After Breast Milk Production Has Ceased, At Least 6 months to a Year

Brooke R. Seckel, MD answers: Breast Implants and Breast Lift after pregnancy

How long after pregnancy should I wait before I can get breast implants and undergo breast lift?


Brooke R. Seckel, MD
10 months ago

Before and after picture of breast lift and breast augmentation to restore breast after the patient had twins.

The breast gland becomes engorged with milk during pregnancy. Breast feeding lengthens the duration of this engorgement. After pregnancy or after you stop breast feeding, the breast gland will gradually atrophy or become smaller. As this happens, the breast gland becomes smaller, and the skin does not always shrink back to the pre pregnancy size. If the breast gland shrinks more than the breast skin, the breast will sag, a condition called breast ptosis.

If there is significant breast sag, you may need a breast lift as well as a breast augmentation. If the breast sags only very little or not at all, then a breast augmentation alone can be adequate.

I recommend waiting at least 6 months after pregnancy, or after cessation of breast feeding if you do breast feed your baby, before considering breast augmentation with breast implants.

Before and after pictures of breast augmentation alone to restore the breast after pregnancy.

 

 

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