Submuscular placement may make your surgery last a little longer, may take your recovery longer and the patient may have more discomfort, when compared to subglandular approach. The possible benefits of submuscular placement are that it may result in less palpable implants, less capsular contracture, and it will make it easier to image the breast with mammography.

Subglandular placement may take your surgery and recovery shorter, may be less painful, and may be easier to access for re-operation compared to the submuscular placement. However, subglandular placement may result in more palpable implants, more capsular contracture and more difficult imaging of the breast with mammography.

Breast before augmentation	Breast after subglandular augmentation	Breast after submuscular augmentation