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Becker Adjustable Implant
The Mentor Becker Expander/Mammary Prosthesis
Hilton Becker, M.D.

Now you can change the size of your breasts without additional surgery.

The adjustable breast implant which was developed in 1985 by Dr. Becker is used in this procedure. The implant consists of a membrane that is filled with saline via detachable dome. Saline (salt water solution) is added or removed from the implant post-operatively by inserting a thin needle through the skin into the injection dome. Once the patient is satisfied with the size and shape of her breasts, the dome is removed usually three to six months post-operatively. The implant seals at the self-sealing valve. Alternatively the injection dome may be exteriorizied and removed one week later.



If the patient wishes to enlarge (or decrease) the size of her breasts after surgery, a needle is placed through the skin into the injection dome. Saline solution is then injected (or removed) to adjust to the size (and shape) of the breast. When the patient is satisfied with the result, the injection dome can be removed under local anesthetic.




It is the ability of the adjustable breast implant to correct or improve difficult breast problems such as ptosis, tubular and unilateral breast development that makes this implant so unique. The adjustable-fill breast implant is useful in expanding underlying tissue and generating more breast tissue to create a more natural and symmetrical breast shape. Because these implants can be filled gradually over a period of several months, discomfort is minimized while the skin slowly stretches. In order to avoid the unnatural, hard-looking appearance of some augmentation, especially the upper fullness, adjustable breast implants can be overfilled, then the volume reduced, allowing the breast to relax, producing a more natural appearance.

"My patients love the adjustable implant because it allows them to "try the size on' before the augmentation is finalized," in the past, augmentation patients would immediately think their breasts were too big, due to the normal swelling that always follows surgery. Of course, over time in the weeks following the procedure, the swelling would decrease and patients would then complain that they looked smaller than they expected.

"Now, the adjustable breast implant allow the volume to be corrected after surgery."

Now you can change the size of your breasts without additional surgery.

The adjustable breast implant which was developed in 1985 by Dr. Becker is used in this procedure. The implant consists of a membrane that is filled with saline via detachable domes. Saline (salt water solution) is added or removed from the implant post operatively by inserting a thin needle through the skin into the injection dome. Once the patient is satisfied with the size and shape of her breasts, the dome is removed usually three to six months post-operatively. The implant seals at the self-sealing valve. Alternatively the injection dome may be exteriorized and removed one week later.

It is the ability of the adjustable breast implant to correct or improve difficult breast problems such as ptosis (sagging), symmastia (loss of cleavage), tubular breast deformity, and Polands syndrome (unilateral non-development) that makes this implant so unique. The adjustable-fill breast implant is useful in expanding underlying tissue and generating more breast tissue to create a more natural and symmetrical breast shape. Because these implants can be filled gradually over a period of several months, discomfort is minimized while the skin slowly stretches. In order to avoid the unnatural, hard-looking appearance of some augmentation, especially the upper fullness, adjustable breast implants can be overfilled, and then the volume reduced, allowing the breast to relax, producing a more natural appearance.

"My patients love the adjustable implant because it allows them to ‘try the size on' before the augmentation is finalized" In the past, augmentation patients would immediately think their breasts were too big, due to the normal swelling that always follows surgery. Of course, over time in the weeks following the procedure, the swelling would decrease and patients would then complain that they looked smaller than they expected. It can also be that they get used to the size and wish they had gone bigger.

"Now, the adjustable breast implant allows the volume to be corrected after surgery."