trade-off: implants above the muscle are more visible and less well hidden, which limits how often surgeons choose this approach in the speaker's country.










