What factors of breast and nipple surgeries impact the amount of milk that can be made?
A Many factors directly affect the amount of milk a mother can make after breast or nipple surgery. The condition of her ducts is very important, however, that the state of the nerves that affect milk release is equally critical. Fortunately, the ducts and nerves can regenerate through processes known respectively as recanalization and reinnervation, which are critical to the impact of breast surgery upon milk production and release. Recanalization Recanalization is the process during which previously severed ducts reconnect or new ductal pathways develop. The most extensive instances of recanalization have been seen in direct response to lactation. Any duration of lactation seems to prompt the mammary system to reestablish new ducts. The extent to which recanalization will occur seems to correspond directly with the extent of the mother’s previous lactation experiences. A mother who had an incomplete supply with her previous baby may find that she has more milk with her next baby. In
