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What Treatments to Avoid When Breastfeeding?

asked 1 year ago by ywyc2 in Hong Kong
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
Question viewed 410 times
Tags: breast feeding, contraindication

Could You Pls Advise on All Types of Facial Treatments Which Need to Be Avoided While Breastfeeding? Thanks

6 answers to What Treatments to Avoid When Breastfeeding?

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During breast feeding avoid facial cosmetic injections

Despite not having any medical evidence that fillers are dangerous to your baby, you should not chance any risk and avoid these treatments during breast feeding, including Botox.  There have been no studies that formally studied this question.  There should be no problem to undergo microdermabarasion, V-beam laser or Fraxel Restore treatments during breast feeding (provided your baby is not with you during the treatments).
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist
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Facial cosmetic procedures during breast feeding

All unnecessary  cosmetic procedures should be avoided during pregnancy an breast feeding. No studies have been done to test the safety of these procedures  under the above circumstances. Nor could they ethically be done. Thus, all advice is purely theoretical and empirical. In particular phenol peels, which can be toxic to the heart and botox  should be avoided.
Eugene Mandrea, MD

Chicago Dermatologist

www.lakeviewderm.com

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Breastfeeding

I would avoid all forms of skin treatment while breast feeding. While I doubt any topical treatment would be a problem, no one knows for sure.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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What cosmetic treatments to avoid when breastfeeding

Because we don't know the effects of cosmetic procedures on the baby, it is not recommended to have any cosmetic procedures while pregnant or breastfeeding. Cosmetic procedures are not tested on pregnant or breastfeeding women, so we have no way of telling what the safety profile of these treatments is, including all injectables and laser procedures. It is known that Botox for example can drift from an injected area to other areas. So, what does one do? Use an excellent... more
Emily Altman, MD

Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon
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Facial Treatments to avoid while Breastfeeding.

Out of an undue amount of caution, we discourage our patients from getting any cosmetic procedures like laser treatments, Botox, Radiesse or even peel treatments while breast feeding and also while they are pregnant.  During this time, we encourage optimal skin care regimen and in-office clinical facials with appropriate products.
Anifat Balogun, MD

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Facial cosmetic procedures to avoid while pregnant

Botox is a noteworthy facial cosmetic procedure that should be avoided while pregnant.  Good luck.  Laser treatments may be safe, but there are not large studies demonstrating the safety of cosmetic procedures on pregnant women.  So this is a difficult question for physicians to answer.  Good luck.  The best advice is to wait on anything major until before or after pregnancy.
Jason R. Hess, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon

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