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Will Pregnancy Ruin my Breast Implants?
I had breast enlargement surgery 15 months ago, I am pregnant again and am wondering if this will ruin my breast implants? I had the implant under the muscle but I am worried I will regain that saggy look again.
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Jayda
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The implants will be fine - but your breasts may change
Pregnancy will have no effect on the integrity of your implants. So there is no need to worry about that. But the stretching and shrinking of the breast tissue during pregnancy and breast feeding may cause changes that could require some future surgery. Either bigger implants or a lift may be in your future. But MAYBE NOT! So you need to not worry, have a safe and healthy pregnancy, and visit with your plastic surgeon after all is done and discuss these issues. By that time, you will...
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The effect of pregnancy on breast implants result.
Congratulations on your pregnancy. Pregnancy does not effect the breast implant but can effect the result of your breast augmentation.
During pregnancy the breast becomes engorged with milk and after breast feeding is finished the breast gland atrophies or becomes smaller. The breast skin is often left stretched and can sag after the gland has become smaller. Typically the breast implant does not sag along with the breast so that after pregnancy the breast implant stays in position but...
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The Ancient Implant Ruins
During and after pregnancy your breast implants themselves will remain unchanged. What may change is your breast tissue. Lactating (milk producing) breast tissue enlarges and stretches the skin. When the breast stops producing milk the breast tissue will shrink down. Whether the skin is capable of shrinking down as well depends on many factors, such as your age, inherent skin quality, smoking, sun exposure, the amount of breast tissue enlargement. So, unfortunately, you will not know...
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There are many variables that may affect your appearance after another baby
There are many variables that may affect the final appearnace of the breast after another baby.
These are similar to the considerations for how much your abdominal skin and contour will recover.
How many pregnancies, how much did the skin of the breast stretch during pregnancy or breast feeding, pre -existing stretch marks, the size of the implants, history of smoking? All of these and more can affect the natural remaining elasticity of the breast skin.
Wearing a good support bra may help...
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Tough Question-But, You Can Look for Clues to Help You Decide!
Breasts are a moving target! They change throughout your life! Three things might happen after your pregnancy: your breasts might get smaller (very common), get bigger (common, especially with weight gain), or stay the same (sometimes). How do you know? No one can predict what will happen to you, but you can make a reasonable judgement. Look at your female family members for clues. What happened to your Mom or Grandma? What happened to your...
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Effect pregnancy has on implants varies from woman to woman
When you become pregnant, your breasts go through changes due to the hormonal fluxes in your body—they enlarge, and sometimes change shape. In some rare cases, these changes are permanent, and pregnancy can actually leave you with fuller breasts. Generally, however, these changes are temporary, and last only until you have stopped breast-feeding your baby, after which point your breasts will go back to a smaller size. When this occurs—especially if your breasts changed size...
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Your implants will be fine
During and after pregnancy your implants will remain the same. However, there is a chance that your breast tissue may change. Since you have been pregnant before, you are aware of all the changes your body goes through, especially the changes your breast go through during pregnancy and after breast feeding. Unfortunately there is no way for a physician to determine if you will get that saggy look again until after you have had your baby and you are done breast feeding.
I wish you a...
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Will pregnancy ruin my breast implants?
Pregnancy will not have any actual effect on the implants, but the skin will stretch and there may be some sagging. But that depends on genetics and luck. The bigger the implants the more likely, I think, for the stretching of pregnancy to be increased.
Consider that many women get breast implants for the first time after pregnancy, and they do not need a lift. The Mommy Makeover often includes breast augmentation as well as tummy tuck, but not necessarily a lift.
Some...
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Pregnancy will not ruin your breast implants but it may be hard on your breasts.
Your breasts will respond physiologically to pregnance the same with or without breast implants. Some women can have multiple pregnancies and breast feed with little impact on the appearance of the breasts. Others might see dramatic changes with even one pregancy. Your implants will not hurt nor help the changes that pregnancy might bring.
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Pregnancy and breast implants
There are many factors that will determine the ultimate look of your breasts after preganancy and whether they will sag.
