Breast Implants

Hi everyone!

Has anyone had any experience/knowledge regarding breast implants before being done having children?

I am 30 and I already have a child. At this point I'm still not quite sure if I want a second or not. I keep going back and forth over this and could debate over pros and cons in my case all day long. If I do it will surely not be any sooner than 4-5 years from now.

What I've been thinking for a pretty long time was having breast implants, but I'm not sure if getting them before having another child is a good idea, considering breasts change after pregnancy/breastfeeding/pumping ... I've already asked a plastic surgeon and he said ...of course no problem, I can have that at any time but in my heart I had some doubts about it.

One of my good friends had implants and after having a baby, breastfeeding, pumping, her implant ruptured, and obviously she had to have it fixed. I don't know if it's related in any way to pumping but the implants were not that old, only 3 years.

Any experience helps 😃

Thank you all

The gal that used to be on "Little House on the Prairie" used the have implants and had them removed year or so ago. She was telling after having the removal done that you have to have implants taken out and a new set put in every 15 years, something which very few doctors tell their patients. I would take that in my advisement as well.

I believe you can have them in between having children. They are able to go through many different areas of the body now that they are not only limited to going through the areolas. They can also do fat transfer suctioning fat from other parts of your body and injecting it into your breasts.

NADYASB while I don't have any personal experience with breast implants ( being male ) the consensus among the medical community can be a bit divided. When you are pregnant and after your pregnancy your breast will grow with breast milk. If you already have your breast done, then your breast will grown even bigger but always remember that after breast feeding, then they will shrink back down and 99% of the time they will not look as perky as they were before the biggest issue is sagging . So in a lot of cases women come back to redo their breast and sometimes have to get a lift done or larger implants to fill in the extra skin. If you wait until after you have children, then all that needs to be done is filling back up the skin stretched out by breast feeding which will leave you a better, perky and permanent look.

Some women have tremendous changes in breast shape and size, and some have almost none. It seems, that the smaller women are in terms of their breast size, the lesser the changes may be after pregnancy (but, again, this is not always the case). Certainly if there is a women has a little bit of a larger breast and already has some relaxation, there is a greater chance that she will have significant changes after children. So trying to figure out how pregnancies will change the breasts is really the crux of the matter.

Sometimes you can get some insight into how and if you will change. if you have the same build as your mother, you may experience the same type of changes she did after pregnancies. Or, if you have had significant changes in your weight, and there was not much change in your breast size and shape, pregnancy may not affect your breasts too much.

Other doctors have said " I perform breast implants on many women before they have children. Women can be very pleased with their breast following pregnancies and breast feeding and not feel the need for further surgery. it is safe to have breast implants before becoming pregnant and safe to breast feed with breast implants."

So, whether to have your breast implants now, or after children is a very personal decision. If you are not ready or not sure, you should not be pressured. Probably the best way to sort this all out, is to have a consultation with a Board-certified plastic surgeon to discuss you options and come up with the right option for you.

Hope this helps .

Thank you for our post RN1993. I met with a plastic surgeon in regards to implants and I felt it was more of "selling" the procedure type of thing going on at that point.

The last thing I would want is having implants now, changes after second child, then another procedure to lift, pull...The more procedures the higher the risk for complications and I definetively wouldn't want any of those.

I'm nothing like my mom and I have to admit I'm a little envious. She's been blessed with beautiful breasts and I'm hardly filling in a lame A cup? Even my body weight hasn't changed ever since I was in the 9th grade, after many years and a kid. Everyone looking at the pictures from 15 years ago are in shock because I look the same way I did back then. That's good, not complaining... just wish I had something I currently don't have?

After surgery or implants will your breast stay so sensitive ?

Are sensitive, erotic, sensual breast no better than beautyfull breast ?

Beauty is like a flower, erotism and sensuality are like the soul not affected by the time.

My ex had a reduction last year. When we were together, a few years previously, we both went to see a surgeon. He advised waiting as at that time we were not sure about having children so she did wait and we had a child. Fast forward about 8 years, things are very different and she went for it. It gave her a tremendous boost to her self confidence in her image and that in itself was noticeable.

