Implant Brands

I had an email from Rightchoice, who I made an enquiry with yesterday. (They seem very good so far.) I have a consultation through them with a surgeon on 4th July at Alexandra hospital in Chesterfield.

I asked what type of implants they use and they said Nagor, Allergan and Eurosilicone. Eurosilicone and Nagor GFX implants are in with the price of the surgery. Allergan CUI are £150 extra,  £200 extra for the Nagor Impleo and £450 for the Allergan Natrelle. I heard that the allergan natrelle are the best from loads of people and have no problem whatsoever paying extra for them, but I wanted to know why they're considered to be the best? Or are they not the best and I have it all wrong lol?

The Eurosilicone & Nagor GFX are a standard implant lovely, that you say would be included in your surgery price.

Allergan CUI's are also a standard implant lovely, these are free fom other clinics so I'm suprised at the additional charge for these, but maybe they cost more to bring into stock than the other 2 implants

Nagor Impleo and Allergan Naturelle, are both superior implants, they are both considered to be of the same quality, but the Allergans are made in the USA and the Nagors are made in England babe.

Hope this helps. xx

Hi hun, I have Allergan Naturelle and paid the extra, well worth for me because after my nightmare of pips I concluded the money was less important than the quality xx

Hi Hezzz, I've got Allergan Natrelle Inspira, I was told that they have an additional 2 shell layers than the standard Natrelle implants. They also come with a 25 yr guarantee.. I think really that my body will fail before the implants do e.g saggy skin! For an extra few hundred quid i thought it was worth it for all those extra years of guarantee...

Cookie (your name makes me hungry lol) the surgery price is cheap so maybe that has something to do with it? The website says they have teamed up with Nagor to replace PIPs for free and with reduced surgery costs. But it also says that they never fitted PIP's which struck me as a little strange, I dunno why.

2nd Time Lucky your boobs look great in your avatar Did you have any problems with the PIP's or replace them just to be sure?

I will look into those Inspira's, that would give me loads more peace of mind. The guarentee is loads longer! Thanks for sharing that

Hezzz It was both really. I had prob with left booby for a while and then the pip scandal came out and all 4 of my children said my health was more important so had them changed 9 weeks ago and I had silicone bleed badly in the left and a bit on the right so it was a good choice I made. Am very very happy with my new and safe boobies xx

I also have the Allergan Naturelle's and very pleased with them :) I chose them after having pip's first time around, the warranty is better and they felt MUCH more sturdy than the CUI's. My PS said he wasn't fussed on CUI's either, they felt too flimsy to me. x

Hezzz It was both really. I had prob with left booby for a while and then the pip scandal came out and all 4 of my children said my health was more important so had them changed 9 weeks ago and I had silicone bleed badly in the left and a bit on the right so it was a good choice I made. Am very very happy with my new and safe boobies xx

I thought the CUI s felt very flimsy compared to the naturelle ones aswell but not as flimsy as pips!!xx

Glad your boobs are safe now hun, and looking fab. Cant imagine how that would feel to know you have PIP's, scary xxx

xplayboybunnyx you got PIP's too? Did you get any problems? Glad they're sorted and you're happy now, I would have freaked out

When you say they felt more sturdy, do you mean you felt them at a consultation and the shell is thicker? Does that affect how the breast feels afterwards? What's the difference between them and CUI's? I had a feel of some at a consultation with a HMG nurse but she never said what they were. They were textured, round and the 'gummy bear' type, but other than that, I dunno. I twisted it as hard as I could and it felt sturdy but I have nothing to compare it to xxx

I saw pictures of the removed PIP's. Shocking and very sad. In the pic's they were totally degraded...its unbelieveable really.

Yes I felt both types and without being told which were which I picked the Naturelle. The shell seemed thicker and they were more sturdy, the CUI,s seemed just a little bit less filled to me. I have to point out though hun there is absolutely nothing wrong with CUI and they have a very good reputation. It was just my personal choice xx

My PIP's were 100% intact luckily, they look like new. I've got them in a plastic bag in my wardrobe now But I wanted them out for my own peace of mind anyway. The Naterelle's, yes I felt them at a consultation along with the CUI's, the CUI's were far more squishy and flimsy feeling. The Naterelle's felt thicker and stronger. My ps said I would be far more likely to get rippling from CUI's than the Naterelles. The CUI's are not FDA approved, and only one type fo Natrerelle (Responsive) is FDA approved, the Soft Touch isn't. There's nothing wrong with any of them, I just wanted a good strong implant with the FDA approval and a long warranty. x

I have CUI's, they suited 'me' though. They're soft, and squidgy and I'd even had a breast exam from my GP who was shocked to later realise I'd had a BA, so very realistic feeling, again 'for me'.

I went through EVERYTHING when I needed a re-op and did sooooo much research and couldn't find any reason for 'my' spending the additional costs for the Naturelles. I was really tortured about which implant to choose and figured, implants only have a general 10 year lifetime anyway, so the 'lifetime warranty' that comes with Naturelles and other implants with a lifetime warranty just seemed like tosh to me, the 10 year warranty given with the CUI, covered the general lifetime of implants and I know I'll have another re-op within that period

But you must choose the option right for yourself hun. xx

Thanks Cookie, I was wondering about the feel of them, cause I don't think I have a lot of breast tissue (thats just my opinion though, not a surgeons) and wanted to avoid unders as the muscle distortion sounds scary.