Foremost among these is your decision to nurse. While no one can negate the benefits of nursing, I will briefly review some of the considerations
These include:
Size of your natural breast
Size of the implant
Skin elasticity (worse with smoking and sun exposure)
Age
Decision to nurse
size when nursing
favored breast when nursing (children/moms tend to use left)
length of...
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Breast Implants and Pregnancy
It is hard to say for sure what the changes will be to your breasts after your pregnancy and breast feeding. It is very difficult to predict how your body will react.
What can be said is generally women's breasts enlarge with pregnancy and breast feeding and this can cause stretch on the Cooper's ligaments which support the breast as well as stretch the skin. The skin stretch will recover somewhat in most people but the ligaments can be permanently changed with each pregnancy.
This can...
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Preganancy won't ruin breast implants
Pregnancy certainly won't ruin your breast implants, but it may change some things about your breasts and change your results. Your breasts may stretch due to the enlargement that accompanies lactation, especially if you breast feed, and this may not return to the same shape and size. In addition, some ladies will develop some contracture of their capsule following pregnancy or breast feeding. These things all relate to your tissues, however, and there is nothing about...
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Will Pregnancy Ruin my Breast Implants?
Hi Jayda
The Breast Implant will stay the same but the breast tissue will change.
Breast tissue responds to the hormonal changes in pregancy and increases in size in anticipation of breast feeding. The skin will stretch to accomodate the increase in breast size. After completing breast feeding both the breast and skin will shrink. Some times they shrink back a lot and it will not look too bad sometimes it dosent shrink that much, thats when the breasts remain floppy or saggy and look...
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Pregnancy and Breast Implants
Breast implants will not be harmed during pregnancy nor prevent you from breast feeding your infant if you choose to do so. The appearance of your breast will change as a result of your pregnancy but your implants will not be harmed. Patients may need a breast lift after pregnancy, but the implants will remain intact.
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Breast shape may change after implants and pregnancy
Dear Jayda,
Firstly, congratulations on your pregnancy.
Breast size and shape changes with pregnancy. There is an increase in breast size with pregnancy and breast feeding. Most women then experience a loss of volume once they finish breast feeding. Having the breast tissue stretched initially and then the breast volume decreased may lead to sagging (or "ptosis").
Your breast shape may very well change over the implant (given that the implant is under the muscle). Some women...
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Breast Implants and Pregnancy
Patients often wonder what will happen if they become pregnant with breast implants. The good news is the it is perfectly safe to become pregnant with breast implants. Breast implants do not affect pregnancy or breast feeding. Also pregnancy and breast feeding will not hurt your implants. Of course your breasts may change with pregnancy but implants will not affect the normal changes which would naturally occur to your breasts. For most patients, even if changes occur to your breasts with...
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Pregnancy and Implants
This is a very common question asked by several of my patients. I tell them pregnancy itself will not effect your implants in any way. However the stretching of the breast skin and tissue during pregnancy may change the shape of the breast contour. If this does happen one may perhaps need a lift or slightly larger implant. That being said there are plenty of women whose breast shape remains perfectly fine without the need for any further surgeries. On a different note, if someone plans...
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Breast implants and pregnancy
Thank you for the excellent question and congratulations! There is no inherent risk to the implants themselves with your pregnancy. In turn, there is no increased risk to you or your child with implants in your breasts now.
Certainly, during pregnancy your breasts will engorge for the purpose of lactation. Typically after pregnancy and your breasts resume their prepartum appearance, they often appear as "deflated" and may have some additional ptosis ("sagging")...
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Breast Implants Are Not Impacted By Pregnancy & Breast-Feeding, But The Surrounding Breast Tissue Can Be Affected
Breast implants are not impacted by pregnancy and breast-feeding, but the surrounding breast tissue can be significantly impacted. These changes vary from patient to patient following breast augmentation and pregnancy. Some patients are minimally impacted, while others note sag of their native breast tissue, loss of breast volume, and stretch marks. These changes are probably not related to breast implants, but are instead related to the natural biologic tendencies of the breast tissue. In...
