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DO NOT GET Mentor Textured Shaped Implants!! (Or Any Shaped Brand for That Matter)! - Santa Rosa, CA
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Ladies, I just had my Mentor textured teardrop...
twentyseven27July 21, 2016
WORTH IT
Ladies, I just had my Mentor textured teardrop shaped implants REPLACED with Mentor smooth round and I can not begin to tell you how happy I am to have those ridiculous shaped implants out!!!
The difference is night and day and I feel that the shaped implants are a bunch of bull-honky and I would know! The difference is night and day!!!
My story is that I basically have no breast tissue and have a super bony chest and sternum (I am all skin and bone up there). I was super concerned I would not be a good candidate for a breast aug because I thought I would get that ball-ey look and it would look strange on me. Surgeon recommended the tear drop shaped implants for two reasons...1. natural slope up top and he said would look more natural, and 2. He said they were safer and less incident of Capsular Contracture and rupture.
I am here to tell you that both are lies!!
The shaped implants were always so firm and unnatural feeling, didn't move around. I compared mine to two friends of mine, one with smooth round and another with saline. I could see and feel that the difference was huge! Theirs' felt so soft and squishy, like real breasts, mine felt much firmer, even after years of waiting for them to soften up. I have wanted to exchange them ever since he put them in 3 years ago. They always looked a bit weird and unnatural and even more so with time. One started to rotate a bit, the other started to flatten out on the bottom, they were odd and pointy, did not have that lovely fullness at the bottom that I wanted. They also rippled pretty bad on the sides when I leaned forward (he said they rippled less which is also a lie). And, you could totally feel the firm edge in the sternum area and underneath (the edge is more defined and firm with shaped than with smooth round). They were just creepy. I am sure if I brought more to the table that they wouldn't feel quite as creepy but they would still be more firm and less movable than smooth round.
I found a new surgeon who replaced them with smooth round ones and, OH MY GOD....What a difference. Even in the first moment when I woke up and I poked the side with my finger and it actually was squishy! I felt the edge in my sternum area and all I could feel was squish, no horrid implant edge under my skin.
Ladies, I am living proof of having both implant types and if you are trying to decide, get the smooth round! I think the shaped ones need to be phased out in my opinion. The new ones not only feel more natural, they also LOOK more natural already and it is only two weeks post! The top bulge I was worried about is not there, it is pretty much the exact same upper pole slope as the tear drop ones, and I even went a bit bigger!
I went super conservative for both augmentations. The teardrops were 180 cc moderate projection and the latest smooth rounds are 225 cc moderate plus projection. I wish I had gone bigger actually cause I can't tell a difference in size at all and I actually had hoped for a little bump in my size.
Another creepy thing about the shaped implants...my boobs would become the ambient temperature rather than my body temperature. Yup, so a cold day or night, I would get cold boobs if they had some exposure. It was creepy. Now they are so warm and squishy and luscious...the boobs I always wanted!
Another thing...you really can't push your boobs up with a bra if you have tear drops because they are shaped and more or less immobile. I can tell already that these new implants will be so much more fun and natural. My husband already likes them so much better and will be way more fun for him. The teardrop ones are really just no fun to play with cause they just stay permanently their shape.
Additionally, regarding safety of the tear drop, it is actually not proven. I have talked to in person and heard on this site from many surgeons that it really hasn't been proven that they are safer or that there is less Capsular Contracture. In fact, my second surgeon thinks that I may have had a bit of Capsular contracture in the capsule when he took it out on the weird flattened side. He showed me the implants after surgery that he took out and that one was permanently squished on the bottom with this weird indent. He said he is sending it in to see what the deal is with it, if it had some kind of internal rupture or what. He thought it was strange.
So if you are concerned about natural look, the shaped implants will not help you out anymore than the smooth round. The smooth round actually can rely on gravity to bring more fullness to the bottom. Just don't go too big and don't get high profile and you will be fine with smooth round moderate plus for a natural look and feel.
