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Breastfeeding With Breast Implants Might Pose Problems
The other major disadvantage of silicone breast implants is that there is likelihood of the silicone leaking into the breast milk. ...
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Saurabh Jain

June 3, 2007

Many women go in for breast implants to augment their breasts without realizing that breastfeeding with breast implants can pose many difficulties and painful conditions. The ability to breastfeed might be impaired when you have a surgery to place the implants in your breasts as there might be incisions around the aureole and the breast. As such, many women have to resort to feeding formula-based foods, which is not the ideal situation for their babies as you can never substitute mother’s milk.

Silicone gel-filled or saline-filled implants are most commonly used for breast augmentation. Incisions might be made on or around the areola which is the dark area surrounding the nipple in which case there is likelihood of cutting and damaging the milk ducts or nerves. The other system of introduction of implants is by making incisions in the armpit or under the breast in which case the implants are placed behind the milk ducts and there is less chance of causing damage to the nerves or milk ducts.