Breast Implants Leak Due to Sleeping Position

Thanks for your question.
Typically saline implants manifest leaks quickly. This means that if there's a leak it should happen quickly. Slow leaks are very unusual for saline implants.
In addition sleeping on your stomach should not cause implant ruptures in any type of implant.
Anytime you're concerned about the shape change in your breasts you should see your surgeon.
I hope this helps!

In general, saline implant leaks can be detected quite quickly. It is not unheard of to have them deflate within 24 hours. Having said that however, yours may be compromised and be leaking slowly, as you suggested. It is important you see your surgeon to have your implants examined to ensure they are still in good shape.

Saline breast implants can fail or deflate at any time following implantatoin. However, when it happens, it usually becomes apparent following a few days. You can have a partial deflation for a short while; however, it eventually fully deflates if you wait long enough.
Breasts change over time, especially following augmentation. Changes occur with age, weight changes, pregnancy, etc. It is not uncommon to feel that one's breasts are getting smaller or 'looser' as the skin further expands and if you lose weight. This can lead to the feeling of 'rippling'. You should seek an appointment with your board certified plastic surgeon to evaluate your breasts. You may benefit from a silicone gel implant.

It sounds like it is not a leak. However, without examining you it is hard to tell. If you implants are saline filled and had a lead, the size would decrease much faster that what you are describing. It is best to go back to your surgeon for a consultation.

If you have a slow leak, it would take some time and the implant would eventually get smaller. If one side is doing this and the other isnt it may be a leak. Unlikely that this is happening to both sides. You may have enlarging of the skin envelope and decrease in your body fat and breast tissue to explain the rippling.
I would just recommend to go see your plastic surgeon and have him/her judge.
Hope that helps.

I do not think that sleeping on yoru stomach will make your implants leak. If they are leaking they will deflate and you will notice it. 

Hello proud army wife,

The position you sleep in does not affect the integrity of the implant. A change in apparent volume may be due to any number of factors like thinning of your own breast tissue over time, more drooping, an additional pregnancy or change in weight. Having said that, I have seen the very rare saline implants (especially the textured type) leak through the valve with certain arm movements, as tissue has gotten trapped between the pig-tail and the valve itself.

Best to always check with your doctor, or if you are no longer living near your doctor, find another board-certified plastic surgeon to check with. Best of luck.

Dear Proud Army Wife,
The scenario you describe is possible, but it is extremely rare for both implants to leak at the same time and at the same rate. Slow saline leaks do occur though and may take weeks or months to deflate the implants. If you have leaking implants the cause of the leak is not sleeping on your stomach, per se, but your nine years of arm and body movements that over time wear down the implant shell. Decreasing breast size and increasing rippling are signs of leaking implants. Good luck!

Saline breast implants do leak and once they do they deflate. There is no nightly change to them just because you are a stomach sleeper. They symptoms you are describing typically occur after some weight loss or post pregnancy changes. Your breast tissue becomes thinner and you will notice the bra not fitting as well and also see the implant rippling become more noticeable. The best thing to do is return to your surgeon for an evaluation. Your options may be to switch to a silicone gel implant and also consider under the muscle placement if your current implants are above the muscle. That will address the rippling you are seeing. Sleeping on your stomach should not harm the implants.

It is very unlikely that saline implant to have partial leak. Please check with your doctor and have him to examine you. You may have some breast changes due to weight loss and also hormonal changes.