What the Top 5 Silicone Brands Used by Surgeons?

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William J. Hedden, MD · Answer

This is a very good question as the girls who asked about the 5 main companies. The only silicone implants currently approved in the US are made by Mentor and Allergan. In the past when we have come across physicians using implants that were not approved or that were discounted implants we have seen problems with patients having either earlier than predicted rupture rates or no warranty what so ever. I would make sure your plastic surgeon is only using implants from the above two companies.

Jerome Edelstein, MD · Answer

There are only two major silicone implant manufacturers in the US and Canada: Allergan and Mentor. Both have their merits.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD · Answer

In the USA, that question is easy, there are only two poplular implant companies MENTOR and ALLERGAN. There may be other companies available for custom implants but these are used in relatively minimal numbers at t the current time.

Steven Turkeltaub, MD · Answer

The two major implant manufacturers in this country are Allergan (previously independent company known as McGhan and the Inamed) and Mentor (now under Johnson and Johnson Co.) and both produce silicone breast implants. My personal experience over 24 years is that Allergan's implants are significantly superior to those produced by Mentor and this includes both silicone and saline. I found the failure rates of both types of implants to be much higher in Mentor's than Allergan's and have discontinued usage of its breast implant products years ago.

Peter A. Aldea, MD · Answer

Regarding: "What the Top 5 Silicone Brands Used by Surgeons? "

	 I am ASSUMING you are referring to Breast Implants rather than other silicone products. In 2011, the 2 largest breast implant companies in the world are MENTOR and Allergan (whose implants are termed Natrelle). Both have life time warranties on their implants. I would not recommend you use other implants in the US.

	Dr. Peter Aldea

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