Rippling of Breast Implants

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Rippling / Palpability (feeling the implant)The Surgical Procedure
When a patient doesn’t have much breastFor correction of rippling and palpability of the breast
tissue or body fat, they may experience palpability ofimplants, the procedure can take about 1-2 hours and
the breast implants and possibly rippling of the breastresembles the original breast augmentation surgery.
implants. Although the breast implants are placed underSince this occurs more on patients who have
the muscle (sub-muscular), the outer edge andsaline-filled implants, Dr. Pousti goes through the same
cleavage areas are not covered by the muscle andincision line and removes the current implants and
these are the most common places where rippling isreplaces them with silicone gel implants. Sometimes,
experienced. The rippling / palpability of the breastalloderm is used to improve the coverage of the area
implant can be decreased by using silicone gel breastthat is palpable. Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Dr.
implants versus saline filled breast implants. Silicone gelPousti takes his time in the operating room to make
breast implants are now FDA approved and give asure that he does what he can to achieve the patient's
softer, more natural feeling to the patient with littleresults.