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Pregnancy and breast feeding do not change your implants
Your implants will not be affected by pregnancy or by breastfeeding. However, hormonal changes with pregnancy can cause changes in the shape and size of your natural breast tissue. These changes may be temporary and leave you with the same aesthetic appearance to your breasts after you return to your pre-pregnancy physique. If changes like a smaller breast size or looser breast skin do occur, you may benefit from other procedures to help you return to a more pleasing breast...
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Will pregnancy ruin your breast implants?
Pregnancy has an unpredictable effect on breast implants. During pregnancy, the breasts swell and the skin is stretched. Some patients will develop sagging in their breasts after the pregnancy-related swelling subsides, but in many cases a pleasing shape is preserved.
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Pregnancy and breast implants
Thank you for your question and congratulations on the new addition to your family. Your breasts will certainly change as you progress through the pregnancy, but your implants will remain unchanged. The unknown factor is how your skin will react after the pregnancy. Your skin will stretch to accommodate the swelling of your breast tissue due to milk production.
Some women will have minimal stretch marks and good elasticity of the breast skin, returning to near...
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Will Pregnancy Ruin my Breast Implants?
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Most women’s breasts will enlarge during pregnancy and after delivery they may go back down to a size smaller than prior to pregnancy. Your breasts may need revisions (usually a part of the mommy makeover) with or without an implant to return to their original size and shape.
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How will pregnancy affect breast implants?
It is tough to gauge the effect of pregnancy on the appearance of your breasts. Since the implants were placed under the muscle, I do not anticipate them moving as a result of the pregnancy. Your own breast tissue will likely be affected by pregnancy hormones, but it is impossible to know what that effect will be at this stage. At this point I would advise focusing on your pregnancy and new baby. If you are unhappy with the appearance of your breasts after your...
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Pregnancy and Implants
Congratulations Jayda! Pregnancy itself will not ruin your implants. The cosmetic appearance of your breasts may change, however. The best thing is to not worry about it for now. Enjoy your newborn, and wait and see what happens. Certainly, you may require revisional breast surgery in the future, but there's no way to know for sure right now. Worrying doesn't help.
With age and pregnancy, the tissue composition of the female breast changes...
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Will Pregnancy Ruin my Breast Implants
The implants will not change but the appearance enjoyed by having implants can possibly change. Most women’s breasts get larger with pregnancy then settle down even losing more of their original tissue in some cases. Depending on your specific circumstances you may need revision surgery to regain your augmented breast appearance. Occasionally a new implant and a mastopexy (breast lift) may be required.
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Pregnancy will not ruin your implants, but may alter shape/size of your breasts
Thanks for the great question Jayda. You're certainly not alone in your concern over the effects of pregnancy on breasts with implants. In my practice, two of the most common patient 'types' for breast augmentation are
type 1 - younger women in their 20s who have not had children and do not plan to become pregnant in the near future (re: 5-10 or more years)
type 2 - women who have had 1 or more children, do not plan to become pregnant in the future and wish to be restore...
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Pregnancy and Breast Implants
First, congratulations on your pregnancy! Your breasts may very well change throughout the pregnancy and even in the months afterward. Although the implants themselves will not be directly affected, your final results may change over time. Only time will tell, however, as there is not way to predict when breasts will be permanently changed with pregnancy. This is something you have to wait and see. The final changes can be expected by 6-9 months following either...
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Pregnancy and implants
Your implants will be fine but your breast will change with pregnancy. Your skin may become looser and some women require a breast lift to accomodate the skin stretch that has occurred with a lactating breast.
Tampa Plastic Surgeon
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Breast implants and pregnancy
Hello and thank you for your question.
A significant number of women who have become pregnant and had children chose to have a breast lift. The reason for this is understandable given the rapid increase and subsequent decrease in the size of the breast tissue during pregnancy. Your breast shape may very likely change with pregnancy and this would occur with or without breast augmentation previously been performed. If your implants are relatively large and make a big...
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Pregnancy and Implants
There is no doubt that pregnancy affects the aesthetic result of your breast augmentation. I often counsel that patients should not have breast augmentation until they are sure that they have through having children. Since the vast majority of patients in my practice present with postpartum changes to their breast it does not make sense to go through another pregnancy which may affect the aesthetic appearance of your breasts. Her pregnancy will not ruin your implants but may affect the...
