Shaped implants represent the fourth generation of breast implants. For patients who lack sufficient breast tissue in the lower pole, as well as for mastectomy patients, these shaped implants offer significant benefits, according to Dr. Biggs.
“Most patients will be adequately treated with a round implant, but there is a subset of patients who will definitely benefit from a shaped implant,” he says. “One of the deficiencies of the shaped implant is that if it rotates, it creates a significant deformity, whereas the round implant does not. To prevent it from rotating requires a much more careful dissection of the space into which we put the implant. That said, if a woman has deficiency of tissue in the lower pole, she can benefit greatly from the advances that we have made with these shaped implants, even though it is more technically demanding and more costly,” he adds.
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