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I recommend that you wait 2 to 3 months after you stop breast feeding and lactating. This is usually enough time for the milk glands to shrink and the breast size to stabilize. This allows your surgeon to obtain the best results.
I generally recommend patients wait 3-6 months after finishing breast feeding so that your body has had a chance to adjust from the hormonal changes as well as eliminate excess fat. The most important issue to manage is to ensure that milk production has ceased because the presence of protein rich fluid, in continuity with breast flaps may increase the chance of infection. Logistically, we counsel women to avoid heavy lifting for a minimum of 2 weeks, to avoid suture failure. good luck.
Thee months is a reasonable amount of time to wait for a breast lift following the cessation of nursing. This allows the breasts to 'normalize' and involute/atrophy to their final size. Additoinally, it allow the body adequate time to normalize hormonally.
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