I was thinking about getting the surgery. Have any of you had it? If so, was there a lot of discomfort?

I am curious how many 'guys' have had breast augmentation too...




As with any surgery there are complications and discomfort. Just do your homework and make the best decision you can for you....for the right reasons ...

I'll bet you're more than good enough the way you are. Let the porn stars take that kind of risk...

.....just my opinion....

I know three. Of course, one had Gender reassignment surgery a few years ago. Then she moved without telling anyone. One just flew out for that surgery last month, she should be some soon. And the third has a fairly nice rack just from the hormone therapy. She figures she may be able to afford the surgery in about two more years.

Please keep in mind that your mammograms will be less accurate with implants!!

I'll donate half of mine to you if you want them...

You're 19. Do you plan on having kids? Because if you get implants, you won't be able to nurse your kids. And nursing gives babies a health boost in the immunities department.

I'm afraid that is untrue.

Many women ask if they can breastfeed after breast augmentation surgery. The answer is a resounding yes. For the vast majority of women who have breast augmentation, breastfeeding is no more difficult with implants than without. In fact, some women who have breastfed before and after they had implants put in say that breastfeeding with implants is easier!

I have known a few who have had gender reassignment surgery as well...

...somehow I don't think that was the what the op was looking for though which is why I pointed out her wording.

Really, because several of the women I know that have gotten implants were told by their doctors that they couldn't breast feed.

I am not making light of this question but if you will just wait a few years you will not care how much you have or don't have and neither will anyone else. Many women have desires to be bigger or smaller and I assure you in time you will forget this issue. Take the same money and pay of your bills, take some college classes, go on a trip, move to a better place to live, put it in a retirement fund where it will really improve the quality of your life.

Really, because several of the women I know that have gotten implants were told by their doctors that they couldn't breast feed.


I didn't think it was true so I googled it. I found many sources stating it is possible.

If you think about it... the implants are usually placed behind the chest muscle leaving the mammary gland intact. If a lift is done and the nipple is transplanted then there might be issues. I would have to google further to find out.

Really, because several of the women I know that have gotten implants were told by their doctors that they couldn't breast feed.


I didn't think it was true so I googled it. I found many sources stating it is possible.


It is possible, but it does limit your chances.

It's getting better but it was explained to me like this in a medical class.

If you have a milk jug and you put a balloon in it you will get milk out of the jug, but not as much and you run the risk of the balloon shifting to impede the flow all together.

I didn't think it was true so I googled it. I found many sources stating it is possible.

If you think about it... the implants are usually placed behind the chest muscle leaving the mammary gland intact. If a lift is done and the nipple is transplanted then there might be issues. I would have to google further to find out.



I didn't think it was true so I googled it. I found many sources stating it is possible.

If you think about it... the implants are usually placed behind the chest muscle leaving the mammary gland intact. If a lift is done and the nipple is transplanted then there might be issues. I would have to google further to find out.


Some reason, the quote markers are not working.

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The very first comment you made, up above, stating that many people found it easier, turned out to be a direct quote from the summary line that shows up on the google search, from the site breastimplants4you.

People can pay to have their site come up first in google searches. Know a local troupe that does this.

There seem to be many people with opposing opinions.

So here is an article using three studies that seem to indicate that it is the TYPE of surgery you have to get the implant that may be part of the problem.

According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), any kind of breast surgery, including breast implant surgery, makes it at least three times more likely that a woman trying to breastfeed will have an inadequate milk supply (lactation insufficiency).1 The IOM based that conclusion on a number of studies of women with breast implants or other breast surgery. A description of those studies follows.

In a study conducted by Dr. Marianne Neifert and colleagues at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, women who had breast surgery were three times more likely to have lactation insufficiency than those that did not have breast surgery.2 The doctors compared the rate of weight gain of breastfed infants born to mothers who either did or did not have previous breast surgery. Mothers whose babies did not gain at least one ounce per day, or who required supplemental feedings with formula, were deemed to have lactation insufficiency. Interestingly, the women who had breast surgery through an incision in the nipple area (periareolar incision) had even higher rates of problems. Those women were five times more likely to have insufficient milk compared to women without breast surgery.3

In a study by Nancy Hurst, RN, MSN, from Texas Children's Hospital, 64% of women with breast implants had lactation insufficiency, compared to 7% of women without implants.4 Periareolar incision was most likely to cause a problem, but other incisions also made it significantly more difficult for women to nurse.

A study by Dr. Sara Strom and others at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center looked at nursing rates among 46 new mothers who had previously received saline-filled breast implants.5 Of those women, 28 chose to breastfeed their baby, but 11 (39%) had problems breastfeeding. Eight of those 11 had problems that they attributed to their breast implant. Seven out of eight of those women received their implant through a periareolar incision. Although this study did not have a group of non-implanted women to serve as a control, it is consistent with other studies that show that women with implants have a high rate of problems breastfeeding.

Having breast implants also can deter women from attempting to breastfeed, according to Strom's study. When asked about the main reason that they didn't attempt to breastfeed their babies, implanted women who chose not to breastfeed said they feared lactation insufficiency and other complications due to the implants.

It is not completely clear why breast implants cause problems with breastfeeding. One possibility is that the surgery may damage the milk-producing ducts. That is especially likely if the implants are inserted through a periareolar incision. Another possibility is that the breast implant may be putting pressure on the breast tissue, which could damage the breast tissue, and thereby diminish milk production.

At this point it is impossible to determine whether the breastfeeding problems that implanted women have are due to the implant or the surgery. Either way, the end result is the same - women who have breast implants, especially if they have an incision around the nipple, are less likely to be able to breastfeed.

