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From a legal standpoint, anything is possible and you must be willing to accept inability to nurse. If not, you should defer surgery until completion of nursing. However, in reality, the likelihood of nursing interference or loss of nipple sensation will be directly related the to extent of the procedure.
All surgical procedures carry some degree of risk. Any breastoperation can result in changes in sensation. This happens less with lifts thanreductions but is still possible. Occasionally, minor complications occur anddo not affect the surgical outcome. Major complications associated with thisprocedure are rare. Luckily the minimal risk with this procedure will not affect your future ability to breastfeed. The suitability of the breast lift procedure and specificrisks may be determined during your consultation with your PS.
Hello! Thank you for your question! Breast procedures such as the breast lift and breast reduction certainly result in a more shapely, perky, and fuller appearance of your breasts along with raising of the nipple-areolar complex to an appropriate position. Since there is an incision made around the areola along with some rearrangement of tissue of the breast, there is a risk, albeit very small, of change in sensation to the area. The reported rate is ~7% chance in change in sensation. However, in terms of breastfeeding, studies have shown that there is no increased risk of changing your ability to do so after breast procedures. Not every woman can breastfeed...thus if you can now, your ability to do so will not change after such procedures. Best wishes!
Hi there-While any surgical procedure on the breast carries some risk of limiting a woman's ability to breast feed a baby in the future, as well as of losing sensation in her nipples, the risk for breast lift is very low for both.
I would let your surgeon know that you intend to breastfeed as that may impact his or her treatment plan. Just as an example, if you are having a lift with an implant, I would likely not put it in a subglandular position (over the muscle) for fear that it might impact your breastfeeding ability. A lift alone will likely not interfere with breast feeding but, do let your doc know.