- General Information about Breast Augmentation
- Feel the Difference Campaign from Mentor
- Photographs of breast augmentation
- Six Decisions to Make Before Breast Augmentation Surgery
- Gummy Bear Implant Video
- Recovery After Breast Augmentation
- How is a breast augmentation done?
- Risks and Complications of Breast Augmentation
- Deciding about the best incision to use for breast augmentation
- Position of breast implants, above or below the pectoral muscle?
- What Size Of Implant To Use
- Recommended Bra SPORTEZE® Minimal Bounce Bra
- Materials Used for Breast Enlargement
- Concerns about PIP gel silicone implants
- Silicone Gel Breast Implants
- Breast Implants & Lymphoma
- Textured Implants For Breast Augmentation
- How much of a breast implant is covered by the pectoral muscle?
- Sample breast augmentation permit
- Breast implant shape: the round and teardrop implant
- FDA news release 2011
- Silicone Gel Implant Rupture
- FAQs about breast augmentation
- Breast Implants and Suicide Risk
- Capsular Contracture After Breast Augmentation
- Infection After Breast Augmentation
- Breast milk in women who have breast implants
- Health risk to the children of women with breast implants
- Mondor's Disease After Breast Augmentation
- Breast Implant Key Events Timeline
After breast augmentation, many women worry that if they have implants which contain silicone, either in the envelope or the gel, they may have silicone in their breast milk. Studies have not shown this to be issue of significant concern. In fact the amount of silicon in the milk of women during lactation, with and without breast implants appears to be the same. As a side issue cow's milk contains far more silicon than breast milk. Whether or not this is important remains to be discovered.
Recent studies haveNOT confirmed any relationship between breast implants and congential abnormalities or other problems in children born to women who have implants.
Women who have had breast enlargement are usually able to lactate and breast-feed in the normal way, unless sensation has been disturbed. Some women cannot breast-feed even if they have had breast surgery. Some surgeons discourage an incision around the nipple in women who have not breast fed or completed their family. These surgeons worry that an incision around the nipple is more likely to reduce sensation in the nipple and therefore make breast feeding more difficult.