Cosmetic Question: Is it okay to have a breast reduction or a tummy tuck before I have children?
Cosmetic Question: Yes, it is okay to have any breast surgery before or after having your family. The only time not to have breast surgery is when you are pregnant and for six months after delivery or 3 months after you stop breast feeding.
The cosmetic operation that you should not have before having your children is a tummy tuck. The physical growth of the baby predictably stretches the skin and muscle of the abdomen, reversing the tummy tuck surgery repair every time. So, wait until having your family for a tummy tuck.
It is hormones, not growth of the baby that affect our breasts during pregnancy and these effects are totally unpredictable. Breasts may be larger, smaller or the same after pregnancy. Therefore, it does not undo the effects of breast surgery. If you have had a previous breast reduction, your breasts remain proportionally smaller afterwards.
If your breasts are too large and are causing you a lack of confidence, embarrassment or back and neck pain, then breast reduction surgery is the best treatment, before or after pregnancy.
A breast reduction is an out-patient surgical procedure with a two week recovery. It is done with general anesthesia. You can get back to full activity (running, kick boxing, etc) after six weeks. Recovery is not painful.
Can you breast feed after a breast reduction? Of course lots of women are not able to breast feed anyway. However, for those who can, any breast surgery can affect breast feeding. Modern breast reduction surgery keeps the breast-nipple attachments unchanged and breast feeding is definitely possible.
So if your large breasts are a concern , please call us and let us help you!