Breast Augmentation After Kids?

If you were happy with your breasts during pregnancy but now don’t look the way you want, you’re not alone. It’s common for women to notice their breasts look deflated and saggy after breastfeeding.

Fortunately, you can look and feel better about yourself with breast augmentation. This plastic surgery can make your breasts look more youthful and full, and you can restore your self-confidence, too.

This guide provides essential information about breast augmentation after kids.

How Breast Augmentation After Kids Changes Your Breasts?

Changes in hormones during your pregnancy and breastfeeding make your breasts increase in size. Some women have their breasts increase several times in size. After breastfeeding is over, you may see them return to their standard size. But they could be smaller.

If you gained a lot of weight during pregnancy, they could stay large. Whichever situation describes you, one thing is sure: stretch marks. The extra skin doesn’t usually totally go away as the breasts change in size. That’s when the breasts may start to sag.

Should You Get Breast Augmentation, Breast Lift, Or Both?

Breast Augmentation

If your breasts have lost volume from breastfeeding and pregnancy, you probably want to get a breast augmentation. This plastic surgery procedure puts a saline or silicone implant under the breast and increases fullness and shape.

There are many implant sizes and shapes available, so your plastic surgeon can finetune how your breasts look to meet your goals. Breast augmentation also can boost your cup size, improve volume loss, and fix asymmetry.

About 25% of patients need another breast enhancement surgery after 10 years because most implants don’t last for life. It’s possible the implant could leak, or it could develop a scar shell. And pregnancy, weight loss, and aging could make you have more surgeries.

Breast Lift

Breast augmentation improves loss of volume, but it won’t do anything for the extra skin that makes your breasts droopy and sag. If you have breast sagging, this can be fixed with a breast lift.

Extra skin is taken away, and the breasts are moved up to make your chest look young and perky again. Remember that a breast lift doesn’t enhance your size; it just gives them a new shape. Incisions are most commonly made under the breasts, but they can also be done around the nipples and armpit.

Many plastic surgeons do breast augmentation and breast lift surgery together to solve saggy skin and volume loss at the same time.

Want to increase size but don’t have any sagging? Breast augmentation is a good choice. If you’re going to reshape them and keep your size, a breast lift is the way to go. Choose both if you want both a size increase and a sagging correction.

Future Pregnancies And Your Breasts

Once you have your breasts back to how you want, they will age normally. If you get pregnant again, you can expect your breasts to change, and you could need more surgeries.

If you’re trying to get pregnant, it’s recommended to wait until you’re done having children to have any breast surgeries. If you don’t know if you will have more children, having surgery today won’t stop you from getting pregnant later.

Some women have breast augmentation before they get pregnant, and they’re happy with the outcome. Much depends on your anatomy.

Note that it’s safe to have implants before you get pregnant, and you can still breastfeed. It’s possible you could have problems with breastfeeding, depending on the implants and how the surgeon inserts them.

You should talk to your plastic surgeon about breast surgery and breastfeeding if that’s something you think you’ll want down the road.

What You Can Expect from Breast Augmentation After Kids

If you think you want to have breast augmentation or a breast lift, below is how the process will unfold:

• Consultation: Your plastic surgeon will talk to you about what you don’t like about your breasts and what your goals are. They’ll conduct a physical examination and tell you what their recommendations are. Your surgeon may have you try on special bras that will give you a feel for what different sizes feel like. They also will tell you if you’re a good candidate for a lift, enhancement, or both. These procedures involve surgery and general anesthesia, so it’s essential to be honest about your medical history and any medications you’re on.
• Procedure: Procedure details depend on the type of breast augmentation procedure you’re having. If you have an enhancement, your surgeon will make incisions, usually beneath the breasts, to insert your implants. They also may lift the breasts to a more natural, youthful position.
• Aftermath: Depending on the procedure, your surgeon will wrap your breasts with bandages and provide pain medication. The breasts may be high and hard for a few days, but they will soften and settle into their normal position after a week.
• Recovery: Recovery for most breast augmentations takes about a month for most pain and swelling to go away. You can expect to see the final results after about two months.

Request a Breast Augmentation Consultation

If you’re interested in learning about Breast Augmentation After Kids, Dr. Scott J Farber or Dr. Amita Shah of Hill Country Plastic Surgery can help. They will consult with you for your breast augmentation today. They’ll go over the options, your goals, and more to determine if you’re an ideal candidate for breast augmentation.

References

• Breast Augmentation After Kids. (n.d.). Accessed at https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/breastfeeding-after-breast-reduction