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Will a Breast Lift Help Correct Rippling?

asked 1 year ago by unique1019
Latest answer by Grant Stevens, MD
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Tags: rippling

i had a breast lift with breast augmentation revision about 3 weeks ago to remove some scar tissue. I also went down in size slightly from mod profile plus 500ccs to 457ccs same profile. I had some rippling in the clevage area and was told that a lift would help resolve the rippling issue. however i could still see some slight rippling now. Will this resolve on its own as i continue to heal or will i need to correct with alloderm?

13 answers to Will a Breast Lift Help Correct Rippling?

Do you believe in Santa Clause?

I have never seen rippling improve with a mastopexy alone. Do you have saline or silicone implants now? Cohesive? Form Stable? Under the muscle? over? Did they try ADM? Tought to answer your question without more info. Good luck .g

Grant Stevens, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

marinaplasticsurgery.com

Correction of rippling

If you have rippling now, it may well not improve, but it is always best to wait a few months before considering revision surgery. You could also consider fat grafting over the implant to help with the rippling.

Jonathan J Staiano, MBBS
Birmingham Plastic Surgeon

Breast Lift and Breast Implant Rippling?

Thank you for the question. No, your rippling will not necessarily improve unless you are to gain weight and increase soft tissue coverage in the area. In the long term, if Griffin continues to be a concern, improvement of the rippling may be achieved with further surgery including implant pocket exchange if possible ( sub glandular to submuscular), implant exchange if possible (saline to silicone), and/or the use of allograft to provide an additional layer of tissue between... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Breast Implants and Rippling

Breast implants normally have some rippling at their surface. It is only visible and possibly palpable if the soft tissue covering the implant is limited. A breast lift will reduce and tighten the skin envelope around an implant. If indicated otherwise, it may help correct or improve visible rippling but this is not the most direct or preferred method of doing so. Visible rippling is most directly addressed by tightening the implant pocket that is defined by the capsule surrounding the... more

Max Polo, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

Will a Breast Lift Help Correct Rippling?

You are early from your surgery, but rippling will not improve, it can only worsen. you do not state if your implants are in front or behind the muscle, and if they are saline or silicone. Typically silicone behind the muscle have the least liklihood of rippling, but you can still ripple if your soft tissue covering is very thin.

Amy T. Bandy, DO
Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon

Rippling in a breast implant

The ripple that you see in the cleavage area of the breast is related to thin tissue cover, and the best solution is submuscular placement to hide the upper edge of the implant. We find that AlloDerm is very expensive, is quite thin, and offers no guarantee for a solution to the ripple. Both a silicone gel and a saline implant can ripple, the saline of course more so. The breast lift will improve the shape, but unless the cover over the implant is improved the ripple will not go away... more

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Rippling after augmentation

It is unlikely that this will change much but probably it is too early to tell. An option to consider is fat grafting.

Jeff Scott, MD
Everett Plastic Surgeon

Rippling is caused by saline implants, underfilled implants, and/or thin tissue cover.

If you have rippling three weeks after surgery, I can tell you with very high certainty that your rippling will only get worse as healing goes forward, swelling diminishes, and tissues soften and stretch. Alloderm may help to give you a slightly thicker layer over the implant rippling, but if your rippling is with saline-filled implants, switching to the newest generation of cohesive silicone gel implants will give you the highest likelihood of significantly reducing or eliminating your... more

Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

www.mpsmn.com

Breast lift and rippling

Generally, rippling, particularly medially, in the cleavage area is caused by thin tissue cover. There are several ways to improve this-conversion to a submuscular augmentation if the implants are subglandular, using silicon rather than salin implants, and using some type of acellular dermis to thicken/ support the tissue in the rippled area. A lift alone will not correct rippling. Implants which are too large for the body, may also lead to the problem of... more

Beverly Friedlander, MD
Short Hills Plastic Surgeon

Lift and rippling

My grandmother used to call that a "fariy tale." Lifting the breast does not cause the rippling to go away. Rippling occurs because the tissue is very thin. Soft tissue coverage like placing the implant under the muscle helps or using alloderm or strattice.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Ripples and Wrinkles after Breast Lift and Breast Augmentation Revision

As was mentioned previously, the most important issues concerning wrinkling and rippling in the upper portion of the breasts after breast augmentation surgery is the thickness of the breast skin and breast tissues (coverage) in that area. A key question is where the implants are placed. In patients with thin coverage, we recommend that the implants are place behind the muscle to minimize rippling/wrinkling. If you have them above the muscle, then this might be a... more

Luis Zapiach, MD
Paramus Plastic Surgeon

www.artplasticsurgeons.com

Breast lift does not correct rippling.

Hi. Of course wait several months, but it sounds like you may want a revision. Alloderm helps dramatically. I am assuming you have silicone implants .If they are moderate profile, switching to moderate plus or high profile helps, because moderate profile implants are under filled and prone to rippling. If you have textured implants, switching to smooth walled implants helps. see video

George J. Beraka, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Implant vs soft tissue part 4

You downsized and had some skin removed to address what im suspecting is inadequate soft tissue coverage over the implant. Over time, implants tend to place pressure on breast parenchyma from below and thin it. Immediately after surgery, swelling "thickens" the soft tissue covering the implant better. Once it resolves, if you have residual rippling its likely due to inadequate soft tissue- lesson: lifting breasts and down sizing do no directly address the issue of inadequate soft tissue. more