Cosmetic surgery 'may harm breastfeeding' 

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1769413,00.html

Cosmetic surgery may affect women's ability to breastfeed their babies in later years, according to new research. 

Ultrasound technology has revealed that there are far fewer milk ducts in the breast than previously thought. As a result, experts believe the loss of only a few ducts in cosmetic surgery can seriously affect the capacity to breastfeed. 

The current model of the breast used by surgeons, obstetricians, doctors and midwives around the world is still based on anatomical dissections published by Sir Astley Cooper in 1840. 

Professor Peter Hartmann at the University of Western Australia's Human Lactation Research Group, sponsored by Medela, a company manufacturing breastpumps, investigated the lactating breast in order to understand better the way they work. 

He found that the glandular tissue is concentrated nearer the nipple, not evenly distributed in the breast. The findings could change the surgical strategies for women who want their breasts either enhanced or reduced, as tissue is often taken from near the nipple area.

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Janice Reynolds

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