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Amoena
Amoena Post-Mastectomy ProductsFor 30 years, Amoena, the world's leading brand of external breast forms, has been helping women enjoy fuller lives after breast surgery.
Amoena was founded in 1975 by brothers Cornelius Rechenberg, Joachim Rechenberg, and Rolf Gardey in Raubling, Germany. Under their guidance, Amoena produced the world's first silicone gel and polyurethane breast form, the first two-layer breast form, and the first quality attachable breast form. Amoena also raised the quality and aesthetic standards for breast surgery-related textiles, such as bras and swimwear.
Amoena provides a better quality of life for women following breast surgery. They wish to fulfill women’s need for femininity, to restore a positive body image and renew confidence and self-esteem.
Being close to the women, retailers and other health care providers, Amoena develops, produces and sources innovative breast care products and services of the highest quality and design. With empathy, responsiveness and long-term relationships, they aspire to earn their customers’ loyalty.
- Amoena provides a better quality of life for women following breast surgery.
- Amoena wishes to fulfill their need for femininity, to restore a positive body image and renew confidence and self-esteem.
- Being close to the women, retailers and other health care providers, Amoena develops, produces and sources innovative breast care products and services of the highest quality and design.
- With empathy, responsiveness and long-term relationships, Amoena aspires to earn our customers loyalty.
Our aim is to keep developing new and improved products for women after breast surgery. High-quality breast forms, special bras and swimwear and skin care products help to give women back self confidence in their appearance.
The expectations of our customers, the legal regulations and the reputation of our company determine the quality of our products and customer services. Since 1997 Amoena has been ISO 9001 certified for its high quality standards.
We feel responsible for conserving our environment. The high environmental protection level in our business was the basis for certification under the ISO 14001 environmental management standard in 2001.
The aims of our quality and environment policy are:
- To maintain and develop our market leadership position
- To detect and prevent defects early
- To take action to prevent environmental pollution and precautions against environmental accidents
- To promote quality and environmental awareness among all employees
- To check all raw materials and brought-in materials and all processes and methods in advance for environmental compatibility
- To monitor all environmental effects of our operations and continuously improve environmental protection above and beyond the regulations
- To recycle or dispose environmentally of waste within the material circuit and use water and energy carefully and ecomonically
- To monitor the conformity of our operations with the quality and environment policy and take action to resolve non-conformities
- To train, inform and motivate our employees so that they are aware in their jobs of their responsibility for quality, health, safety and our environment
All our staff are committed to correct application of the regulations and continued development of the quality and environment management system.
We maintain an open dialogue with employees, authorities and the public to strengthen confidence in our quality and environmentally-aware approach and to find ways of improving. Information on our activities to protect the environment is given regularly in the Coloplast environmental report.
The quality and environment policy is checked at regular intervals and updated as necessary to achieve continuous improvements.
Amoena manufactures its products under strict regulations, in accordance with ISO 9001, this guarantees top product quality.
The Amoena breast forms are made from two materials that are soft on the skin: Silicone and PU Film.
Silicone und PU-Film
Silicone is produced synthetically from the natural raw materials sand and coal and is therefore a natural product. It offers various advantages: silicone is kind to the skin, soft, water-repellent and very risistant to both chemicals and heat. This means that the breast forms adapt quickly to body temperature. Amoena develops and produces all its silicone gel itself. They are mixed from silicone raw materials and their quality is carefully checked.
The name PU Film refers to an extremely hard-wearing, high performance film that closely resembles the skin in softness and suppleness. Intensive tests have shown that the film causes no allergic reactions or skin irritation. With this gossamer-thin but hard-wearing film, the silicone breast form is very gentle on the skin and body.
Amoena's light-weight and flow breast forms are now covered in a SuperSoft film. This new, finely textured film has a natural silky look that is soft to the touch and is extremely flexible.
Adhesive materials
The adhesive surface on the inside of the Amoena Contact breast form is made from adhesive silicone. With excellent skin compatibility test results, adhesive silicone has long been used in medical practice.
Design and Development
The Amoena Design and Sizing Laboratory develops innovative product solutions that Amoena then has tested by the women affected. Their experience is built into the subsequent series production.
It has always been Amoena's philosophy that only women who have undergone breast surgery know best what the ideal breast form should do and how it should feel.
Therefore, Amoena relies on close cooperation with women who have undergone breast surgery and works in partnership with over one hundred women who test our products before they are launched onto the market. "Only by working together can we find the best solutions to the problems women face following breast surgery", says Monika Petermann, who is responsible for the development of breast forms at Amoena. She has extensive knowledge of the breast form market and worked as a consultant in a medical products store for 13 years. "The needs of our customers are changing constantly, so we must keep moving on to enable us to perfect the breast form designs of the future", she says. She analyzes the experiences of our test wearers and keeps in close contact with the medical professionals who fit our products.
Although the women involved in Amoena's test groups are all from different walks of life, they are united in one idea. They want to use their experience to do something for other women so that in the future others are spared the problems they themselves experienced following their surgery.
Bras should be washed by hand with delicates wash or a mild soap and line dried. This will prolong the elasticity of the fabrics. The average lifespan of a bra is four to six months of daily use. Proper care extends the lifetime of the garment.
Amoena breast forms are incredibly resilient and are designed to stand up to the normal everyday demands placed upon them. If cared for correctly, your breast form should last you for many years. However, take care not to puncture your breast form with sharp objects, such as pins or pet claws, as repair is not possible. Use of talcum powder and body lotions on or around your breast form should also be avoided. To ensure your breast form remains in good condition, you should wash it every day with soap and water and dry with a soft cloth or towel. When not being worn, you should keep your breast form in the cradle provided, as this will help to maintain its shape.
Special care instructions apply to the contact range of breast forms, shown below.
How to clean the adhesive surface of your Contact Breast Form:
1. Sprinkle soft cleanser on to the dry adhesive surface. Set the special brush with water.
2. Scrub hard with the special brush, applying pressure, for about 3 minutes.
3. Rinse with plenty of water.
4. Allow to dry naturally or with a hair dryer on a low temperature setting.
