Still Producing Breast Milk. Is It Safe to Undergo a Breast Augmentation and Lift?

Congratulations on achieving such a significant weight loss after your pregnancy. You should speak to your family doctor or OB/Gyn about your persistent milk production this long after you stopped breast feeding. It is important for the breast to not be undergoing change at the time of planning cosmetic breast surgery. It is also important to postpone surgery if you are considering more children.  Once your weight has been stable for several months and your breast is no longer producing milk - breast augmentation or breast augmentation with a breast lift is safe and much more predictable.

Operating on a partially lactating breast greatly increases the risk of complications such as capsular contracture, infection and large breast cyst formation. Another rare side effect of breast augmentation is the stimulation of breast milk production. Fortunately this is uncommon and usually stops as the post-surgical swelling subsides. All the more reason to make sure your breasts have settled back to normal before having cosmetic breast surgery.

Dr. Mosher

Although different plastic surgeons may not agree how long after the breast stops producing milk it is safe to place breast implants almost all will agree not to do so while the breast is producing milk. The risk of milk collecting around the implant causing problems is too great to make it worthwhile. This is different from having a baby and breastfeeding sometime after having breast implants placed. I do not think the weight loss has anything to do with your continued production of breast milk. On the contrary severe starvation prevents the production of breast milk.

My response to your question/post does not represent formal medical advice or constitute a doctor patient relationship. You need to consult with i.e. personally see a board certified plastic surgeon in order to receive a formal evaluation and develop a doctor patient relationship.