I will post photos eventually as well as video squish tests of both, but I need to heal first and get through my vacations. But I wanted to get this review out there ASAP for women being directed by their surgeons to get shaped implants.
And one more thing, I would avoid the textured round ones as well cause they are the same concept...firmer more cohesive gel with a textured, thicker shell that is not supposed to move around. It will be the same. Get SMOOTH ROUND!!!
The difference is night and day and I feel that the shaped implants are a bunch of bull-honky and I would know! The difference is night and day!!!
My story is that I basically have no breast tissue and have a super bony chest and sternum (I am all skin and bone up there). I was super concerned I would not be a good candidate for a breast aug because I thought I would get that ball-ey look and it would look strange on me. Surgeon recommended the tear drop shaped implants for two reasons...1. natural slope up top and he said would look more natural, and 2. He said they were safer and less incident of Capsular Contracture and rupture.
I am here to tell you that both are lies!!
The shaped implants were always so firm and unnatural feeling, didn't move around. I compared mine to two friends of mine, one with smooth round and another with saline. I could see and feel that the difference was huge! Theirs' felt so soft and squishy, like real breasts, mine felt much firmer, even after years of waiting for them to soften up. I have wanted to exchange them ever since he put them in 3 years ago. They always looked a bit weird and unnatural and even more so with time. One started to rotate a bit, the other started to flatten out on the bottom, they were odd and pointy, did not have that lovely fullness at the bottom that I wanted. They also rippled pretty bad on the sides when I leaned forward (he said they rippled less which is also a lie). And, you could totally feel the firm edge in the sternum area and underneath (the edge is more defined and firm with shaped than with smooth round). They were just creepy. I am sure if I brought more to the table that they wouldn't feel quite as creepy but they would still be more firm and less movable than smooth round.
I found a new surgeon who replaced them with smooth round ones and, OH MY GOD....What a difference. Even in the first moment when I woke up and I poked the side with my finger and it actually was squishy! I felt the edge in my sternum area and all I could feel was squish, no horrid implant edge under my skin.
Ladies, I am living proof of having both implant types and if you are trying to decide, get the smooth round! I think the shaped ones need to be phased out in my opinion. The new ones not only feel more natural, they also LOOK more natural already and it is only two weeks post! The top bulge I was worried about is not there, it is pretty much the exact same upper pole slope as the tear drop ones, and I even went a bit bigger!
I went super conservative for both augmentations. The teardrops were 180 cc moderate projection and the latest smooth rounds are 225 cc moderate plus projection. I wish I had gone bigger actually cause I can't tell a difference in size at all and I actually had hoped for a little bump in my size.
Another creepy thing about the shaped implants...my boobs would become the ambient temperature rather than my body temperature. Yup, so a cold day or night, I would get cold boobs if they had some exposure. It was creepy. Now they are so warm and squishy and luscious...the boobs I always wanted!
Another thing...you really can't push your boobs up with a bra if you have tear drops because they are shaped and more or less immobile. I can tell already that these new implants will be so much more fun and natural. My husband already likes them so much better and will be way more fun for him. The teardrop ones are really just no fun to play with cause they just stay permanently their shape.
Additionally, regarding safety of the tear drop, it is actually not proven. I have talked to in person and heard on this site from many surgeons that it really hasn't been proven that they are safer or that there is less Capsular Contracture. In fact, my second surgeon thinks that I may have had a bit of Capsular contracture in the capsule when he took it out on the weird flattened side. He showed me the implants after surgery that he took out and that one was permanently squished on the bottom with this weird indent. He said he is sending it in to see what the deal is with it, if it had some kind of internal rupture or what. He thought it was strange.
So if you are concerned about natural look, the shaped implants will not help you out anymore than the smooth round. The smooth round actually can rely on gravity to bring more fullness to the bottom. Just don't go too big and don't get high profile and you will be fine with smooth round moderate plus for a natural look and feel.
I will post photos eventually as well as video squish tests of both, but I need to heal first and get through my vacations. But I wanted to get this review out there ASAP for women being directed by their surgeons to get shaped implants.