I appreciate there are different issues with a reduction and that it is far more involved but the basic principles around being sure you want to go ahead are the same. Gather all the info. Then make up your own mind. You don't have to breastfeed feed if you have another child. Find a surgeon who isn't giving it the hard sell, too.

Good luck in your decision.

Well NADYASB, yes unfortunately that is a pitfall about a consultation with a plastic surgeon with regards to be a bit pressured into have the procedure done.

I felt it was more of "selling" the procedure type of thing going on at that point.

Yes I sure its needs careful consideration about having the procedure done and then having to undergo a lift in the future due to changes in the appearance . As with any procedure that involves a GA there are risk and you are absolutely right about complication from a GA and from repeated procedures ( like scaring both from the suture line and tissue, infection, loss of sensitivity etc) as you said.

The last thing I would want is having implants now, changes after second child, then another procedure to lift, pull...The more procedures the higher the risk for complications and I definitively wouldn't want any of those.

Well I expect that you will make a very informed decision with regards to the surgery or timing of the surgery. As other have mention breast implants may need to be replaced at some point about 10-15 years.There is no consensus on this but at about 10 years it is advisable to get ultrasound or mammogram together or a breast MRI to rule out breast implant ruptures.

Finally as you said there is nothing wrong with looking the same as you did 15 years ago in terms of weight, stature etc after a provenance , lots of women would be a bit envious of you, but its understandable about wanting a larger bust.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

After ablatio mammae on both sides it is the best to give up any form of a reconstruction, breast implants too. So you will avoid any problems with these ones in the future. But it is essential that you will find a really skilled surgeon to realize this in a aesthetical manner. I know from several women having realized this with a very satisfactory result: No mammography will be necessary in your life!

I really wished you wouldent do it. I'm a guy and if I had a wife or girlfriend who wanted to get them I would be pretty upset. I will admit sometimes they look nice but i think it is a 1000 times sexier when a woman has her natural breast that God gave her. I don't care if she is flat chested or her boobs are very saggy. I would rather play with and suck real breast then silicone.

My ex had to get augmented after a mastectomy for breast CA. She was small before so she was enlarged some. I didn't really like it either. It's vaguely reminiscent of penile enlargement.

I think having breast implants must make it harder to examine them. I am glad mine are natural.

You know breast implants are saline bags now and don't feel very natural. I've felt the silicone ones though in a non medical situation. They were just fine!

I thought the silicone ones were still more common. I only know 2 women who have implants and I think they are both the saline ones though.

I was thinking having implants would make it harder to find lumps but I have not asked how they find it.

Liquidsky & Amethyst - Yes, & many would know all about the debarcle that led to massive law suits in relation to silicone implants...Which I think every woman should familiarize themselves with long before making any decision on implantation....Natural "assets" are by far the better option....

Out of personal interest I followed the case of Dow Corning including file film footage at the time raids were carried out on the production facilities globally

www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2015/03/04/infuriating-titbits-about-silicone-breast-implants/

Oh yeah the PIP implant scandal. That was really bad because of the risk of rupture.

I think you are right That Australian. There are lots more things than size to think about before getting implants and women should read everything they can, and talk to different providers too.

Oh and I think it is important if a friend who is happy with her own boob job can give references too.

I know my husband prefers my natural ones though. He says he likes natural ones whatever their size.

Amethyst in fact, the implants push the breast tissue forward and can make it easier to detect a breast mass. Rather than feeling your ribs and your chest wall muscles, you are pushing your breasts against a uniform, smooth surface, making any breast lumps easier to feel.

Breast implants may interfere with mammography. It is important to inform your doctor and mammographer that you have breast implants because they need to do special views (known as Eklund or implant displacement views) to improve the visualization of the breast tissue around the implant.

Well thank you RN1993 I did not think about that.

I think some are firmer than other ones as well aren't they? I know my husband said he had some girlfriends with implants and he said they were just too firm. But maybe they have changed since the saline ones got more popular.

Amethyst - I do not know whether you may have viewed all the documented film on implant silicone production but I'd be darn wary...When that story broke here all use in augmentation was suspended immediately pending both extensive toxicological testing & TGA ( Gov ) investigations....Was not pretty !

