NEARLY fifty thousand women in the UK have been warned by health chiefs that their breast implants could explode.
The best-selling silicone implant made by the French firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), are thought to be twice as likely to rupture.
A government health agency is urging women with this type of implant to contact their plastic surgeons to consider having the implants removed.
They run the risk of developing toxic shock syndrome or gangrene if the implants explode.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has also ordered cosmetic surgeons to stop using these implants.
It follows a nation-wide ban in France of the best-selling implant after it found the implants had been filled with a silicone gel with a composition different from that approved since 2001. [dailytelegraph]
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It’s horrific, disgusting, and utterly hilarious. This is worse than that report of suicide bomber breast implants from a little while back.
I can only imagine how the conversation starts: “Sorry ma’am, we’re going to have to confiscate your breasts.” I feel proud to admit that I may or may not have used that same line dressed as a cop at a halloween party once or twice….
Thanks to HeidiLore for the twitter tip.
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