{"id":796,"date":"2013-06-27T07:39:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T07:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/?p=796"},"modified":"2013-06-27T07:46:49","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T07:46:49","slug":"new-silicone-gel-breast-implant-approved-by-the-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/new-silicone-gel-breast-implant-approved-by-the-fda\/","title":{"rendered":"New Silicone Gel Breast Implant Approved by the FDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mentor&#8217;s Memory Shape Breast Implant<\/h2>\n<p>Date: June 13, 2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FDA announced it&#8217;s approval on June 14, 2013<\/li>\n<li>These are manufactured in the USA by Mentor Worldwide LLC<\/li>\n<li>It is called the Memory Shape breast implant<\/li>\n<li>More silicone cross linking<\/li>\n<li>Firmer<\/li>\n<li>FDA approved for women at least 22 years old for breast augmentation<\/li>\n<li>For Breast reconstruction it would be for any age.<\/li>\n<li>Post approval studies are pending for Mentor.<\/li>\n<li>Teardrop shaped breast implants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With this breast implant approved there are now five FDA approved silicone gels implants manufactured by Allergan, Sientra, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentorwwllc.com\/global-us\/Breast.aspx\">Mentor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>From the Mentor website<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 14px;\">The implant features SILTEX (R) Texture, a gentle imprinting of the surface to keep the breast implants in place.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Thinner on top of the implant and thicker on the bottom, creating the tear drop shape in this breast implant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other breast implant webpages<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/tammywumd\/\">Breast Augmentation Modesto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/natrelle-410-breast-implants-in-modesto\/\">Natrelle 410 style Breast Implants by Allergan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/contraindications-for-the-natrelle-410-breast-implant\/\">Contraindications for the Natrelle 410 Breast Implant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/gummybearbreastimplants\/\">Gummy Bear Breast Implant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/modesto-plastic-surgery\/modesto-breast-surgery\/breast-augmentation\/cost-of-breast-augmentation\/consultation.htm\">breast augmentation consultation<\/a> with Dr. Tammy Wu.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_530\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/dr-wu-and-dr-lee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530\" class=\"size-full wp-image-530\" alt=\"www.SurgeryToday.com (209) 551-1888\" src=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/dr-wu-and-dr-lee.png\" width=\"181\" 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