[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16264974

French authorities say they will decide this week whether to ask 30,000 women given a potentially defective type of breast implant to have them removed.

There are concerns that the implants supplied by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) carry potential health risks, according to the newspaper, Liberation.

PIP was found last year to have used a non-authorised silicone gel that caused abnormally high implant rupture rates.

Government spokeswoman Valerie Pecresse told French television that a plan of action would be unveiled later this week.

"All women who have PIP implants should return to see their surgeons urgently," she added. But a health ministry official said there was no immediate health risk.

Investigations by the French Society of Plastic Surgeons last year found that PIP implants had a higher rate of rupture than other implants and that the silicone in them was not meant for medical use.

PIP went into administration last year and the use of its implants was banned.

Police have received 2,000 complaints from women who received the implants and have opened a criminal investigation into the firm, the AFP news agency reports.

Since the defects were discovered, 523 implants have been removed, according to the Le Monde newspaper.

PIP implants were among the cheapest available, and were also exported outside France. It is thought that as many as 40,000 British women may have them.

This is a massive scam !

[Jords]

Vat du u say?

[arista]

Omah
This effects British woman
That should be on the Title.


And this Stinks that Evil Bankrupt French Company PIP
used dirt cheap Industrial filling.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...t-surgery.html

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by Elf Ears

Vat du u say?

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Omah

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16264974



This is a massive scam !

PIP implants were among the cheapest available,

That's all that's needed for the story.

The thing that gets me with people who get implants is that they don't seem to realise that it's ongoing: on the proviso that there is no side effects or no issues: they need to be replaced in due course (avg 10 years or thereabouts, so it's a costly (and risky) business - and the time will come when they have to possibly removed for good - resulting in stretched breast tissue, hanging like spaniels ears: or then having to undergo more serious surgery & pay for a mastoplexy.

It's crackers if you ask me.

[Shasown]

Am impressed by the BBC running the article with the title

French women may need faulty breast implants removed.

Given the figures they themselves quote:

"30,000 women" - French
"It is thought that as many as 40,000 British women "

Does being British reduce the possiblity of the implants rupturing or the risks of cancer developing from the silicone?

[Livia]

Mmm... little plastic bags full of crap stitched inside your body. Sexxxxxy....