Because the implant goes underneath the breast tissue, or underneath the pectoralis muscle, it doesn’t disturb the milk production by the breast. It doesn’t affect the breast ducts, it doesn’t actually affect the gland of the breast tissue. So there’s no real impact on breastfeeding at all. All patients are able to breast feed just as much as they were before their breast implants. But remember many patients having breast implants have actually have very small breasts, and often don’t produce a lot of breast milk anyway, but the implants themselves don’t affect milk production. Also, studies have shown that the presence of a silicone implant does not affect the baby. There were concerns there would be more silicone in breast milk than normal milk, but in fact that’s not the case and it’s been disproven.
