Breastfeeding and Breast Sagging.

An interesting study just published in Aesthetic Surgery Journal has reassuring information for pregnant women who are considering breastfeeding.  This study shows that breastfeeding in and of itself does not cause a greater degree of breast sagging after pregnancy.  Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased breast sagging.  Large breast size is also associated with increased sagging after pregnancy, and it is true that the risk of breast sagging increases with each succeeding pregnancy; but, again, breastfeeding does not worsen these effects.  Expectant mothers therefore should be reassured that breastfeeding does not have an adverse effect upon breast appearance. 

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Hyaluronidase.

It is possible to see bumps after the use of any injectable filler including Restylane and Juvederm.  The bumps are caused by too much of the filler being injected at one point in the skin, and also injected too superficially.  With good injection technique, bumps should be very rare.  They should happen less than 5% of the time and be very small and hardly noticeable when they do occur.  The good news is that the bumps do tend to flatten out over a period of 2 or 3 months.

If the bumps persist and are quite unsightly, they can be treated with injecting the bumps with a medication called Hyaluronidase. 

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