And one more thing, I would avoid the textured round ones as well cause they are the same concept...firmer more cohesive gel with a textured, thicker shell that is not supposed to move around. It will be the same. Get SMOOTH ROUND!!!
Replies (33)
August 26, 2016
omg!!! i have sientra textured tear drops and HATE them!!!!!! i wanted smooth rounds and was talked into these firm non moving things!!!!!!! i had my surgery last year and told my surgeon how unhappy I am and that I wanna switch to smooth rounds which I will be doing!!!! hate the feel of these they are way to firm and don't move around like a smooth round would I agree 100000000% with your post!!!! I will be changing mine as soon as my schedule allows me!!!
August 26, 2016
You will not regret it. I'm almost two months out and they are healing nicely. I haven't started exercising yet but did jog a bit when I was late to pick up my daughter. They actually move up and down! How novel! The only time I have ever felt that was when I was nursing. Also, even despite my HUGE sternum gap (which is my own anatomical feature) and small implant size I can almost push my boobs together! Never-even-close with those teardrops. I wonder if in a couple more months they could actually touch??
August 27, 2016
Hello, your post has help so much because I've been debating between the teardrop drop or the smooth round mentor implant. The whole look into want is natural but if the smooth round ones can give me that look and feel or move more natural, then I'm going for the smooth implants.
August 27, 2016
lol move up and down ... God I know exactly what you mean mine barely move at all when I jump up and down they really are horrible nothing like real breasts I can't believe how similar our experiences are I can't wait honestly I wanted boobs my whole life and finally did it at 49!!!! never thought they would be like this can't wait for the smooth rounds!!!!! thanks again!!!
August 28, 2016
You are the exactly the type of person I was hoping to reach, because I agonized over that decision and ultimately trusted my first surgeon and went with teardrop initially. Now that the smooth rounds are in I can say with 100% certainty that they are much more natural in look and especially feel and do not look more ball-ey as I had feared. Good luck!
August 29, 2016
Thank you so much for posting .... you def. have made me feel better about my decision to change these to smooth rounds :) I will be back on here when I have had them done and hope I feel exactly like you do now. Thanks once again :)
August 29, 2016
It is good you are not waiting longer. It took me three years to change due to agonizing over the decision, worrying that it wouldn't change much, subjecting myself to surgery and complications, and then when I was all ready to move forward I discovered lumps which was scary (but benign) and I had to go through that whole process of biopsy-ing etc. so delayed it even further. I wished I would've changed them earlier since I was so sure of how much I disliked them. But now that I know first hand how much squishier they are I can tell others that it is indeed worth it if you are hating how yours feel. I have been amazed to read many reviews of shaped teardrops and many women just LOVE them! So to each their own, it's all about making yourself happy. I knew I didn't want to live my whole life with NO boobs and then FIRM boobs. They aren't perfect and are still implants at the end of the day, but they are better than the teardrops and creep me out less for sure.
September 5, 2016
I had cleavage from the first days. I went with wider rounds than I had tear drops. Tommorrow I will post more pics.
September 5, 2016
Och! but I read somewhere on realself that special massage helps with getting them closer.
September 8, 2016
I have one more question, I had rupture implant, and I had lumps in my beast. Similar to you. Mammogram, MRI and ultrasonogram results showed that it is a free silicone! My doctor BA send my one lump for biopsy and he said it is something like benign ... Not a silicone. But he said it might be possibility that it grew because of small silicon particles not detected by biopsy... So what is your story? Did you removed yours? I have one more lump and I wonder what did you do? It's on the top of my breast, remove it or leave it? Benigns aren't like dangerous but ... I thing I need to know what is that. I didn't have good experience with my OB she didn't want to send me for biopsy, when I asked for, she was sure I have free silicon even if I told her that 3 Plastic surgeon said its not possible, not in this place, not this kind of implants. So I just have visit with my new OB, he promised to find it out.
