Tuesday 10 January 2012

3,000 women in UK at risk from faulty breast implants as Government finally orders review of dangers from cheap silicone


3,000 women in UK at risk from faulty breast implants as Government finally orders review of dangers from cheap silicone

·         Ruptures rates may be seven times higher than at first feared
·         Health Secretary 'concerned and unhappy' at new data
·         Plastic surgeons warned of dangers five years ago
·         Founder of French firm which supplied implants facing charges

More than 3,000 women in the UK face complications from controversial French breast implants it was feared today as the Government launched a review of the risks.
The reassessment was triggered after a major cosmetic surgery company told ministers privately that rupture rates could be as high as 7 or 8 per cent.
Around 40,000 women in Britain are believed to have had silicone implants made by the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), including thousands who underwent reconstructive breast surgery through the NHS.

So after the recent news about breast implants... Would any of you girls still get them?

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