Women with larger cup sizes undergoing breast reconstruction now have a new option. The FDA has approved Mentor’s MemoryGel Enhance breast implants, the largest silicone implants available today. Designed for post-mastectomy reconstruction and revision surgeries, the implants range in size from 930cc to 1445cc, offering significantly more volume than what was previously available. The implants are expected to be available in the United States by mid-2025.
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“For women with larger frames or significant tissue loss, reconstruction options have often felt limiting,” says Alanna Rebecca, MD, a Phoenix plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Mayo Clinic. “This approval addresses a long-standing need, providing a solution that helps restore symmetry and confidence for more patients.”
Previously, the largest breast implants on the market topped out at 800cc, leaving women with limited options and requiring aesthetic compromises. With the new sizes, surgeons can better match a patient’s body type, creating more balanced and natural results. “This is about inclusivity and ensuring women have access to reconstruction options that work for their unique anatomy,” says the President of Mentor, Alenka Brzulja, in a press release.
By expanding the range of available implant sizes, this approval provides an opportunity to work with patients who may have felt overlooked in the past. “Often, we tell patients that there is no way that we can achieve their previous breast size with an implant but these new implants make larger reconstructions possible,” notes Cambridge, MA plastic surgeon Terri Silver, MD. “The only limitation here would be the patient’s tissues and whether it will support the weight of these larger implants. Surgeons need to be cautious in whom they use these new, larger implants.”
For many, this could mean the difference between feeling constrained by limitations and having the resources to confidently rebuild their sense of self during an already challenging journey. “I think this is great news for breast reconstruction patients. In my experience, one of the biggest disappointments for larger breasted women who undergo breast reconstruction is how disproportionately small the previously available largest implant was 800cc,” says Wichita, KS plastic surgeon Amy Sprole, MD. “The new Mentor implants nearly double that volume, which will greatly improve the ability to restore volume more closely to native breast size in many women.”