In addition to the above problems which were revealed in empirical studies, there have been a number of case reports of women with breast implants having abnormal lactation or other breast problems such as mastitis (infection of the breast, which is usually caused by a bacterial infection), galactorrhea (breast milk production by a woman who is not pregnant and has not just given birth), or galactocele (a milk-filled tumor in a blocked breast milk duct) formation. 6,7,8,9,10,11 It is impossible to determine how often those complications occur after breast implants, because there has never been a research study.

There is consensus in the medical and public health community that breast milk provides essential nutrition for babies, in addition to improving their immune responses to infections. Breastfed babies have been shown to be less likely to have gastrointestinal disease, respiratory ailments and asthma, ear infections, and allergies. Some researchers believe that breastfeeding provides protection against obesity, arteriosclerosis, celiac disease, and other metabolic disorders. Other studies have shown that breastfeeding is beneficial to the mother as well, helping to create a psychological bond between mother and infant, aiding postpartum recovery, and helping mothers to more quickly return to their pre-pregnancy weight. It is therefore of considerable concern that breast implants - or the surgery to get them - may make it more difficult for women to breastfeed successfully.

References:

1 National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, Safety of Silicone Breast Implants, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1999, p. 197.

2 Neifert, M., DeMarzo, S., Seacat, J., Young, D., Leff, M., Orleans, M., The Influence of Breast Surgery, Breast Appearance, and Pregnancy-Induced Breast Changes on Lactation Sufficiency as Measured by Infant Weight Gain, Birth, 1990; 17: 31-38.

3 Of the 22 women who had breast surgery, only five had breast augmentation with breast implants.

4 Hurst, N.M., Lactation After Augmentation Mammoplasty, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1996; 87: 30-34.

5 Strom, S.S., Baldwin, B.J., Sigurdson, A.J., Schusterman, M.A., Cosmetic Saline Breast Implants: A Survey of Satisfaction, Breast-Feeding Experience, Cancer Screening, and Health, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1997; 100: 1553-1557.

6 Deloach, E.D., Lord, S.A., Ruf, L.E., Unilateral Galactocele Following Augmentation Mammoplasty, Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1994; 33: 68-71.

7 Hartley, J.H., Schatten, W.E., Postoperative Complications of Lactation after Augmentation Mammaplasty, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1971; 47: 150-153.

8 Johnson, P.E., Hanson, K.D., Acute Puerperal Mastitis in the Augmented Breast, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1996; 98: 723-725.

9 Luhan, J.E., Giant Galactoceles, One Month after Bilateral Augmentation Mammoplasty, Abdominoplasty, and Tubal Ligation: Case Study, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1979; 3: 161-164.

10 Mason, T.C., Hyperprolactinemia and Galactorrhea Associated with Mammary Prostheses and Unresponsive to Bromocriptine: A Case Report, Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 1991; 36: 541-2.

11 Menendez-Graino, F., Pena Fernandez, C., Burrieza, P.I., Galactorrhea after Reduction Mammaplasty, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1990; 85: 645-646.

Don't get fakies, all natural is perfect.

Just show me your boobs, and I'll tell you if you *need* the surgery or not.

Just KIDDING!

In all seriousness, you are only 19. Way too young, in my opinion, to even consider such a major change to your body.

I'm with Patsfan. Fake boobs are NOT attractive. I prefer all natural and I think most men do also.

Having worked for oncologists and in acute care settings--I would not get them (even if I wanted them, which I don't and never have).

There is hardly anything more ironic than a lady having to have her implants removed because of the finding of a suspicious lump or mass. It's also ironic to see listed on a hospital patient's past surgeries list that she's had implants--and she's in her 70s or 80s, sick, and without friends or family. Vanitas, right?

Guys I know say that they are less likely to find a woman genuinely attractive if she has had implants. Also they find implants more uncomfortable and less fun to play with. They might JO to pictures of girls with implants, but they don't actually want to hitch up with them. (I have not done anything approaching an official study, but this is what I am told by 100% of my own heterosexual male friends.)

Try to imagine yourself 30 years from now with the implants you are considering getting today. I'm not saying don't get them, but I'm saying think about it carefully.

On a personal note, since I was quite young (10 years old) people have been criticizing me for having large breasts--like I decided to grow them on purpose. Many people take it as a sign that I'm somehow loose or decadent. Over the last 15 years or so, to add to that annoyance, I have these really stupid men approaching me in bars, and sometimes public places where there are families present, to ask me if my breasts are "real" or not. (It amazes me that there are actually men who really CAN'T TELL fake breasts from real ones! That makes Helmut and his buddies crack up BIG TIME.)

I have also noticed that women like me, who have large breasts that are NOT artificial, are often shamed and humiliated in this way, while a woman who formerly had small breasts will get implants and go around totally showing them off and getting lots of positive attention, like it's a new pair of earrings or something.

I'm not accusing you of anything, and of course it's no skin off my a$$ whether you decide to get implants or not. You did ask for my opinion, so I'm giving it to ya. yours in Chaos, Scarlett

My co-worker got implants. 38 DD Yeah big ones. Now she is not a skinny little thing, but for me, too big.
She says the guys hit on her because of her boobs.
DUH????
She is smart, funny, lots of great qualities but all the guys see are her boobs.


Be prepared for PAIN, and going back for more surgery.

Unless this is for reconsturction, wait a couple of years.
Natural, even if small are better. As time passes they sag less. My ex is 55 and still has nice boobs.

they told that my sister to a few weeks ago, ive been told it is harder to breast feed but can still be possible.

moondark made some really excellent points in the last post she did on whether or not women with implants can breastfeed. i agree completely with her!