Aesthetic BreastRecon®!
A new breast-reconstruction platform thought to enhance your beauty and safety.
Ask your physician about your options for breast reconstruction!
Reconstruction Patient
“Why would I settle? I wanted to like the way I looked. If I look this good with a tissue expander, I can’t imagine what I will look like with the implant.“
-Paola
Aesthetic BreastRecon™
A new breast-reconstruction platform thought to enhance your beauty and safety.
Ask your physician about your options for breast reconstruction!
Reconstruction Patient
“Why would I settle? I wanted to like the way I looked. If I look this good with a tissue expander, I can’t imagine what I will look like with the implant.“
-Paola
We are confident that our commitment to women’s well-being and our innovative technologies around Aesthetic BreastRecon® can help women feel like themselves again, by bringing them solutions that enhance both beauty and safety.
Explore and click through to get to know more.
Meet the Motiva Flora® Tissue Expander!
A next-generation MRI conditional breast tissue expander, meaning it is not contraindicated during MRI screening2.
Constructed with state-of-the-art technologies, this tissue expander provides women, who are undergoing two-stage breast reconstruction, safety and stability during the tissue- expansion process3,8.
State-of-the-art Technology
Soft to the touch
Advanced smooth surface designed to reduce inflammation and complications related to internal scar tissue seen with other conventional tissue expanders5,9
Anatomical shape
Provides a natural-looking slope in the upper part and more fullness in the lower portion during the expansion process, promoting organic results in the reconstructed breast
Magnet-free port
Labeled as MRI conditional, meaning that you can safely undergo MRI scanning during the expansion process, which to date has been seen as unsafe with other tissue expanders available on the market2
TrueFixation® system
Includes fixation tabs made from reinforced silicone, meant to improve breast symmetry and prevent possible displacement after surgery8, which provides stability throughout the expansion process
Have peace of mind during your tissue-expansion journey!
A common issue with tissue expanders with magnetic ports is the potential complications during vital MRI scanning for which magnetic-port tissue expanders have been classified as unsafe10.
The Motiva Flora® Tissue Expander was purposely built with a nonmagnetic-port-detection system to offer women a safer solution to MRI scanning during the tissue-expansion process.
The advanced technology of the RFID port offers conditional MRI labeling compared to tissue expanders with magnetic ports, thus potentially reducing the drawbacks seen in conventional tissue expanders2,10.
What makes us unique:
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Breakthrough Technologies
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Nonmagnetic-port detection system
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MRI Scanning Compatible
Real stories
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Ballet instructor & mom
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Mom & conference producer
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Mom, retired nurse & marathoner
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Mom & financial consultant
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Healthcare Professional
The testimonials, statements and opinions presented are applicable to each individual. Results will vary and may not be representative of the experience of others. The testimonials are voluntarily provided and are not paid, nor were they provided with free products, services or any benefits in exchange of said statements. The testimonials are representative of patient experience, but the exact results and experience will be unique and individual to each patient.
Learn about the procedure.
Following your mastectomy procedure, you can restore the shape and volume of your breast through two options:
1. Get a breast implant. This can be done at the time of your mastectomy procedure, performed in one stage (known as direct-to-implant reconstruction or immediate reconstruction).
2. Or you can have the breast implant done at a later time, in two stages, in which the Motiva Flora® Tissue Expander is used to gradually expand the soft tissues of your breast over the course of a few months11. This procedure (two-stage reconstruction) is explained in the following steps.
Motiva Flora® Tissue-Expander Insertion
During your mastectomy procedure, your surgeon will insert the Motiva Flora® Tissue Expander into your breast. Your surgeon will place the Motiva Flora® Tissue Expander either under or over your chest muscle (pectoralis major) and close the incision12.
Stage 1: Gradual Tissue Expansion
Over the course of the following months, your surgeon will expand the Motiva Flora® Tissue Expander using small increments of saline solution injected into a port inside the tissue expander to stretch the skin gradually. Your surgeon will use an external handheld device to locate the port under the skin and inject saline solution into the tissue expander with a needle. This is commonly performed in your surgeon’s outpatient clinic every couple of weeks12.
Stage 2: Permanent Motiva® Breast-Implant Selection
Once the expansion process is complete, the second stage of the procedure is to remove the Motiva Flora® Tissue Expander and replace it with a permanent Motiva® breast implant of your choice.
The Motiva® smooth implant portfolio provides a comprehensive range of implants and designed surgeries to help you achieve the look you want and help you feel whole once again.
Know your Options
1. Motiva Flora® Tissue Expander
2. Hybrid ergonomic reconstruction
3. Motiva® Implants
Hybrid Ergonomic Recon
We have brought women the option of a natural-looking and natural breast reconstruction using the Hybrid Ergonomic Recon designed surgery.
Adding Hybrid Ergonomic Recon to the reconstruction surgery is combining implant-based reconstruction with your own fat (taken from areas with some fat to spare) in addition to a next-generation Motiva® Implant to reconstruct your breast.
It also provides the option of having the implants placed above the muscle, thus minimizing some of the common issues seen with this type of placement, such as pain and muscle distortion14,15.
Reconstruction Patient
Motiva® Implants
By combining breast recon with our latest implant, Ergonomix®, and grafts of your own purified fat, your surgeon is able to replace breast tissue like for like with the implant to mimic your original breast while sculpting and shaping to produce a more natural and soft result14,15.
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