NEWS on esthetic, contour implants

Breast implant tourism in Tunesia

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Recall of textured Allergan Natrelle BIOCELL and McGhan implants and tissue expanders (2018)

BfArM, FDA: "Based on currently available information, including newly submitted data, our analysis shows that the risk of BIA-ALCL with textured Allergan Biocell implants is approximately six times higher than the risk of BIA-ALCL with textured implants from other manufacturers, and continued distribution of Allergan Biocell textured breast implants would...

FDA: Known risk of lymphoma from breast implants

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Claims for faulty breast implants against French insurance fails in Germany

Pain and suffering claims for faulty breast implants against French insurance fails in Germany. Mitteilung A court in Hamm/Germany ruled in a decision published yesterday, that the liability insurer of a meanwhile broke French manufacturer not must be liable for damage caused by the faulty breast implants, if the operation...

Breast Implants: Update – Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma

Breast Implants: Update - Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) FDA FDA has updated its understanding of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) to reflect the agency’s concurrence with the World Health Organization designation of BIA-ALCL as a rare T-cell lymphoma that can develop following breast implants. At...

Breast implants may falsify EKG (german)

Breast implants may hinder the EKG and show false heart attacks. Bun S-S A tram of cardiologists examined 50 women without heart problems, mean age of 42 years. 28 had beast implants. 57 % of EKG at breast implant patients have been valuated wrong. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 22. Juni 2017

More Plastic Surgery worldwide in 2015

More Plastic Surgery worldwide in 2015 ISAPS, Dtsch Arztebl 2016 Isaps reported for 2015 1 million beauty treatments more than 2014 by esthetic surgeons, the total number rising from 20.2 to 21.7 million. Most favored surgeries were breast enlargements, fat removing, eyelid correction, belly rationalisation. ISAPS

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma from breast implants

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Long-Term Cancer Risk Among Swedish Women With Cosmetic Breast Implants: An Update of a Nationwide Study

Epidemiologic evidence does not support a consistently increased cancer risk among women with cosmetic breast implants, but few studies have assessed risk beyond 15 years. McLaughlin JK, Lipworth L, Fryzek JP, Ye W, Tarone RE, Nytren O Swedish women who underwent cosmetic breast implantation for the first time between January...