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Breast implant scandal

December 2021

  • Carole Roberts, 61, lives in Derby. Happy to do a pic. She was diagnosed with Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) after breast implants in 2012. She is now clear

    Implants ‘must carry stronger warnings about cancer risk’

    Data reveals 88 women in the UK have been diagnosed with BIA-ALCL, a rare lymphoma linked to the procedure

November 2021

  • breast implant with nurse and doctor in background

    Thousands of UK breast implant patients missing off register

    List recommended after PIP breast implant scandal in case of product recall

May 2021

  • A screengrab of Jan Spivey and Louise Smith, two of the British women affected by Pip breast implants, delighted by the court’s decision.

    Thousands of breast implant victims will get payouts after court ruling

    Case in Paris was brought by 2,700 women over implants made by French company and certified as safe by German firm

May 2019

  • A hospital ward

    NHS underfunding is deliberate strategy

  • LIFESTYLE-FRANCE-HEALTH-WOMEN-IMPLANTS-FILES<br>TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY EMMA CHARLTON (FILES) - A file picture taken on January 3, 2012 in Marseille, southeastern France, shows a breast implant produced by the implant manufacturer Poly Implant Prothese company (PIP) with PIP identity card. From US "Botox parties" to Asia's craze for eyelid jobs or Brazilian bum lifts, millions now reshape their bodies through cosmetic surgery each year. But the booming industry is battling a Wild West of rogue practices, cruelly highlighted by the French breast implant scandal. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)

    Breast implant scandal victims visited by bailiffs after compensation appeal

March 2019

  • Irene Kennedy

    Women with Allergan breast implants may sue over cancer link

    UK women claim they were not told enough about potential risk of rare breast cancer

February 2019

  • Vaginal mesh implants

    Government accepts 'debilitating' effects of medical implants

    Recognition that commercial interests had trumped patient safety follows Guardian exposé

November 2018

  • (FILES) This file picture taken on January 12, 2012 in Boissy-l’Aillerie, northern Paris, shows a technician presenting a silicone breast implant. French Health Minister Marisol Touraine stated on March 17, 2015, that women with breast implants did not need to have them removed despite reports of cancer cases in some women. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINAMIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images

    The implant files
    Breast implants study reveals serious safety concerns

  • A breast implant and scalpel

    The implant files
    Australian database seeks to identify breast implant risks

August 2017

  • A defective silicone gel breast implant, after it has been removed from a patient in France.

    The fight for women poisoned by breast implants

    Five years after PIP silicone was declared dangerous, victims have been awarded a payout. But, say campaigners, it does not cover their costs so far – let alone compensate for their suffering

April 2016

  • ‘At 16, I was wearing a thickly padded bra every day, and at night I wore two, one on top of the other.’

    Sara Pascoe: ‘Boob jobs are viewed as a decorative tweak, but these women are self-harming’

    From the age of 14 to 31, the comedian wore a padded bra every day. In an exclusive extract from her new book Animal, she talks about the normalisation of cosmetic surgery – and why she felt the pressure to ‘fake it’

December 2013

  • Breast implant

    Breast implant register for UK in the wake of the PIP scandal

    New measures also include a ban on aggressive marketing techniques to help weed out 'cosmetic cowboys'
  • Plastic surgeon holds defective implant

    Breast implant scandal: victim told enhancement 100% safe – video

    Emma Lonsdale, 31, recalls the terrifying moment she found a lump in one of her breasts indicating a rupture

  • French breast implant firm PIP's founder jailed

    PIP boss Jean-Claude Mas sentenced to four years in jail after cheap industrial silicone used in implants

October 2013

  • Breast implant

    PIP breast implants do not increase cancer risk, study finds

    European regulator says women do not need to have implants, filled with non-medical-grade silicone, removed
  • Mary Portas

    Labour promises to create a US-style consumer tsar

    Party wants ombudsman with power to bring class actions against companies, writes Daniel Boffey
  • FRANCE-WOMEN-HEALTH-CANCER-IMPLANT-FILES

    French watchdog 'did not act fast enough on faulty PIP breast implants'

    Report shows agency knew of dangers of substandard silicone prostheses in 2006 but did not prevent their use until 2010

May 2013

  • FRANCE-IMPLANTS/

    PIP breast implant campaigners question findings of independent report

    Two scientists say they are worried about chemical in the silicone filling that could affect the development of a foetus

April 2013

  • Jean-Claude Mas, founder of Poly Implant Prothèse, at his trial for fraud

    PIP breast implant victims express fury at 'catastrophic' fraud trial

  • Lawyers of women affected by PIP

    PIP breast implant bosses' trial for aggravated fraud begins in France

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