| Dr. Becker has a huge experience in using silicone gel breast implants. He has been a member of the FDA Adjunct Study on Silicone Breast Implants and has been using silicone gel implants since 1992, when the study was started. Dr. Becker is the inventor and developer of the adjustable silicone gel implant, known as the Mentor Becker implant. These implants are currently packed with cohesive gel. This implant is used broadly around the world for breast reconstruction. Adjustability allows the skin remaining after mastectomy to be expanded follow-on in a more natural shape. The same principle is now also being applied to breast augmentation (enlargement) and particularly to the correction of breast ptosis (sagging).
The ability to adjust the size of the breast after surgery has numerous advantages: 1. Implants can originally be placed underfilled so that curing can happen without tension on the scar. Filling the implants can be done afterwards. This tension free curing results in less scarring and less complications.
2. The final shape of the breast is improved by temporary expansion and subsequent volume reduction results in ironing out effect and a more natural shape.
3. The final volume can be decided after surgery with the patients input.
4. The adjustable implant is particularly helpful in treating breast and breast implant problems such as:
• Asymmetry (one breast smaller than the other - Poland’s syndrome)
• Tubular breast (narrow - tight breast)
• Capsulor contracture (hardening around an implant)
• Implant malposition
• Symmastia (implant too close to each other)
• Contracture due to scarring
For patients who do not have the need for post-operative adjustability, Dr. Becker uses either round or anatomical gel implants. Generally he prefer the smooth round moderate profile plus or the Lumera anatomical gel implant.
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