Subfacial implants?

I don't think you have mammograms with implants I think maybe ultrasound or MRIs.

I was right there with you Meow13! There is no way I would want a mammogram with my implants. I can't imagine that can't be good for them or for the alloderm that is sewn in?? I dunno?? I will just stick with the MRI's.

Yes, your right when you have a bmx there are no more mammograms. There is no more breast tissue just implants and fat transfers.

Hi CBK,

I did not read the ACS piece to say that women with mastectomies and implants should have mammograms. I read it to say that women with breast tissue who also have implants should have mammograms. And the specifics of what that imaging would include because of the implants.

Thanks Simone and Vege girl to clarify... I jumped the gun thinking I was missing something.

Hope someone can respond to original question I feel like I highjacked the board regarding original inquiry on subfacial implants. I’m interested to hear!

Interesting. I have gone to Myofascial release for my post mastectomy pain for the last year. I have prepect implants and my PT has a theory that there is a bundle of fascia that gobbed up under my pectoral muscle and is wedged by my implant and that there is no way to get to it to smooth it out.

I wonder how much fascia is left on the outside of the pectoral muscle after a Mastectomy. I wonder if the Breast Surgeon scrapes it all off? That would have been a good question to ask my Plastic surgeon when I ask about moving my implants to over the muscle. He originally told me my skin is paper thin and there is nothing there to protect the implant except for the alloderm and that is why there is so much rippling in many that do it. Maybe that is why some women who go directly to Pre Pec implants after a masetcomy have less rippling maybe it is because the surgeon releases the fascia and slides the implant underneath it and then smooths it over.

In all my surgeries I never even knew what fascia was and that is with a physiology background. It wasn't until I had so much pain and chording that I went to a lymphademist trained in Myofascial that found out about fascia. my whole upper torso was glue when she started I thought I had costrochondritis. I have worked for over a year with acupuncture, myofascial release, Myofascial distortion release, Rolfing, and lymphedmia massage. Not sure these implants were worth it.

Is the person on this thread asking about implants after a mastecomy? If so I am not sure if they leave the fascia behind when the do a Mastectomy. If you find out or find a link please send it to me. You are asking good questions about the pros and cons and the deliverable outcomes?

Please post back what you find out I am very very interested about the fascia as it is related to a Dbl Mastectomy and implants.