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Breastfeeding After Breast Lift Surgery
Breastfeeding after mastopexy (breast lift) surgery is certainly possible!
Even if you don’t have a full milk supply at first, there are many ways to supplement without jeopardizing breastfeeding and increase milk production.
Successful breastfeeding doesn’t mean having a full milk supply. Every drop of milk is tremendously beneficial for both you and your baby!
Breast lift surgery, also known as mastopexy, lifts and repositions breasts to reduce sagging without removing any lactation tissue, resulting in fuller, rounder, and higher breasts.
There are two basic types of breast lift (mastopexy) techniques, typically determined by the nipple position on the breast before the surgery:
- Periareolar (around the areola)
- Commonly used when the nipple is at or above the inframammary fold (the crease under the breast)
- Commonly used when the nipple is at or above the inframammary fold (the crease under the breast)
- Inverted T or Vertical Scar
- Commonly used when the nipple is below the inframammary fold (the crease under the breast)
Not usually. The nipple is moved up to a higher position on the breast but the tissue below the nipple and areola (the pedicle) isn’t usually separated from the glandular tissue. This leaves the nerves intact and undamaged, preserving the milk ejection reflex so that milk can be expressed effectively as normal.