Wear, Then Wash, Dry & Store: Caring for Your Breast Forms

Wash Guide for Your Breast Forms/ Prosthesis

Everyday wear exposes your breast forms to natural perspiration, body oils, and dead skin cells, to perfumes, moisturisers, lotions, and powders.

Over time, these residues can build up, causing odours or degrading the materials. That’s why regular cleaning and correct storage are essential to keeping your breast forms fresh, hygienic, and long-lasting.

 

Before You Start: Always Check the Product Care Guide

Each product may have specific instructions, so always refer to the care guide that came with your breast form. The guidelines below cover typical care recommendations for the most common types of breast forms.

 

1. Silicone Breast Forms & Silicone Partial Forms & Shapers

How to Wash:

• Fill a basin or sink with cool water.
• Gently wash with your hands or a soft cloth using a mild soap or liquid detergent.
• Rinse thoroughly.
• Pat dry gently with a soft towel.

Tips:

• Remove rings before handling to avoid damage.
• Wash hands to remove any residues (e.g., hand sanitiser or moisturiser).
• Avoid pressing your fingers or fingernails into the silicone.

Storage: Store in the shaped mould inside the original storage box.

 

2. Silicone Air Adjustable Breast Forms

How to Wash:

• Clean as you would Silicone Breast Forms, but do not immerse in water.

Storage: As with regular silicone forms, store in the shaped mould inside the box.

 

3. Stick-On Silicone Forms (Self-Adhesive)

These forms come with a special self-adhesive film that sticks directly to the skin.

How to Wash:

• Apply three drops of the specified proprietary soft cleanser to the dry adhesive.
• Moisten the cleaning brush with lukewarm water.
• Scrub the adhesive surface in a circular motion for about three minutes.
• Rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water (do not immerse).
• Air dry adhesive-side up on a towel.
• Once dry, replace the plastic protector sheet over the adhesive.

Storage: Return to the shaped mould in the original box.

 

4. Leisure Forms

Leisure forms feature a cloth cover with an inner shaped foam insert.

How to Wash:

• Remove the fabric cover.
• Machine wash and dry the cover (as you would with fashion or sports bras).
• Do not immerse the foam form. Instead, spot clean gently with a damp cloth.
• If it gets wet, gently squeeze out moisture and allow to air dry out of direct sunlight.

Reassembling:

• Once dry, turn the cover inside out.

• Lay the front of the cover on the front of the foam form.

• Gently pull the back of the cover over the form.

 

5. Soft Forms

These consist of a cloth cover with removable fibre fill.

How to Wash:

• Remove the fibre fill.
• Machine wash and air dry the cloth cover.
• Hand wash and air dry the fibre fill (as with bras).

Important: Do not reinsert the fill until both parts are completely dry.

 

6. Swim Forms

Designed for repeated use in fresh, salt, and chlorinated water.

How to Wash:

• After use, wash in cool water using mild soap or detergent.
• Rinse well and pat dry with a soft towel.

Tips:

• Remove rings and wash your hands before handling.
• Avoid pressing or poking the form with fingers or nails.

Storage: Store in the cloth bag provided with the swim form.