You Can Breastfeed Safely Even With Breast Implants!

By Author: Dr. Milan Doshi
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For all women who have had breast implants or considering one, are more than likely to face the dilemma about how their implants might affect their pregnancy or their ability to breastfeed a baby and vice-versa. While it is important to breast feed your baby in the first few weeks, it is also natural for most women with implants to worry about the impact of nursing on the breast appearance. While the internet searches around this topic throw various results and are often misleading, new mothers should discuss the concern with the right health care providers.

Silicon and Saline Implants

Breast Implants and Breastfeeding. Here’s the truth!
According to the new study, women with breast implants should not worry about breastfeeding to cause the change of shape or size of the implants.

Dr. Milan Doshi, an esteemed cosmetic surgeon of Allure MedSpa shares the view that most women who have undergone breast implants have gone on to successfully breastfeed their babies without facing any drastic consequence. Ruling out any potential dangers associated with breastfeeding after Breast Augmentation he goes on ...
... to clarify that, “implants are placed under the breast glands and usually beneath the pectoralis muscle, so the implant really never touches the breast tissue”. The area where implants are placed usually affect the ability to produce milk, hence if placed under the chest muscle no damage to the milk ducts and nerves is possible.

Dr Milan Doshi

Can Implants leak?
Whether implants are silicone or saline, the success of breastfeeding remains unchanged. In case of a ruptured implant, there is no evidence that the silicone gel is transmitted to your baby when breastfed. Most silicones are simply passed out and not absorbed posing no hazard to either to the mother or the breastfed infant. At Allure MedSpa Breast Augmentation is performed keeping the best and safest quality of silicone and saline gel used to rule out any leakage or any case of complication thereafter. In case of any such even you can talk to our experienced cosmetic surgeon about your revision options. Moreover, if you are considering a breast augmentation procedure, you should discuss your intentions of breastfeeding with the surgeon fully before any surgery. In that way, your surgeon will adjust the type of surgery to be performed to help maintain the ability to breastfeed.