If perforated leading to leakage the tissue damage is quite extensive if not detected early...virtually impossible to remove & there are many many cases recorded acknowledging this resulting in either reconstructive surgery or mastectomy

www.singerpubs.com/ethikos/html/dowcorning.html

Thank you That Australian. I am naturally a good size for my height I think so it is not that I need implants myself. I have not given it a lot of thought yet but I will need to learn a bit more about things like breast lifts than I do now for when I get older. I mean I am 28 and 36DD but I do not want to find they have gone south when I am 50. Hahaha

^^^Hahaha -- I'd bet that would be a "Global" issue 😜

In the PIP scandal about silicone, one issue was that they were using industrial silicone and not medical-grade silicone. Sheesh.

(I've not followed what happened next. I suspect that knowingly selling medical devices that ignore medical safety standards is a crime punished by prison terms...)

Well I do not know pecan nutjob but I think British women are still taking clinics to court for compensation so it it is still not over.

The whole PIP scandal caused a great amount of worry for women fitted with them.

I gather the prevailing medical opinion is that even if this type of implant does rupture, there would be no long term health risks. Having said that, to allow industrial grade silicone to escape into the locality of the implant and cause soreness and inflammation does not sound an attractive prospect.

On breast implants generally, I am not terribly keen on them. Some are better than others, but I dislike the way they fail to flatten when the woman is on her back. Like everything, new developments bring improvements and maybe the day is not too far ahead when implants will be hard to distinguish from the natural.

One former girlfriend had implants which started to appear anything but natural. At the sides I could clearly make out the shape of the implants themselves. In her right breast in particular, the implant seemed to have moved and was quite prominent. In the end she had them replaced on both sides.

As Amethyst says, I much prefer her natural ones.

Amethyst Silicone gel implants are filled with a "jelly like" silicone substance, which tend to give a more natural feel and in almost all cases the edges and anterior surface of the implant are not palpable, and it is thus very difficult to detect by touch or feel that an implant is present. They ripple less when placed under thin soft tissue cover so again appear more natural.

Saline tends to feel more firm and there is more risk of deflation and visible folds or ripples are drawbacks.

As Aussie said:

If perforated leading to leakage the tissue damage is quite extensive if not detected early...virtually impossible to remove & there are many many cases recorded acknowledging this resulting in either reconstructive surgery or mastectomy.

The FDA recommends periodic MRI exams to determine if the implants are leaking, As for the safety of silicone there is no evidence that silicone implants are responsible for any major diseases of the whole body. There is no plausible evidence of a novel autoimmune disease caused by implants. There is no increase in either primary or recurrent breast cancer in women with breast implants. Some studies even suggest lower rates of breast cancer in implanted women.

But I agree with you and DrZ 100% natural is best whatever size you are .

Thank you RN1993 again! Every day on zity I learn something new. It should always be like this.

I hope I never need breast surgery of any kind but I think it helps to have the right information in case. My mum's breasts are similar to mine and are still a good shape and have not gone south yet so I hope I take after her.

Riccini,

"After ablatio mammae on both sides it is the best to give up any form of a reconstruction, breast implants too. So you will avoid any problems with these ones in the future. But it is essential that you will find a really skilled surgeon to realize this in a aesthetical manner. I know from several women having realized this with a very satisfactory result: No mammography will be necessary in your life"

Here is where you are mistaken. Women will still need breast exams and mammography. The mammography will be done through other forms of radiology such as MRI and CT. Just for your information, men also get breast cancer and need to be checking their breasts. Men DO die from breast cancer.

A mastectomy, implants, reduction etc does not guarantee NOT developing breast cancer. It does not guarantee no recurrence. It does not guarantee no metastasizing to any other area. There is more than just one cause of breast cancer. Please do not be offended by my remarks. My intention is to only bring this information to you and to those who are reading this thread.

Andie

Yeah Andie is right. Men's breast cancer is about 100 less likely but it happens. Men should examine themselves and see their doctor if they find something that does not feel right.