Top doctors call for removal of every breast implant given to 50,000 British women

Leading British doctors have called for the Government to remove PIP breast implants fitted to 50,000 women following damning new research that shows their shells are faulty.
The casings are more likely to degrade than those used in others – leaving women given PIPs at risk of silicone leaking into their bodies, the research showed.

The doctors who conducted the research, including nanotechnology professor Alexander Seifalian and top plastic surgeon Professor Peter Butler, now say all PIPs should be removed.

Nigel Mercer, former president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said last night: ‘If you have problems with the outer shell of an implant, then it will act like a sieve and the silicone will just leak out.

‘The batch testing for these implants was useless so we don’t know which women could be most at risk – it’s a lottery. I’d say to women: Have them out.’

The scandal over French-manufactured PIP implants erupted in 2011 when it was shown that they were more than twice as likely to rupture than other implants and that they were filled with industrial-grade silicone used in mattress production.

Women whose implants burst have complained of swollen lymph nodes, lumps and pains in their breasts.

But despite French authorities agreeing to remove the implants from all women fitted with them as a preventative measure, officials in the UK have continued to insist there is insufficient evidence to recommend their routine removal.

Source: Dailymail.uk