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Pregnancy After Breast Implants
It depends on the patient’s tissue and amount of post partum atrophy. I always tell my patients that after pregnancy this may alter the shape and contour of their breasts and their implants long term. Certainly after having children or having their implants for 10 years this may be time for a revision or replacement of the implants. This is very variable so we all need to follow our breast implant patients on an annual basis.
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Pregnancy and Breast Implants
With pregnancy, lactation and breast feeding, it is likely that you will develop some skin laxity as a result of breast volume gains from these events. The affect on the overall appearance of your breast will depend on personal factors such as skin tone and skin elasticity. The implants themselves are not going to be affected by pregnancy but the overall appearance of your breast may be. It is possible that you may need a breast lift or a revision after pregnancy and breast-feeding or...
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Pregnancy won't ruin your breast implants, but your breasts will change!
But of course, Jayda, you already know this, since this not your first pregnancy. Your own breast tissue will enlarge during your pregnancy, stretching your breast skin just as the baby stretches your abdominal skin. The part of your breasts that are your implants will not change, so the amount of enlargement and stretch is less than an imaginary twin sister with breasts that are the same size as yours without implants. After pregnancy, and probably more so if you breast feed, your...
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Breast implants and pregnancy
The appearance of the breasts commonly changes with weight gain and loss, and pregnancy is a very dramatic example of this. How much the breasts change largely depends on skin tone and elasticity. It is likely that you will develop some additional looseness or laxity in the breasts after pregnancy and breastfeeding, but it is unlikely to ruin your results altogether.
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Pregnancy and Breast Implants
Pregnancy will not ruin your breast implants. It may alter the appearance of your breasts. Some breasts will not change in appearance while some breasts have significant changes requiring future surgery. It all depends on how your breast tissue and skin stretch and retract. I have a significant number patients who, after pregnancy, feel their breasts look more natural because of the subtle changes that have occurred.
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Pregnancy Effects on the Breast after Breast Implants
Breasts will usually change after going through pregnancy:
many women notice a loss of volume
less tone and more sagging commonly occur
Implants do not prevent these changes, nor do they make these changes worse, but the relationship of the implant to the breast may be altered as a consequence of the changes from pregnancy.
At the time of breast augmentation, the implant is positioned to be in harmony with your natural breast. If there is much drooping of...
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Breast enhancement, breast implants and pregnancy
When breast implants are placed underneath the chest wall muscle, pregnancy by itself should not alter the result of the breast augmentation. However, pregnancy with or without breast feeding may stretch the skin envelope and cause the breast tissue to sag. Particulary after the pregnancy and or breast feeding are completed. Each woman's breast respond differently to the hormonal changes that occur. If lax skin develops, you may decide a lift is warranted after child bearing is...
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Breast Implants and Pregnancy
Breast tissue is hormonally influenced and can be affected by pregnancy or exogenous hormones. There are specific steps to take to reduce premature skin laxity during pregnancy and minimize the affects of volume loss.
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Will pregnancy ruin my breast implants?
I wish I had a crystal ball.
Every person is different with how their breasts change with pregnancy. Some barely look different, some go up 3 cup sizes.
Breastfeeding adds another layer of change. Are you a producer? Do you favor one side? How big do you get? How long do you breastfeed for?
Each pregnancy is different. As for the droop, it depends on your skin tone and the above.
Advice?
SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT. Sleep in a bra. Wear a good one which looks like Fort Knox...
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Pregnancy Is A WILD CARD with Augmentation
In reality, you never know what is going to happen with regards to augmentation and pregnancy. Certainly, the longer you breastfeed, the greater the chance that the tissues will not bounce back as much as they would otherwise. However, I have had a patient breastfeed for a year after having an augmentation and full lift, and everything bounced back to exactly how she was prior to surgery.
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Breast change with pregnancy
Your breasts will behave during pregnancy exactly the same whether you have implants or not. They will enlarge due to hormonal changes and milk production. Then they will shrink back some, leaving you with looser skin. There may be a little loose skin which isn't an issue, or it may be enough that you require some skin reduction (lift).
