Is it possible to have my doctor deliberately deflate my saline implants?

Deflation can be performed however please note that you will need to have the shells removed after you've stopped breastfeeding, and the CC addressed if necessary.

Although unusual it is a simple matter to deflating saline implants. This can be done in the office with local anesthesia. The implant can be removed at a later time if desired.

There are some situations like yours where it can be beneficial to intentionally rupture and deflate a saline breast implant.  As long as you follow through and remove the deflated implant shells as soon as you stop nursing it should be fine. 

Yes, it is possible to deflate your implants under local. Speak with a board certified plastic surgeon to address this.

Yes, you can deflate your implants. That is one of the major benefits of having saline implants. It can be done easily in the clinic with local medication only. A needle will be placed through the skin and into the implant and the fluid sucked out. Then, when you are ready, you can have the deflated implants removed through small incisions in the inframammary fold. This too can be done under local medication as well (or with an oral sedative if you wish).

Thanks for your question. I think your request is reasonable and I'm sure you can find a board certified Plastic Surgeon to help you. Congratulations on your baby and good luck!

It can safely be done under strict sterile conditions as others have noted.  If left for long however the capsule around these devices may likely calcify and removal will be more challenging so remove them at your earliest convenience.

Yes , it is absolutely possible to deflate these implants in the office under local.  The only thing to remember is it is done by puncturing the implants so any warrantee is null and void.  Speak with a board certified plastic surgeon, get a good one on one exam and you can be on your way.  I hope this helps. 

Yes, a surgeon could stick you implants with a needle and let them deflate.  But as a plastic surgeon I would not do it, even if I were your surgeon. The reason is that I would not be the one to "cause" a "failed" device.  What if you never come back to get the deflated implants removed and you go through life with a failed device and it starts showing up on your mammograms?  What if your capsular contracture continues, which it probably will, and you end up with a lot of firm lumps in your breast from the wrinkled up and folded implant?  Then every doctor in the future who examines your breasts are going to worry if those lumps are a cancer.  I deflated implant in a loose pocket will have fluid around it and is at risk from being seeded with a bacteria from another area in your body, if you were to get an infection somewhere else.  I have had a patient seed a breast implant pocket a few weeks after a second stage breast reconstruction when she got a sinus infection.  That early implant pocket, with fluid, is more at risk for infection in my view.If you don't want you implants any longer you should wait and have them removed with an organized surgical plan that would probably include a capsulectomy and possibly a breast lift to re-position your breast tissue.Be conservative and use standards techniques of care.Hope this helps,Gordon Telepun, MDDecatur, Alabama

Your thought process is reasonable and insightful.  Yes, they can deflated and then later removed.  Best of luck.