What is implant displacement?
Implant displacement when your breast implant slips from its original and desired position can occur right after your surgery or months down the road. The reasons that implant displacement may occur are numerous. It could be caused by the effects of gravity, capsular contracture, weakening of the chest muscles, poor healing, surgical error, or the mere weight of your breast implants. It can take many forms. Your breast implant may migrate into your armpits, known as lateral displacement; it may shift downward, which is known as “bottoming out”; or your implants may shift toward one another and touch over the midline of the chest, which is referred to as synmastia (or more informally as “uniboob”). Breast implants may also ride high on your chest. Read more about your risk for implant displacement here.
