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Is Weight Loss the Only Reason Why I Would See Rippling 5 Years After Implants?
Hi, I had 200cc saline implants placed submuscularly 5 years ago. My breasts are soft & they have looked beautiful. I wear a 34C cup size now. I'm 5'4" & weigh 108 lbs. Up to 6 months ago I weighed 114 lbs. I've started to see ripples on edges of my breasts, and it's upsetting. A loss of 6 lbs seems the most obvious culprit for the new ripples, but what do you experts think: is it the only explanation? My weight loss was unintentional, and my healthy eating habits are intact.
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M198
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Rippling of breast implants
Thank you for the question.
Palpability and rippling of breast implants may be related to several factors. These include the amount of soft tissue and breast tissue coverage over the breast implants, the position of the breast implants (submuscular versus sub glandular), the type of implants (saline versus silicone), and the degree of overfilling of saline filled implants. Generally, weight loss will extension weight any rippling/palpability of the implants. Deflation of...
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Rippling and weight loss
Rippling is the result of a thin soft tissue covering. So this can happen with weight loss or age as the skin thins out.
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Weight loss and "un-veiling" of breast implant ripples
I have numerous patients who report similar findings with only a loss of 5 pounds of weight producing "unveiling" of the underlying ripples.
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