Many women who evaluate the possibility of having surgery to have breast augmentation have the same doubt: Can I breastfeed my baby with silicone implants?
Normally it can. There is no evidence that implanted prostheses affect the ability to breastfeed, although there are professionals who think it is debatable.
If the prostheses are well placed, that is, behind the mammary gland, the intervention does not prevent breastfeeding normally nor does it pose any risk to the baby.
Another concern is that the silicone prosthesis is broken and the liquid can pass the baby through the milk, but that is almost impossible, since the rupture of the prosthesis is a very rare accident and in any case it would not happen to the milk in appreciable quantities. Although there are also detractors. Some doctors such as Dr. Fernando de los Santos, head of the Senology Unit of the Maternal and Child Hospital of Malaga advise against breastfeeding after an operation.
According to de los Santos “the mastitis that could appear in breastfeeding leads to the removal of the prosthesis, and is the previous surgical disaster. On the other hand, when a prosthesis is placed via areolar ducts are broken, and this deterioration can more easily cause milk retention and mastitis. I never advise it. ”
In addition, he considers that there are very good formulas of artificial lactation that can in these cases perfectly replace natural breastfeeding.
That will also seem debatable to some.
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