Wrinkling & Rippling
The quality of the skin that envelops the breast tissue significantly influences the shape of the breasts. Even though breast skin contains special elastic fibers, there is natural and hereditary variation in the amount of elasticity and thickness of each person's breast skin, which affects the overall appearance of the breasts. Thin breast tissue may not be adequate to mask wrinkling or rippling of a breast implant.
A rippled appearance also may be apparent when the pocket created to contain the breast implant is larger than the size of the implant. If the implant pocket is too large, a breast implant will not be able to maintain a stable position and volume can shift too much to the bottom of the implant. The breast implant should be able to maintain a stable position within the implant pocket to provide a natural and smooth appearance.
Many women who have either minimal body fat or weak, thin skin may experience this less than desirable condition, simply known as breast implant rippling and wrinkling, following breast augmentation surgery. Revision breast surgery is often required to minimize these conditions and to improve the surface appearance of the breasts.
Dr. Gronka has not been compensated for this testimonial but does serve as a paid consultant for LifeCell. The comments made by Dr. Gronka in this video reflect his own clinical experience with Strattice™ Reconstructive Tissue Matrix.
Correcting a Wrinkled or Rippled Appearance
During breast revision surgery, your surgeon may consider reducing the size of the implant pocket and using Strattice™ Reconstructive Tissue Matrix (TM) to provide additional support to maintain the breast implant in the proper position. Similar to an external bra, Strattice™ TM is placed at the bottom of the breast to be used as an "internal bra," helping to maintain the breast implant in a position that will give the breasts increased fullness at the top. This may result in reduced wrinkling and rippling of the breast implants.
For more information on breast augmentation revision using Strattice™ TM, request information about the product.
