Breast Reduction: Q&A
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Will Pregnacy but Not Breastfeeding Ruin my Breast Reduction Surgery?
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Breast Reduction and Pregnancy
It is impossible to predict how the hormone changes of pregnancy (even without breast feeding) will affect your breasts.
You will experience some degree of increase in breast size during pregnancy. It is not possible to predict what your post-pregnancy volume will be, or what degree of sagging you may experience.
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Pregnancy after Breast Reduction
Unfortunately the answer to your question is that it depends. Just like some women develop stretch marks on their belly and some do not, the changes that occur due to pregnancy affect all women differently. Your breasts will enlarge with pregnancy and remain enlarged in the postpartum period just as if you did not have a reduction. The fact that you do not breast feed will not necessarily prevent you from developing changes in your breasts after your reduction. I have often...
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Will breast reduction shape and size change after pregnancy
Is this this your first pregnancy? Do you plan on multiple pregnancies?
It really depends on several factors:
How much breast tissue you currently have?
The technique of breast reduction (free nipple graft)
The size your breasts become during pregnancy?
Your skin elasticity?
The integrity of your breast cutaneous ligaments (Cooper's ligaments)?
Your final breast shape will be influenced by these factors as well as your genetic tendencies.
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Breast Reduction and Pregnancy?
Thank you for the question.
There is no accurate way of predicting exactly how the breasts will change after pregnancy and there is not much that can be done to avoid these changes ( if they are going to occur). Maintaining a stable weight (under the guidance of your OB/GYN) will be helpful in minimizing breast changes that occur secondary to significant weight fluctuations.
Some typical changes seen after pregnancy include a decrease in size, “sagging"...
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Effect of pregnancy on breast reduction
There is no one answer for everyone. Some patients undergo significant enlargement of the breasts during pregnancy and others have smaller size changes. This is dependent upon weight gain, hormonal effects and the laxity of your skin. If you are unhappy about the size or shape of the breasts after giving birth, I'd advise waiting until your childbearing is complete and then considering a revisional surgery which can be performed via the same incisions.
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Breast Reduction Results
Pregnancy will unlikely "ruin" your results, but you are likely to experience changes in breast size and contour following pregnancy. These changes vary with patient age, weight change, and skin quality, among others. Gynecologists recommend about a one pound per week weight gain with pregnancy (in mothers of ideal weight). The greatest degree of change is often observed with the most dramatic weight gain. Thus, it is wise to maintain weight within...
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Breast only go one way - Down!
From the day that you develop your breasts to the day of your demise, breasts will move in one direction and that is down. Certain things that you do can slow the process, such as wearing a bra, healthy living and minimizing large weight gains and losses.
The things that make the process happen faster include pregnancy, breast feeding, large weight gains or losses, going braless, smoking and jogging or exercising without good support.
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Breast surgery results after pregnancy
I would not say "ruin" results. It is normal to experience appearance changes from pregnancy and weight fluctuation. Typically the breasts get larger throughout your pregnancy, then size decreases after you return to your normal weight. The breasts can subsequently become more saggy after a pregnancy and sometimes the amount of breast tissue gets smaller after a pregnancy, even if you don't breast feed. Whether or not an individual has had a surgical procedure on...
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Effects of pregnancy and breastfeeding on breast reduction
There are major hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy and that impact the shape and size of your breasts. This is the predominant factor in any effect on the results of your breast reduction. Breastfeeding may prolong the amount of time your breast tissue is exposed to certain hormones, but the direct effect on the appearance of the breasts is unpredictable.
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Pregnancy after breast reduction
Pregnancy, not breast feeding, will have the major effects on your breasts. The hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy affect breast size and shape in every woman differently. There will likely be some permanent change in your breasts after pregnancy but it is very difficult to predict how much will change. Your breasts will change throughout your life. Pregnancy is a part of this change.
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Breast changes during pregnancy
Pregnancy, more than breastfeeding, changes breast size and shape. You should certainly try to breastfeed, if it is something you want to do, and don't worry about how it will change your breasts--your breasts will already be changed from the pregnancy. Your breasts will likely get larger during pregnancy, just as they would with any other weight gain. If you get back to your prebaby weight, your breasts will likely shrink in size again. You may find that you...
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Pregnancy might compromise the aesthetic results of a breast reduction.
Pregnancy very unpredictable can effect the architecture of the breast. This is true in breasts that have undergone previous reduction. The nipple and areola can move down, the skin envelope can stretch out, some breast volume might be lost, and stretch marks may ensue. A revisional procedure might be desired by some patients after the pregnancies are complete.
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Pregnancy effects on Breast Reduction
The effects of pregnancy on breasts in general and breast reduction are unpredictable. There are several contributing factors including breast tissue, hormone levels, amount of weight gain.
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Pregnancy after breast reduction
Well, your breasts were reduced for a good reason and you are enjoying the benefits today. As women age and have children, there will be unavoidable changes to the breasts - including loss of volume, droopiness, and loss of firmness - whether you breast feed or not. Rather than worrying about your breasts, enjoy your children. You can improve your breasts later, if you need to!
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Pregnacy results on reduction
The thing you would have to worry about is all the excess hormones in your body. There is also the weightgain. There will be some changes. Without seeing you or meeting with you it would be very difficult to predict the exact results. Even meeting with you it would be quite difficult. Everyone is different and there is no exact science as to say what will happen to you.
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How Does Pregnancy Affect the Results of Breast Reduction Surgery?
