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