September 5, 2016
All you said is true, I went for revision from tear drops to round implants about 7 weeks ago;) I LOVE my new soft squishy breast. I am posting my story too to help other girls and ladies make a better choice.
September 5, 2016
Thank you for your thoughts. It is good to get the word out to all the ladies making these agonizing decisions about teardrop vs. round smooth!
September 6, 2016
I,too, had the shaped implants put in for the same reasons.. I'm tall, thin and bony up top and had the shaped ones put in. However, my doctor went about 90cc's bigger than I thought I was getting. So, I'm wearing these big boobs and my natural breast tissue spills over the top of them giving them a downward pointy look which repulses me. I complained immediately about the size and have consistently since. He's now talking about replacing them with moderate plus and I've done so much more research finding that that's what I should have had in the first place. Now, I'm worried that my skin is stretched out from these big boobs.
So, ladies, take it from some of us who are bony. The implant (mine was under) goes UNDER the breast tissue therefore the reasoning that it gives it a more natural shape doesn't fly. I've not received my new implants yet but I sure wish I'd have found this site prior to surgery.
Thank you all so much for sharing your experiences!
So, ladies, take it from some of us who are bony. The implant (mine was under) goes UNDER the breast tissue therefore the reasoning that it gives it a more natural shape doesn't fly. I've not received my new implants yet but I sure wish I'd have found this site prior to surgery.
Thank you all so much for sharing your experiences!
September 6, 2016
Are you replacing with smooth round? An interesting thing I didn't talk about before is that with the shaped implants, they never really blended well with my natural great tissue, which sort of hung off as well. My surgeon #2 noticed this and the last time I saw him for my check up he said "see how your natural breast tissue blends so much more with the smooth round implants?" and he is absolutely correct.
September 6, 2016
Yes, I'm going with the moderate plus next. The doctor was going for a bit narrower (less cc's), since the shaped is excessively under my armpit but since my skin may be stretched out now, I may request the next size up.
September 6, 2016
Ignore that. I didn't even look to see if that was for me. I just clicked on the link.. :P
September 6, 2016
Hi, about stretch off your skin, I dont thing that you will have problem if your skin is like "normal" . I was breastfeeding, and my boobs were size G in nursing bra! They come back to normal;) ask a doctor maybe you need second opinion, but probably you do not need to worry;) 90cc its not much;)
But from my experience rounds looks and feel smaller than my anatomic. I had 335cc now I have 397cc and size is like the same?? Maybe twentyseven27 have different feeling. I'm curious is it just me?
About size
But from my experience rounds looks and feel smaller than my anatomic. I had 335cc now I have 397cc and size is like the same?? Maybe twentyseven27 have different feeling. I'm curious is it just me?
About size
September 6, 2016
Yes, I went from 180cc anatomical moderate projection to 225cc smooth round moderate plus projection and it is basically the same size. Not sure why they don't seem bigger? Wished I had gone a little bigger.
September 7, 2016
@ Cyckolina I guess I should add that I'm 56 and have had 3 kids too. Not sure how much collagen is left. Lol
September 9, 2016
Maybe firm silicon in TD has bigger volume like ice and water? Ice has bigger volume than liquid water.
I tell you what happen with me. I didn't want to go with bigger look, I wanted the same look. Anything bigger would look horrible. So doctor gave me 304cc mod+ round, on a first visit I told him they look horrible, like deflated breast on a sides, small balls on a big chest. It was 3 days after surgery I think I was swollen than and still I could see it. So doctor promised me revision, he chose 397cc mod+ during surgery to match my chest and big muscle legs. He did it 2 weeks after first surgery. At the begining I was scared, I was afraid of 397cc:) but doctor chose right size. I don't look like [RS bleep] star.
I tell you what happen with me. I didn't want to go with bigger look, I wanted the same look. Anything bigger would look horrible. So doctor gave me 304cc mod+ round, on a first visit I told him they look horrible, like deflated breast on a sides, small balls on a big chest. It was 3 days after surgery I think I was swollen than and still I could see it. So doctor promised me revision, he chose 397cc mod+ during surgery to match my chest and big muscle legs. He did it 2 weeks after first surgery. At the begining I was scared, I was afraid of 397cc:) but doctor chose right size. I don't look like [RS bleep] star.