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Pregnancy won't ruin them, but they will most likely change in appearance
As you are experiencing, when you go through pregnancy , your breasts go through changes. They will enlarge and stay that way as long as you are breast-feeding. When you quit breast-feeding, they will then go back to a smaller size. However, in the meantime,you may have develop stretch marks and other irreversible changes to the overlying skin and all the breast tissue may not totally returned to its pre-pregnancy size.
I don't know how much your breasts changed during your prior...
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Implants and pregnancy
As you know, the hormones associated with pregnancy and subsequent breast feeding and affect the look of the breasts. However, these changes are inevitable, if they are going to happen, regardless of implants. I would relax, enjoy your pregnancy, and deal with problems if they arise. Good luck!
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Pregnancy and Breast Implants
Congratulations! Pregnancy is a blessing and may affect the bodies of many women positively or negatively. Unfortunately, breast augmentation does not guarantee permanent results. Pregnancy and nursing can effect the look of the breasts. Changes may vary between many women. Enjoy your pregnancy and consult with your surgeon when you are ready.
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Pregnancy and breast implants
With pregnancy and breast feeding there will be changes in the breast with and without breast implants.
How much of a change and where and what we can not predict. Time will tell you.
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Pregnancy and implants
It is difficult to predict how the body will respond to pregnancy after having breast augmentation. As the volume of the breast changes during pregnancy it may cause them to sag a bit.
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Unpredictable effect of pregnancy on breast implants.
Enjoy your pregnancy and your baby, and don't worry about your breast augmentation, because the effect varies so much from woman to woman. It is possible that you will need a touch up in a few years, but I have seen dozens of breast implant patients who looked great after a pregnancy.
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Change in breast implant results with pregnancy
Hello,
While we do see changes in the breasts in patients with breast implants, we also see changes in the breasts of women without them. The answer varies. Not all patients will object to the changes pregnancy brings to their breasts. Some will seek surgery afterward to improve their look, but others will not.
Relax and enjoy your pregnancy and the new addition to your family. Then re-evaluate things at least 3-6 months afterward.
Best regards and congratulations!
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Pregnancy and breast implants
We get this question often. The implants themselves will not be harmed. There is an interaction between the breast tissue and the implants. With pregnancy, (and all of the hormonal changes that go with it), as well as breast feeding, changes can occur. These changes occur with or without breast implants. It is always hard to predict who will get stretch marks, or changes in thier breasts or abdomen when pregnant. The short answer is that no one can accurately predict what will happen.
That...
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Pregnancy affects the breasts, not implants
Recent studies indicate that the biggest predictor of changes in your breasts (your breasts, NOT the implants) is how large your breasts become during pregnancy. The things that can result from large changes include loss of breast tissue, stretch marks, and sagging. The implants don't necessarily cause any of these changes, but rather they are the result of the pregnancy.
Not everyone has unfavorable changes after pregnancy; in fact, patient with a tight skin envelope over the implants...
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How to prevent saggy breasts following pregnancy
The answer is very easy. Do not breast feed after giving birth. If you allow your breast to engorge, the skin will stretch and sagging will ensue. If you have very large implants, you may wish to have your implants removed if medically possible at this stage of your pregnancy.
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Breast implants and pregnancy
Congratulations on your pregnancy. It will not have any effect on your implants. However, it may have significant effect on your breasts. Some patients may require a breast lift after pregnancy, but that risk does not increase because you have breast implants. Your breasts will enlarge as they would have without implants under the muscle. Some lose volume after pregnancy and require a larger implant.
Enjoy your baby and wait until all the pregnancy related changes have resolved. Then, see...
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The implants will be fine
The hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy and with breast-feeding will affect your breast tissue itself, and specifically not the breast implant. Whether or not you have breast implants, your breast will undergo changes with pregnancy and breast-feeding that tend to make the breast droop and to lose some fullness, particularly in the upper part of the breast. Those changes will occur whether or not you have breast implants.
There will probably be less of a change in your breast if...
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