Will Pregnancy Ruin my Breast Implants?

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.

There is no way to tell whether pregnancy will ruin your breasts after implant surgery.  In fact, it is very uncommon for my patients to need revision surgery after pregnancy.  It will depend to a certain extent how you view the breasts after everything has settles down after you finish breast feeding.

The implants will survive the pregnancy just fine. The real question is how will your natural breast tissue recover after being engorged. Some women bounce back beautifully, while others find themselves looking deflated or droopy. If this is going to happen, it will occur with or without breast implants. If you find that you are not satisfied with your breast appearance after pregnancy, I would suggest that you have all your children prior to embarking on a rejuvenation procedure. Best of luck!

When the breasts expand as they fill with breast milk and then deflate, they can sag. How much they will sag is largely genetic (your mom is a good reference). Implants are unlikely to affect this problem very much. Certainly I have seen many women with sagging breasts after pregnancies that never had implants! A benefit of having implants at the time of pregnancy is that they will not shrivel to nothing after the pregnancy. So I don't think you need to worry about the implants. If you are going to need a breast lift later, you will likely need one regardless of whether you have implants. I attached a link to my website in case you wish to read more.

Pregnancy will not affect or ruin your breast implant integrity but it can potentially impact the aesthetic quality of your breast implant surgery results. Your breast tissue will subject to the various effects from hormonal fluctuations involved during the pregnancy & breast feeding periods. The resultant inflation and deflation process of your breasts can stretch your breast tissue and so your breasts may sag or droop a bit as a result. It also depends on your native nipple positions as well as the tissue quality of your intrinsic breast skin envelope.

No need to be too worried about it at this stage. Enjoy your pregnancy and after everything "settles", then perhaps reassess  your situation with your plastic surgeon for further advice.

Best wishes

Ellis

With a pregnancy after breast augmentation, I always tell my patients that all bets are off as far as what happens to your breasts. Some patients can have multiple pregnancies with minimal effect on the appearance of the breast or the breast implants whereas other patients can have significant growth and subsequent shrinkage (involution) of the breasts, which can damage the appearance of the breasts significantly. Ultimately, there is nothing to do at this time besides wait and see how your breasts do during and after your pregnancy. I would wait a minimum of six months after breastfeeding in order to let the breasts settle to their final appearance and then at that time if a lift is necessary this can be done without too much difficulty. The fact that the breast implants are under the muscle will probably help them hold up better than if they would have been over the muscle, but this is no guarantee that the pregnancy will not have a potentially detrimental effect on the aesthetics of your breasts.

Thank you for your question.Pregnancy will not disturb your breast augmentation and will definitely not ruin your breast implants. Millions of women have had breast augmentation surgery with both saline and silicone breast implants prior to having their first pregnancy.That being said - pregnancy can change the shape and volume of your natural breast tissue. Your implants will be fine. Most commonly, women come back after having children requesting a larger implant because they have lost some of the natural volume to their breasts. Another request is for a lift, due to excess skin stretch with pregnancy and breast-feeding.I hope this helps.- Dr. Bryson Richards (Board Certified Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon)

Congratulations on your pregnancy! Being pregnant will not affect the implant structure, but certainly pregnancy and breast feeding can affect your size, shape and skin consistency.  During pregnancy and shortly thereafter, breasts can swell and engorge.  This is the reason why breast tissue can stretch out.  Like most physicians, I would recommend that you enjoy the pregnancy and baby.  We cannot predict what will happen with your breasts, but most likely any deformity can be addressed after breast feeding to restore your breasts to their natural state.  Dr. Pacella

Just like women who have not undergone breast augmentation, pregnancy can change the size, shape and sagginess of augmented breasts. Also, just like women who have not had surgery, the pregnancy may cause significant changes in some women with implants, and minimal changes in others.Congratulations on your pregnancy! Enjoy it, and don't worry about your breasts at this point, since there's nothing to do regardless. It's likely that your breasts will look better after this pregnancy than if you had no implants, but only time will tell. If you are unhappy with your breasts, a revision surgery could be performed. You should wait until you have finished breastfeeding, and your breasts have returned to a stable size and shape. You might later benefit from somewhat larger implants, or you may require a lift to prevent that "saggy look." Keep in mind that another surgery would usually be less painful, with an easier recovery.Good luck!

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 on getting pregnant in the near future (1-2 years) and does not have implants I often advise them to wait until they are done having babies. I hope this helps.

Dr C

Hi there and thank you for this question. Pregnancy will not ruin your breast implants. When someone is pregnant and the breasts become engorged and maybe they breastfeed, there will be anatomical changes which may affect the overall cosmesis of the breasts. After pregnancy, breastfeeding, the breasts can deflate, lose volume and become droopy. It will not affect the implants. There is a strong possibility that you will require a mastopexy or breast lift in order to retain that breast shape again.