How Bad Do Breast Implants Look After Having a Child?

Thank you for the question. Breast implants do not necessarily change after pregnancy. However, your breasts and skin may change. The changes can be related to skin elasticity and the amount of  weight gain/loss around the time of pregnancy. These changes can affect how your breasts look over the top of the implant. Sometime a breast lift may be needed, but it's impossible to know. May woman won't need any surgery after pregnancy.   

The #results of the breast #augmentation may be compromised if it is done before pregnancy. Many women undergo breast procedures to #restore their breasts to the way they looked prior to pregnancy.  Therefore, if you experience weight gain, pregnancies, or any other drastic body altering changes, it is very possible the results may be compromised. 
There is no way of knowing what a #pregnancy will do to the results of an augmentation. Therefore, it is best to wait until after your pregnancy and nursing to undergo an augmentation.

If pregnancy is planned in the near
future, breast augmentation should be delayed until the breasts have returned
to their new baseline.This typically
takes about six months following the completion of breast feeding.In contrast, if pregnancy is planned in the
distant future, it would be reasonable to proceed without delay.The presence of breast implants
should not impact the ability to breast feed.It’s important to remember that pregnancy impacts the breasts with or
without breast implants.These changes
vary from patient to patient following breast augmentation and pregnancy.Some patients are minimally impacted while
others note sag of their native breast tissue, loss of breast volume and
stretch marks.These changes are
probably not related to the breast implants, but instead, are related to the
natural biologic tendencies of the breast tissue.In other words, loss of breast volume, sag
and stretch marks would occur even if breast implants weren’t present.If significant changes occur
following breast augmentation, a consultation with a board certified plastic
surgeon should be scheduled.Revisional
breast surgery, such as implant exchange and breast lift may be necessary, but
should not be undertaken for at least six months following completion of breast
feeding.

Hi Britni,
Every woman's breasts respond differently to pregnancy. Some patients with breast implants have multiple children, breast feed all of them, and, as a result, develop droopiness that requires a breast lift. Other patients with implants do the same thing and have virtually no changes in their breasts.
Bottom line - if you are unhappy with the appearance of your breasts and want an augmentation, you should meet with a board certified plastic surgeon to discuss the pros and cons of surgery. Most women opt to proceed with breast augmentation rather than delay for an arbitrary amount of time.
Hope this helps. Best of luck.

No one can predict what your breasts will look like after you have children. They can become larger, smaller, sag more, develop large areolae, etc, Therefore it is safest to wait until having children. However, it is not likely that your implants will either change or worsen these problems. It is more likely that whatever would have happened from nursing after implants would have happened without the implants. You will just have to see these changes over the implant rather than without them. It is possible that having implants could interfere with your ability to nurse.