Can The Missing Part Of My Pectoralis Muscle By The Sternum be Filled In With Small Implants?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a question about pectoral implants for filling a chest gap. As you can see in the picture below, my pectoral muscles insert very widely against my sternum, creating a big gap which I have always been insecure about. I’m wondering if it would be possible to fill this gap with 1 or 2 small implants to lessen the appearance of it, and make my chest look more “connected”. What material would be best for this? Would this have any impact on weight lifting and exercising? I do like to go heavy on bench press so I am worried of potential injury to the muscle.
A:Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. It is amazing what a significant hypertrophy can do to show the true insertion points of the pectoralis major muscle. I believe you are referring to, as shown in the attached arrows on with your picture, to the pectoral insertion deformity or lack thereof near the lower sternum. I have actually seen this before in other types of pectoiral augmentation patients where a very small solid silicone implants has been used to fill-in this lower pectoral valley between the skin and the muscle. The implant design is created by either taking measurements of its height and width dimensions or taking some molding clay to fill-in the area and allow it to harden where it can then be scanned and used as a computer model for the implant design.
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