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Breast milk has antimicrobial and healing properties that actually can help the wound healing. Aim: assess the effect of breast-feeding versus formula feeding on surgical wound healing in infants during the first three months of life. Subject and Methods: Comparative descriptive research design was used. 100 infants divided into two equal groups. Tools: physical assessment, anthropometric measurements, wound healing and daily dietary intake sheet and photographs were taken on the 7th day and 14th day postoperative. Results: statistically significant difference was found between anthropometric measurements, occurrence of sound healing among of infants and their type of feeding during the first, second, and third visits. 38% of artificially fed infants’ wounds and only 8% of breast-fed infants’ wounds were inflamed during the 14th day postoperative. Conclusion: breast-fed infants have rapid sound healing, less wound inflammation, higher anthropometric measurements, than artificially fed infants.