I have unders and they're fine :) x

I'm not dead set against having unders. I have a feeling I might have to tbh, cause my tissue and skin seem thin to me. Does muscle distortion mean the jumping effect when the chest muscle flexes or does it mean the muscle stretching over time to accomodate the implant? If you have unders replaced with overs, does the muscle ever gain its shape back from all the stretching?

Does muscle distortion mean the jumping effect when the chest muscle flexes

Yes, but this doesn't happen to everyone with unders sweetheart. It mostly affects those who have quite a muscular upper body.

If you have unders replaced with overs, does the muscle ever gain its shape back from all the stretching?

If you needed a re-op to correct muscle distortion the muscle would retain it's original shape.... think of it like an elastic, pulled wide, then released to its original shape. The body is amazing isn't it! xx

I have Nagor Impleo. It comes with a lifetime warantee/replacement against rupture and grade 3&4 CC. This means that the implant will be replaced free of charge. This is not to be confused with free surgery though, Nagor only covers the implant replacement, the surgeon and hospital fees are down to your aftercare cover (in my case 5 years at Mybreast for rupture and grade 3&4 CC).

PERSONALLY I would choose either Nagor IMPLEO or Allergan Natrelle SOFT TOUCH, because as well as being the premium range of their respective brands, both are fifth generation form stable cohesive silicone. Both of these are very similar products.

Nagor is a British company, their implants are manufactured in the UK. Allergan is an American company, their implants are manufactured in Costa Rica.

Reading this...I am now confused between responsive and soft touch, why is soft touch not FDA approved, as I thought soft touch was the more gummy bear type similar to nagor impleos...are nagors FDA approved?

Can I ask which is the better out of the 2 natrelles and why?

thanks xxx

Nagor Impleos are not FDA aprroved sweetie, but are of a superior quality.

As far as I'm aware ALL of the Naturelle range is FDA approved lovely

As more and more women decide upon Breast Augmentation, breast
enhancement surgery, or plastic surgery, it is reassuring to know that implants
in the Natrelle^® Collection are
safe. Every option is FDA-approved, and women can be confident that their
implants have been rigorously tested for safety.

Quoted from the [url-http://www.natrelle.com/]Naturelle Catalogue[/url] xx

hezzz wrote:I had a feel of some at a consultation with a HMG nurse but she never said what they were. They were textured, round and the 'gummy bear' type, but other than that, I dunno. I twisted it as hard as I could and it felt sturdy but I have nothing to compare it to xxx

I would assume it was a CUI as from my experience with HMG that's what they offer as standard, but if you're interested in another type of implant just ask, I'm sure they can accomodate. I went with CUIs and am very happy with them.

I'd be wary of feeling implants at consultations as the "inferior implant" could be filled less than 100% full as a ploy to get sales.

Cookie - I'm of similar thinking, even on the transform website the lifetime manufacturers guarantee with the natrelles has the caveat that it is the lifetime of the implant (10 years) not the patients lifetime that is guaranteed. I am leaning towards going with CUIs and keeping the extra cash in my stash for future surgery if needed! However as you quite rightly suggest it is entire an individual choice and if the premium implants give you peace of mind then why not!
xx

bouncyDD wrote:Reading this...I am now confused between responsive and soft touch, why is soft touch not FDA approved, as I thought soft touch was the more gummy bear type similar to nagor impleos...are nagors FDA approved?

Can I ask which is the better out of the 2 natrelles and why?

thanks xxx

Responsive is fourth generation silicone, it's been around for longer,
so has had time to get FDA approval since it takes a few years for the
trials and approval. Soft Touch is the newer, form stable (gummy bear)
gel, the reason why it is not approved yet is because it hasn't been
around as long, but it's just a matter of time. Thing is, with FDA
approval, because the studies take a long time, another product has time
to come out, in this case the Soft Touch.

Nagor is a British product, it's not FDA approved, silicone Nagor
implants are currently not for sale in the USA. The FDA is not the be
all and end all, it's a governing body for the American market, so in
that sense irrelevant to the rest of the world, however it is reassuring
that something is FDA approved because it means the product has gone through
years of trials. Silicone implants were banned for most women in the
USA during the 90s, and only started using them again a few years ago.

It's a personal choice, some women prefer the FDA approved gel. I'm of the opinion that the form stable Soft Touch and Impleo are an improvement on their predecessors, only time will tell how they perform xxx

I'd be wary of feeling implants at consultations the "inferior implants" could easily be not 100% filled giving the impression of being ore flimsy to get buy in and get sales.

Cookie - my thinking is similar to yours even the transform website has the caveat that the natrelle's guarantee is the lifetime of the implant (10 years) not the patients lifetime. I'm leaning towards the CUIs and putting the extra cash in a stash in case I need further surgery
xx