In a majority of cases, funnel chest surgery does not cause any physical discomfort. However, even if pain and other physical complaints and impairments such as reduced function of internal organs are absent, surgical correction can still be useful. For many of those affected, a deformation of the chest represents a great psychological burden.
A funnel chest correction can be successfully performed at any age by using a custom-made implant. However, one’s growth phase should already be completed. In conventional surgical methods, a funnel chest correction is only recommended towards the end of puberty.