Types of Breast Implants

For over 20 years Mentor has been recognized world wide as a leading manufacturer of the highest quality saline-filled breast implants. Our rich history is filled with industry firsts, innovative product designs and groundbreaking research.

While other manufacturers have come and gone, Mentor has a record of continually producing leading-edge breast augmentation products that meet or exceed rigid quality and testing standards.

Saline – Filled Breast Implants

To meet your specific needs and desires, Mentor saline-filled breast implants come in a variety of shapes, sizes, profiles and surface textures. They are all filled with a saltwater solution that is similar to the fluid that makes up most of the human body. Saline implants are inserted into the body without fluid, and then filled during surgery through a fill tube. When the fill tube is removed, the implant automatically seals itself.


Implant Surfaces

Saline-filled breast implants are available with either a smooth or textured surface. Currently, smooth-surfaced saline-filled breast implants are the most popular choice among women and physicians. Smooth implants are less likely than textured implants to be felt, or palpable, through the skin.

Additional factors, such as implant placement, size and the amount of skin and tissue coverage over an implant could influence how palpable it is. For example, implants placed subglandurlarly (above the chest muscle) tend to be more palpable than implants placed submuscularly (below the chest muscle).

Mentor ’s textured breast implant surface is called Siltex. It was originally designed to help reduce capsular contracture, which is the hardened scar tissue around an implant. However, clinical studies involving women with Mentor breast implants reveal no difference between textured and smooth-surfaced implants when measuring the likelihood of developing capsular contracture.

Your physician can help you decide which implant surface is most appropriate for you.