Thousands of women have their implants removed

French health authorities said Wednesday that nearly 20% of women with breast implants defective PIP followed the recommendations of the Government and have made ​​their implants removed. "There are already at least five thousand French women who have more than about 30,000 prostheses PIP carriers," said Dominique has Maraninchi, head of the Agency of Health Products (AFSSAPS), with resulting from a monitoring committee on the scandal PIP.

And whereas according to a report prepared in February, 1986 fractures were recorded on prostheses that mark, Dominique Maraninchi noted that nearly half of these ruptures occurred on implants under five years. What is "abnormal". The head of the Agency also added that "these figures confirm the poor quality of the implants."
Made with a silicone gel does not comply, the PIP implants are at the heart of a scandal. The government has recommended their removal. At the end of February, over 3,000 women with her ​​and had made ​​the prostheses removed.

And while the union of plastic surgeons committed to engage in moderate fees for these transactions, the Director General of Health (DGS), Jean-Yves Grall took this same meeting to clarify that few complaints of patients been recorded on these transactions say explantation. Muriel Ajello, the president of the Movement for the Defence of women with implants and prostheses (MDFPIP) has, meanwhile, stressed that many practitioners did not change their fees.