September 9, 2016
I'm sorry mistake it supposed to be that 304cc I had after my first surgery (revision from TD to rounds) than I had second revision from 304 to 397cc
September 22, 2016
Good luck with your revision. I honestky wouldnt worry so much about your skin being stretched out. I'm not andoctor but I've seen women afterbfull explants and the skin eventually tightens back up pretty well. Take care hun!!
September 22, 2016
I have had the teardrop implants for 5 months and have scheduled a revision to smooth rounds on October 14th. I have been so unhappy with the teardrops. I was also talked into these because I am thin and was going through a mastectomy. This implants are so hard and feel cold and do not move. I hope these posts help women with the right choice. Many of us have been sold a product that is expensive and unattractive. I would rather be flat than go through another minute with these implants. Good luck to you all.
September 22, 2016
So sorry to be hearing your story. I've been considering gummy bear implants fir my revision but everyone has such different opinions about them!! I have to say that I currentky have smooth rounds and am bottoming out because I'm so thin. I also notice my boobs are cold too just so you know it will probably be like that either way. I may end up switching to regular textured round implants to help them stay up. Good luck with your revision!!
UPDATED FROM twentyseven27
2 months post
Mentor Shaped Teardrop vs. Mentor Round smooth
twentyseven27September 19, 2016
The photos are in and are very telling! Have a look and see for yourself! I show you the visual proof that your doctors are liars if they tell you the shaped ones look more natural. They always looked weird but got weirder as time went on. They rotated a touch and one of them actually tore on the inside. It happened either when they were inserted or during a mammogram. Surgeon #2 showed them to me (I wish I took a picture) cause the implant was actually deformed and caved in on the bottom on my right breast and would not regain it's shape when held straight up. It was permanently like that but with no visible tear on the outside so my surgeon had to send back to Mentor for them to analyze. They did not stand behind their product nor offer a refund (horrible). It really bothers me that I went with Mentor a second time around but that was what the surgeon #2 (who I trust) recommended.
The new ones feel much much more natural and squishy and move around.
The new ones feel much much more natural and squishy and move around.
Replies (4)
October 12, 2016
I just wanted to say thank you for your review...ultimately it made me switch last minute to the mentorgels (surgery this Friday) I was on the fence about the teardrops but finally made my mind up on the Memorygels after reading you post. Do you mind sending a "before" implants picture? I think we have be same body structure so just curious. Thanks!
October 13, 2016
Hey! I promise you you are making the right decision! I am so happy I could influence you away from those firm implants. If you click on my name link "twentyseven27" it should take you to my page showing all my postings of questions. If you click on the question that says "How Long Must I Wait to Replace my Implants After Having Just Undergone Surgery?" you will see photos of how they looked after that first surgery, plus one of how I looked before toward the end of the set. I clicked on yours and yes we are pretty similar body types. Another thing, you are SO lucky that the scars will be half the size as compared if you went with the shaped ones. Mine are SO strong and so long, about 2 1/2 inches of long red scar each side. It is really ugly :(, even the second time around :( and they ride up from the crease now that the new implants are settling so it is just ugly. But anyway, I am three months past my last surgery and they keep settling and look so much more natural than the last ones. If there weren't those horrible scars you would never know they were fake. Good luck with your surgery!!
October 13, 2016
FYI-I just posted more photos! Should encourage you even more about your decision.
UPDATED FROM twentyseven27
3 months post
Before I had any breast augmentation
twentyseven27October 13, 2016
Thank you for sharing all the helpful details of your experience! So glad your revision went well and that you're happy with your results. How long had you had your first set of implants? Cannot wait to see your photos! Keep us posted as you continue to heal and hope you have a nice vacation!
Glad you took your time and did plenty of research. It sounds like it all paid off with great results! Feel free to share your revision doctor's name.