Breast Rippling: If Symptoms Appear, Do You Need Revision Surgery? (Advice from 20 Years of Research)
Hello — we are U&U Plastic Surgery, a clinic devoted exclusively to breast surgery.
Listed as an author on breast surgery research papers in the 2000s
About 10 years ago, our breast surgeons appeared on the TV program 'Let Me In'
This article was not written simply to promote our clinic.
It was written to provide useful information both to those preparing for a first surgery and to those who have had surgery and now suspect rippling.
As the title suggests, let us first address whether revision surgery is necessary when rippling occurs.
If rippling symptoms
appear, is revision surgery a must?
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The answer: it does not always have to go as far as revision surgery.
In some cases, improvement is possible with fat grafting alone.
Then if rippling appears,
when is revision surgery needed,
and when can fat grafting be enough?
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We will cover this in detail below.
Using published research, we have organized the treatment options by symptom severity — please be sure to read on.
Rippling symptoms:
treatment by severity
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The material above comes from a respected journal in the international plastic surgery community.
The study was written to organize the causes of rippling and the treatments appropriate to each level of severity.
It is referenced in actual clinical practice, so you can consider it a trustworthy source.
The paper classifies rippling symptoms into three grades.
1) Grade 1 (mild)
: palpable but not visible
2) Grade 2 (moderate)
: not visible normally, but implant folds show when bending forward
3) Grade 3 (severe)
: implant folds and contours are noticeable even when standing.
For each grade, the recommended management is summarized as follows.
Grade
Direction of treatment
Grade 1
(mild)
Non-surgical management first
- small-volume fat grafting if needed
Grade 2
(moderate)
Partial corrective treatment recommended
- fat grafting
- acellular dermal matrix
- fascial flap if needed
Grade 3
(severe)
Surgical correction
- implant replacement
- implant repositioning
Advice for those worried they can
never diet again
Rippling symptoms
Even if the rippling is corrected,
won't it just come back
if I lose weight later?
I'm worried I'll have to live without
ever dieting the way I want..
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If you lose weight, rippling is indeed possible.
But the problem mainly arises when body fat is lost rapidly.
Rippling occurs when the subcutaneous fat layer directly over the implant is thin. In other words, the danger zone is 'losing so much weight that even the skin over the breast thins out.'
But dieting seems to
shrink the breasts too —
how do you lose weight without
affecting the subcutaneous fat layer..?
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Admittedly, dieting without affecting the breasts at all is difficult.
But there is a way to diet while protecting the breast fat layer as much as possible:
a slow, gradual diet.
When weight drops rapidly, the body switches into 'emergency mode.' Put simply, it is set to burn the most readily available fat first.
The most readily available fat is subcutaneous fat. That is why crash diets often shrink the breasts first — the body draws on the breast's subcutaneous fat.
But with a slow diet, the order in which fat is burned changes. Instead of subcutaneous fat first, fat comes off evenly — from the abdomen, thighs, and elsewhere.
So if your breast skin is thin, we strongly recommend avoiding crash diets.
For those researching breast rippling, that is everything we have prepared.
Finally, we close with the things you should know if you are preparing for a breast surgery consultation.
[Free PDF]
A collection of breast surgery Q&As
from 2 years in mom-community forums
Breast rippling
For 2 years, we ran a Q&A on breast augmentation in mom-community forums.
We answered questions about complications, as well as questions from those weighing important life stages such as childbirth and pregnancy.
Hoping to help those interested in breast augmentation, we share a selection of the most frequently asked questions from the Q&A.
[Free PDF] A collection of breast surgery Q&As from 2 years in mom-community forums
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U&U Plastic Surgery currently keeps to a principle of 3 surgeries / 6 consultations per surgeon per day.
If you would like a consultation with us, please book through Naver Booking via the map below.
That is everything we have prepared.
Thank you for reading this long article.
This has been U&U Plastic Surgery — a breast surgery clinic born of 20 years of research devoted to the breast.
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