There are still a large number of women who either don’t know about the problems identified with PIP breast implants or are still trying to find out further information. This article gives the latest information, about PIP breast implants, available as of October 2010

    The French health authorities issued a recall of silicone breast implants manufactured by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) a French based company in March 2010. Poly Implant Prothese has now gone into liquidation leaving a lot of women unsure of where to turn or what action to take. The subject of the recall was the identification of breast implants being manufactured with an inferior quality silicone which was prone to leakage and rupture; the silicone used by PIP was normally used in the manufacture of mattresses. 

    While the number of women who have undergone breast implant surgery and been given PIP implants varies dependent upon the source with figures ranging from 45,000 worldwide to 50,000 in the UK alone. It would be assumed the only accurate figures would be the number of implants produced at the factory in France. Whether these figures are available has not been ascertained at the time of writing.

    In the UK the Medicines and Healthcare Product Regulating Agency (MHRA) issued and advisory notice MDA/2010/025 to surgeons to stop using the implants and for breast implant patients to consult their surgeons who carried out the surgery to ascertain what types of implants were used. This maybe more difficult for women who have undergone breast surgery abroad as raised in my previous article about breast implants. Click Here to read the article. Some patients may have documentation about the type of breast implants fitted during initial consultations with their surgeon before surgery.

    MHRA has now issued its latest update (October 2010) MDA/2010/078  reassuring women who have had PIP breast implants that there is no current evidence of any health risks associated with PIP breast implants and no routine action required in the form of an ultrasound. Women who would like further reassurance or an explanation can consult the MHRA website, the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) or the Association of Breast Surgery (ABS).

   There are a large number of breast enhancement and breast augmentation surgeries in the UK and overseas praying on women’s fears and insecurities about the safety of the implants and offering to remove the PIP breast implants. As the French company in now in liquidation and the NHS is unlikely to pay for the treatment it is the patient who is left to pick up the bill for the replacement breast implants. The French health authority has agreed to pay only for the replacement breast implants of patients who have had reconstructive surgery after breast cancer treatment.

    Current advice is it is not necessary to remove the PIP breast implants although you should still check your breasts for lumps, signs of leakage or rupture. If you are still unsure consult your own GP.

    If you are contemplation breast enhancement surgery there are several natural breast enhancement methods available without the risks of breast enhancement surgery.

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