Archive for the 'breast implants' Category
Breast Revision Surgeons Busy With Faulty French Implants
Closed Published by editor2 June 30th, 2010 in breast implantsThe British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons issued a guidance warning an estimated 50,000 British women to have their French-made Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP) breast implants checked for ruptures or leaks within the next six months. The guidance was issued in response to an inquiry conducted by the French Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic [...]
Ruptured Breast Implants: What to do if it happens to you
Closed Published by drhess October 8th, 2009 in Breast Augmentation, breast implantsBreast implants are not designed to fail. In fact their durability is quite impressive, as the picture depicts. They must be able to withstand years of everyday life and the occasional mammogram. Yet they can fail. A recent study of Mentor’s breast implants placed the rupture rate for primary augmentation at 1.1%.
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