Is Exercising Changing my Implants?

Thank you for the question.

A couple of issues come to mind given your description of your presurgery situation and your current problem. As you exercise and drop body fat there is less coverage of the breast implants exposing you to seeing or feeling the breast implants more (rippling). Also, heavy exercise may gradually pushed the implants to the sides of the chest where there is less coverage of the implants;  you may begin to feel the implants more on the sides of the breasts.

Some thoughts regarding rippling of breast implants in general...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 the implants will also increase the rippling/palpability of the implant.

Correction of the rippling may involve 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 the implant and the patient's skin. Patient weight gain (if possible) may also be helpful.
 

I hope this helps.

You have had the breast augmentation operation that will result in the least amount of visible rippling: silicone gel implants placed under the pectoralis muscles.

However, all implants ripple to some extent. If you are developing increased rippling it is likely because you are losing body fat (including some breast fat) and there is less of YOU to conceal your implants.

I generally advise my patients to try to forget they ever had the operation, and to do the activities they want.You can almost certainly hide the rippling when you need to with appropriate clothing.

You may be decreasing your body fat by working out, which is in turn decreasing the fatty tissue in your breasts that is covering your implants. This makes your implants show more, increasing the risk of visible rippling. However, just in case you may want to see your surgeon to rule out deflation. Best of luck.