The effects of pregnancy on any woman's breast size and shape are unpredictable. Similarly, the effects of pregnancy, and its accompanying weight gain, after breast reduction surgery, are unpredictable. The amount of existing breast tissue, hormone levels, baseline weight, weight gain, and skin quality, will all play a role in the breast's changes during childbearing and after. Some women can even breastfeed after reduction, but I tell patients to expect not to be able to. If...
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Hormonal changes in pregnancy...
The hormonal changes that your body endurs during pregnancy is usually the cause of the majority of breast deformity. The 40 week gestational period not only allows a woman's body to accommodate a growing baby, but it also prepares it to care for the baby following delivery. I believe that the changes that the female breast incur in preparation for breast-feeding (lactation) are what ultimately cause the underlying damage to the breast tissues.
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The effects breastfeeding/pregnancy on breasts
It is the pregnancy itself, not breastfeeding, which can impact the shape of your breasts after a breast reduction. A misconception is that breastfeeding will "ruin" a woman's breasts, however, it has been well studied and it turns out that pregnancy alone is what causes breast shape to change. This will occur whether or not you breast feed.
Some women's breasts change significantly with pregnancy while others do not change much at all.
This can impact...
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Changes in your breasts after breast feeding
It is possible that the shape size and contour of your breasts will change after breast feeding. This may also change the results that you had seen after he breast reduction surgery. However, this should not deter you from the importance of breast-feeding your baby. Keep your baby's health first and foremost in your mind. If your breast do change significantly a smaller surgery such as a revision breast lift may be necessary to return your breasts to their youthful appearance.
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Pregnancy and breast reduction
Pregnancy and breast feeding both can affect the results of a breast reduction. Any thing that causes a change in shape and volume of the breast whether it is pregnancy or breast feeding may change th final shape of the breast when the breast settles down.
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Pregnancy and breast feeding will not ruin breast reduction
Pregnancy with the associated breast engorgement and lactation can contribute to volume loss after lactation, and to the gradual ptosis of the breast, or droop of the nipple relative to the fold under the breast. Studies have looked into the contribution of breast feeding alone as a contribution to breast ptosis and findings have shown that breast feeding will not cause the breast to sag or droop. Individuals should not be discouraged from breast feeding as it will not in itself...
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Your breasts will likely change after pregnancy even if you don't have a reduction
Pregnancy will usually change the appearance of a woman's breasts, even if you choose to not breast feed. In your case, I think the more important thing to know is that breast reduction surgery can affect you ability to breast feed. For many women, this is very important and so they do not want to have any procedure that would risk losing this ability. On the other hand, for some women, the back and neck pain that they are experiencing from the size and weight of their breasts is so bad...
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Better not to worry about this
Pregnancy will lead to an increase in the body weight. The breast will part of this increase. You could experience increase in breast size and maybe ptosis as well.
The return to normal size and shape depends on many factors. It is better not to worry about this during pregnancy and wait until after delivery to deal with it.
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Ruins can be beautiful too
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This depends on your definition of "ruin". How your breasts respond to pregnancy seems to be independent of whether or not you breast feed. It is a function of the hormones that are produced and how your breasts react to them. If by "ruined" you mean ptosis, or sagging, or re-enlargement, then the breasts can be "rebuilt" using the same scars that you have from your reduction. Good luck!
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Changes will occur after pregnancy
" Ruin" is a pretty harsh term for the changes that occur in the breast after pregnancy. Essentially there are a variety of changes that can occur and they run the gamut from no change to tissue atrophy to drooping and other problems. The more the engorgement, usually, the more drastic the changes. Also individual changes can be variable and a lot of it depends on your genetic make-up. Sorry to be so vague, but there are just so many possibilities that it is very hard to say. ...
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Your breasts can change in unpredictable ways after pregnancy.
Hi! Your breasts can become bigger or smaller after pregnancy, and they can sag. After pregnancy, many women complain that their breasts have become "empty". Or they can not change much. It does not matter whether or not you breastfeed.
So my best advice is have your baby and don't worry. The good news is that, if you need a touch up afterwards, it is done through the scars you already have.
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A recent article in the Annals of Plastic Surgery addressed this subject.
It seems that the changes a women experiences to her breast is the result of pregnancy and not a result of nursing. While what changes take place with your breast it is somewhat predetermined by your genetics. It can certainly be modified by your weight gain but the changes that you experience will not be because of your reduction and not the result nursing if you so choose to nurse your new born. There a a whole lot of good reasons to nurse your child so I hope you will consider these...
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I doubt your breast reduction would be ruined.
Hello
Are you choosing to not breast feed? Do yo think that if you are not able to breast feed you will become so large that it will change things?
Many women who have breast reductions can breast feed and there is even a website about the subject. Even assuming you do not breast feed, I doubt that you r result will be ruined. You had the reduction to be smaller in size and you should return to about the same size.
I wold say not to worry too much, enjoy the pregnancy and re-evaluate after...
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Things will change
Your reduced breast will behave like an unoperated breast as it relates to pregnancy and breast feeding. Although it is inpossible to predict exactly, you should expect some stretching of the skin and support structures, and the breast volume inside the skin envelope may actually shrink to a smaller size than before pregnancy (postpartum involution of the breast). Breast feeding may exacerbate these effects.
Despite this, breast feeding is best for baby, and the breast can be reoperated at...
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It will depend on the weight gain and your genetic
During the pregnancy you will gain weight and that is normal. The amount of the weight gain and it's distribution may change your breast. Do not worry and enjoy your pregnancy and if touch up needed ask your doctor after pregnancy.
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