Hi Kelly, everyone is different depending on your pain tolerance, and sometimes going under the muscle can be more painful as the muscle has been cut and lifted in the surgery, but personally, i had under the muscle implants and i have had very minimal pain and discomfort from surgery to now (6 weeks post op)… i just found my chest was very very tight for the first few days, and if i moved too quickly or in a particular way the muscle in my chest would jump which would hurt a little bit. Never enough pain to need more than paracetamol/ibuprofen. If youve recovered from c sections, i’d say you’d find boob job recovery a breeze x