This is rare but can occur. This can be caused by under filling the implant and also in a
very thin patient with very little breast tissue. It makes sense if you think about it
that the more percent of your breast that is represented by breast implant the more likely
that you will feel the breast implant. A woman that already has a C cup breast size will
not feel the breast implant or any folds in the breast implant if she has augmented to a D
cup breast size because the implant is covered by so much of her own breast tissue. On the
other hand if you are quite thin and the implant represents more than 90% of your overall
breast volume is likely that you will feel some of the breast implant in some positions on
your breast or in some postures that you assume. If it occurs it usually occurs on the
lateral side of the breast that is covered by your bra or bikini. It is usually most
noticeable when ladies bend over at the hips and their breasts are dangling from the chest
without support. Frankly however this does not bother most women until it becomes severe
which very rarely happens. Placing the implant under the muscle and filling it to its
required volume is advised to avoid this problem. Occasionally, a few days after the
surgery, patients notice some rippling on the sides of their breast, usually the implants
settle into their pocket, however, and the rippling diminishes. This is rarely seen in the
parts of the breast that are exposed such as your cleavage. Rippling can be caused by
capsular contracture as well. The capsular care contracture can be prevented by massage
postoperatively which we will instruct you upon.
