{"id":25858,"date":"2026-08-28T13:36:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/whats-the-best-breast-implant-after-mastectomy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:36:45","slug":"whats-the-best-breast-implant-after-mastectomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/whats-the-best-breast-implant-after-mastectomy\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Best Breast Implant After Mastectomy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Questions to Ask Your Doctor<br \/>\n Polyurethane-Coated Implants  \t  The Polyurethane-Coated Silicone Gel Implant Polyurethane-coated silicone gel implants consist of a silicone gel implant covered by a thin layer of polyurethane foam. These types of implants are not FDA-approved and were taken off the market in 1991 due to toxicity concerns.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629d89c1b59-b30d-4d49-913e-07dd331a9ba3 But they\u2019re available in many other regions of the world, including Europe and the United Kingdom.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629458d0b05-ee03-4efb-acb4-1308e3fbd8c3 \u201cThese implants consist of a silicone gel implant covered by a thin layer of polyurethane foam,\u201d Rochlin says. \u201cThe coating encourages scar tissue to grow into the surface in a less organized pattern, which may reduce the likelihood of capsular contracture and help stabilize the position of the implant.\u201d Research also shows that women who receive polyurethane-coated silicone gel implants are less likely to experience capsular contracture than women who receive standard implants.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629b75682b9-ab97-41b0-8b9f-29a0d699c43f Rochlin notes that polyurethane represents a highly textured implant surface, which raises concerns regarding a rare type of lymphoma that develops in the scar tissue surrounding an implant. <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/breast-cancer\/breast-implants-after-mastectomy\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions to Ask Your Doctor Polyurethane-Coated Implants The Polyurethane-Coated Silicone Gel Implant Polyurethane-coated silicone gel implants consist of a silicone gel implant covered by a thin layer of polyurethane foam. These types of implants are not FDA-approved and were taken off the market in 1991 due to toxicity concerns.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629d89c1b59-b30d-4d49-913e-07dd331a9ba3 But they\u2019re available in many other<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":25859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2538,36],"class_list":["post-25858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-cancer","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}