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Will Augmented Breasts Change After Breast Feeding?

I am thinking about having my breasts augmented but I wanted to see what effect breast feeding will have on the appearance down the line.

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13 Doctor Answers | Asked by ban27 in Arizona

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Implants and breast feeding

It is hard to predict how the breast feeding will affect the final shape of the breasts after you stop breast feeding. Everyone responds differently.

Steven Wallach, MD

12 reviews

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

VIDEO (CLICK BELOW) Nursing and breast feeding after breast augmentation

The appearance of augmented breasts after lactation, nurisng and breast feeding, will vary depending on the extent of breast engorgement, skin laxity, relative skin elasticity, implant size and implant placement. However, there is certainly to be some degree of ptosis (sagging). The degree of ptosis is not necessarily predictable. see video

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

32 reviews

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Pregnancy can change your breast.

Hi, Thank you for your question. It is actually the pregnancy that has the effect on your breast. Your breasts will enlarge or become smaller regardless of whether you breastfeed or not. To what degree this will effect you is unknown. Also, these changes will only be magnified with the implants. It may be best to wait until after you are finished having children to avoid any further surgeries. However, if this is not in the near future, you could go ahead with the breast augmentation, but... more

Breast Augmentation and Pregnancy

In general, most womens breasts undergo changes during pregnancy and breast feeding. Those changes are hard to predict and everyone reacts differently. Genetics has a lot to do with it. But, yes your breasts will change during and after pregnancy, how much cant say. Most women who undergo breast augmentation prior to pregnancy, usually wind up having a second operation once they are done with having kids. At that point it is common to need a breast lift. One thing I will point out is... more

Pregnancy, Breast Feeding, and breast appearance

Dear Ban, Even without having breast augmentation, pregnancy and breast feeding will change the appearance of your breasts. These effects will be amplified by implants (as your skin will have less reserve), and the larger the implants, the more noticeable the changes will be. If you are considering children in the near future, I'd suggest getting the implants after wards to get the best long term result. If children are a distant thought, then it is reasonable to go ahead and get... more

Breast augmentation and pregnancy

It's not even breast feeding that changes the breasts, what actually makes the difference is pregnancy. You could avoid breast feeding completely and you would still notice the breasts to enlarge and deflate after the child is delivered. Perhaps waiting until you're done with children is best for you, after all it seems to really be on your mind. That's what I recommend to patients who are about to birth a baby.

The breast shape could change with pregnancy

Pregnancy and delivery will result in physical changes in your breast. If you are planning to have a child now or in the very near future,it might be better to wait until you finish pregancy and nursing. However,most patients have the breast surgery followed later by the child birth. A revision could always be done later.

Many changes can happen during pregnancy

It is almost impossible to accurately predict the effect of pregnancy on augmented breasts. In general if your breasts are small then it is unlikely that they would change much but it is totally unpredictable. There is always the possibility of stretching of the skin and loss of superior breast volume with pregnancy.

How breast feeding effects breast shape

Your breast shape is effected more by the number of pregnancies you have rather than by the act of breast feeding itself. Also, the change in shape due to a pregnancy will not be altered in any way by whether or not you have a breast implant. With pregnancy the breasts can get large and stay that way, they can return to their pre-pregnancy appearance or lose volume and become much smaller - this is all controlled by your own specific genetics. Obviously aging in between pregnancies also is... more

Pregnancies after breast implants.

Hi! Actually, it has been shown that it is not breast feeding that causes the breasts to change with babies. It is the pregnancies themselves that change your breasts, whether you breast feed or not. And they probably will change in unpredictable ways when you have a baby. So if you are planning to get pregnant soon, put off the surgery. But if your pregnancies are in the uncertain future, then go ahead and have a breast augmentation, and enjoy your new breasts.The worst that can happen... more

Breast feeding and implants

Your guess would probably be as good as ours! It is very unpredictable as to what effect pregnancy, and post breast feeding will have on any individuals breasts. One thing for sure- there will be changes in most cases. Most often the breasts "droop" and need a lift which can be minor to more extensive.

All bets are off

Pregnancy and breast-feeding will have unpredictable effects on your breasts. Some breasts will enlarge and stay large, some will involute and shrink, some will return to virtually original state, others may stay the same size but sag. What happens to your pregnancy weight gain might also have an effect. To have a predictable result, your body and weight must be stable. This is not the case when pregnant or breast-feeding.

Robin T.W. Yuan, MD

4 reviews

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

Pregnancy changes breasts.

Ask your friends who have had children - weather or not you have had implants, pregnancy - with and without nursing changes your breasts. Some women are luckier than others and notice a small change, but usually there is more sagging after having children. Also as you age, you breast tissue goes away and your breasts sag. Implants have very little to do with this.