Oak Brook Breast Reduction doctors

There are no good studies to evaluate whether patients can breast feed after breast reduction surgery.  It is logical that if we do not remove all the ducts and glands that the patients breasts should be able to produce milk. The problem is that many women are not able to produce milk and effectively nurse their babies. I prefer to make the statement that we really do not have the answer to this question with hard science or data but that it is logical that if we preserve the glands and ducts that the patient will be able to nurse IF THEY COULD BEFORE!

In general. when you get pregnant, your breast glands will enlarge and get engorged.  Following delivery and breast feeding, your breast glands will involute (shrink).  If you have more pregnancies, this cycle will continue usually resulting in loss of fullness at the top of your breast and drooping of the gland below (the "ball in a sock" look that one of my patients described).  If you have a breast reduction before pregnancy, you will most likely go through the same cycle when you get pregnant.  You may very well need future surgery to revise your breasts.

Drains are commonly used with a variety of surgical procedures such as Breast Reduction, Facelift, and Abdominoplasty. They are needed to prevent an unwanted build up of fluid that can occur as an aftermath of these operations that can lead to an infection. The Drain itself is usually a long tube made out of silicon that is placed during surgery into the operative sight beneath the skin and is brought out through a separate stab wound or through one of the incisions used in the operation. The drain then is connected into a small portable suction bulb that essentially vacuums out the unwanted fluid through the drain. This bulb is pinned to the patients clothing and each patient is easily taught how evacuate and measure the fluid collected. To prevent the patient from accidentally pulling out the drain the surgeon usually sutures the drain to their skin surface. This suture can be a source of irritation and does cause some minor discomfort when an inadvertent drag is applied to the drain warning the patient to be careful. Other then some very slight pain on its removal the drain poses no other threat to the comfort of the patient. Except for the smallest of Breast Reductions I always use a drain and 99% of the time can remove the drain on the first day post-op.