Does breast feeding deform breast implant shape?

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A: It will not deform your implants

By Michael C. Edwards, MD - Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

It is impossible to predict how your breasts will change with breast-feeding. I have met patients who had implants who had minimal change in their breast shape after child-bearing and breast feeding and others who would benefot from a breast lift. Chances are the later women should have had... more

A: Change in breast shape is possible after pregnancy

By Jeffrey Zwiren, MD - Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

Your situation is certainly not unique. We have many patients who have had a breast augmentation and later have successful pregnancies. Many women return to their pre-pregnancy shape and some do not. It is a matter of genetic tendency, hormonal influence and weight changes during the... more

A: No reason to withhold breast feeding

By Francisco Canales, MD - Sonoma Valley Plastic Surgeon

Hello Many patients in our Santa Rosa breast augmentation practice become pregnant and go on to breast feed. Very rarely does the breast feeding affect breast shape so much that secondary surgery is needed. Occasionally we see someone who wants a larger implant to fit her larger skin envelope, or... more

A: Implants are not affected, but the breasts may be

By Richard P. Rand, MD - Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Breast feeding will not alter your implants in any way. However, you may lose breast volume or tone and these could make you want to revise your augmentation and maybe need a new implant size or a lift. The implant does not cause any of these problems nor does it prevent them.

A: Breast feeding with breast implants

By Barry H. Dolich, MD - Bronx Plastic Surgeon

Breast feeding will not cause an implant to deform and several studies state thatthat breast feeding per se does not cause loss of tone or drooping. In the end it all has to do with your genetics and the internal archetecture of the breast as it relates to the attachments to your skin "Brasierre"

A: Breast feeding should not harm breast augmentation shape

By Peter E. Johnson, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

The issue of just what effect breast feeding will have on the breast is a very important one to women who have breast implants and those who do not. Studies that I have reviewed indicate that the degree of ptosis or droop and laxity of the breast is not impacted by breast feeding. It seem genetics plays the... more