Can a woman breast-feed after breast augmentation?
Yes. That is, yes, if she would have been able to breast-feed even without implants. Studies have shown that up to two-thirds of small-breasted women are not able to breast-feed successfully. Implants are not likely to have much effect on that either way. There is no known risk to the infant, no matter what kind of implant the woman has. At one time, the anti-implant campaigners tried to link silicone to birth defects in children. That has been thoroughly disproven. There is no evidence that silicone from an implant enters the breast milk in any significant amount; in fact, the tap-water that is used to make a bottle-feeding formula contains man-made silicone, which is absorbed, ending up in the infant’s immune system. Actually, there is more silicone in cow’s milk than in the milk from a nursing mother with breast implants. And even more in Infant Feeding Formula. Here is the result of the study (from the University of Toronto) that measured silicon (not silicone) in various infant mi
