Is it normal to feel a "friction" or "rubbing" when massaging an implant?

Just remember that no 2 breasts ever look the same and no 2 breasts ever heal at the same rate. Capsular contracture doesn't present for several months to years after surgery so continue massaging and following up with your operating surgeon. Good luck!

This is a normal finding that does not happen in everyone.  It should go away.  It is not an indicator of capsular contracture.   Keep doing the massage.

Thank you for your question.  At 5 weeks it is too early for a CC to have formed, so the painless friction is more likely the result of swelling to both your skin and chest muscle, limiting the amount of space that the implant has to be able to move.  Allow your results a couple of more months to mature and this sensation should spontaneously disappear.  Hope that this helps.