Can I Breast Feed After One Implant Has Fallen out of Pocket?

asked 1 year ago by motherof twoplanning a third in maryland
Latest answer by Steven Wallach, MD
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Had my breast aug about two years ago, 8 months into it one has fallen out of pocket. I had under fold incisions and silicon implants, will i be able to breastfeed? both implants were inserted under breast tissue not muscle.

5 answers to Can I Breast Feed After One Implant Has Fallen out of Pocket?

Implants and nursing

The position of your implants shold not impact your ability to breast feed. But it is hard to predict who can breast feed and who cannot.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Breast implants and nursing

With fold incisions, the breast parenchyma and ductal system should be intact. Therefore, it is quite likely that you should be capable of nursing even if your implant "fell out of its pocket".

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Bottomed out impants have not "fallen out of the pocket"

What you have is a bottomed out implant in which the pocket has stretched out and doesn't hold the implant as high as it is supposed to. This has only cosmetic ramifications and no bearing on breast feeding. It will need repair someday for the best result.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Implant Falling Out of Pocket?

I am not sure what you mean when you say the implant has fallen out of the pocket. Is the implant still inside the breast? If so, then it is still in the pocket itself. The pocket may have stretched out, but it is still in the pocket, since there is no other place for the implant to go. With regards to breastfeeding, the data is that only about 50% of women who have the surgery even try, and out of those, only about 50% can. The way the surgery is done it really... more

Christopher V. Pelletiere, MD
Barrington Plastic Surgeon

Still able to breast feed with implant out of pocket

There is no such thing as the implant falling out of its pocket. What does happen is that the pocket stretches out or enlarges and the implant may either bottom out or fall under the armpit. There is no reason not to breast feed if you so desire. Once you are done breast feeding you can have the pocket repaired - called a capsulorraphy - if it bothers you, but I would wait until at least 6 months after breast feeding is done. Good luck.

Steven Schuster, MD
Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

www.schusterplasticsurgery.com

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