Mentor MemoryGel Breast Implants
MemoryGel breast implants are filled with silicone gel that holds together uniformly while retaining the natural give that resembles breast tissue.
A variety of breast implant profiles (which referes to the amount of forward projection off the chest wall, in relation to the base width of the implant), allows your doctor to achieve a better match between desired breast projection and your individual body frame. All three styles are offered with both smooth and textured shells.
Mentor Round Saline Breast Implants
Round saline breast implants are available in different shapes and sizes to accommodate various body types. They come in three profiles - moderate, moderate plus and high profile.
Mentor Breast Implant Information
Important Safety Information
Mentor MemoryGel and Saline-filled breast implants are indicated for breast augmentation - in women who are at least 22 years old for MemoryGel and at least 18 years old for Saline - or for breast reconstruction. Breast implant surgery should not be performed in women with active infection anywhere in their body, with existing cancer or pre-cancer of their breasts who have not received adequate treatment for those conditions or are pregnant or nursing.
There are risks associated with breast implant surgery. Breast implants are not lifetime devices and breast implantation is likely not a one-time surgery. You may need additional unplanned surgeries on your breasts because of complications or unacceptable cosmetic outcomes. Many of the changes to your breast following implantation are irreversible (cannot be undone) and breast implants may affect your ability to breastfeed, either by reducing or eliminating milk production.
The most common complications with MemoryGel breast implants include reoperation, capsular contracture, asymmetry and breast pain. A lower risk of complication is implant rupture, which is most often silent (meaning neither you nor your doctor will know you have a rupture). The health consequences of a ruptured silicone gel-filled breast implant have not been fully established. MRI screenings are recommended three years after initial implant surgery and then every two years after to detect silent rupture.
The most common complications with Mentor Saline-filled breast implants include reoperation, implant removal, capsular contracture, wrinkling, breast pain and deflation.
Contour Profile Tissue Expanders are used for breast reconstruction following mastectomy. This expander is intended for temporary subcutaneous or submuscular implantation and is not intended for use beyond six months. You should not have an MRI while the Contour Profile Tissue Expander is implanted. The device could be moved by the MRI causing pain or displacement, potentially resulting in a revision surgery. The incidence of extrusion of the expander has been shown to increase when the expander has been placed in injured areas: scarred, heavily irradiated or burned tissue, crushed bone areas or where severe surgical reduction of the area has previously been performed.
Detailed information regarding the indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions and the risks and benefits associated with Mentor breast implants are provided in brochures available from your surgeon (Important Information for Augmentation Patients about Mentor MemoryGel Silicone Gel-Filled Breast implants, Important Information for Reconstruction Patients about Mentor MemoryGel Silicone Gel-Filled Breast implants and Saline-Filled Breast Implants, Making an Informed Decision) or online at www.mentorcorp.com. It is important that you read and understand this information when considering Mentor breast implants prior to deciding on surgery.