Are Air Bubbles in Implant Normal?

Most plastic surgeons and breast manufactures say that while saline implants can form ripples, silicone implants do not form ripples. In my clinical experience, as it has also been this young ladies experience, silicone implants can also ripple and it can show if you are very thin or that the implant has not been placed under the muscle.

It is normal for air bubbles to be trapped in tissues after surgery, however they tend to get absorbed over time and at 4 weeks you should not have air bubbles.

If it does happen to be an air bubble it is not within the implant so you do not need to worry about you implant.  It is also possible you're feeling the implant itself.  Sometimes the rippling and folds can be very deceptive and even to an experienced plastic surgeons it may be difficult to determine if a finding is the implant or something else.

Your best course of action is to watch if this goes away and to see your plastic surgeon.

Sincerley,

Martin Jugenburg, MD