The Ripple Effect

The ripple effect is a term used to describe a situation where, like the ever expanding ripples across water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards incrementally. (Wikipedia)

That 'pretty much' describes how one of my breasts looks
...like silicone rippling beneath my skin, causing it to droop outward.

Right now, you're probably thinking:
What? Aren't your implants new? Didn't you just have surgery a couple of weeks ago?
If that is what you're thinking, and I don't mean to burst your bubble (pun intended), they are, and I did.

At my first follow-up appointment, my breast didn't look this way, but I can still recall the PA saying that it would take about three months for them to "settle." (Settle as in: to sink gradually or to the bottom?)

Since I had an appointment today, I asked my physical therapist what she thought.
"Does this breast look right to you?"
I was lying on my back, but my breast looked as if it was about to slide off the edge of a cliff.

WAIT A MINUTE!! Shouldn't fake boobs forever point north?

The therapist took a look.
"It's not supposed to look like that. I'm not an expert, but that one might be defective."
It WAS defective, I think to myself. That's why I had it replaced.

But I knew what she meant.

I see my plastic surgeon next week.
I can't wait.
I need him to understand that
although I've given birth to three boys, and one of them weighed just over ten pounds, I'm still in my forties, and unprepared to see another body part with ripples.