BAAPS alert for women who have had surgery abroad

by **RoxyChick** 3rd March 2011, 12:35 pm

Just received an alert from BAAPS re PIP implants being sold under a different name.

Women who have been abroad for breast surgery, please check you were not given M-Implant devices from a company called Rofil Medical. These are basically PIP implants which were re-branded and sold to a number of different clinics abroad.

These implants have no protective shell and are filled with a gel that is said to be intended for use in mattresses.

if you have, please contact your clinic and your GP and insist you are checked out at the soonest instance.

by Abs99 3rd March 2011, 2:34 pm

So scary!!

by janeybird 3rd March 2011, 3:44 pm

My friend had hers done abroad about 9 years ago is this the sort of timescale they're looking at? dont want to stress her unnecessarily

x

by **RoxyChick** 3rd March 2011, 3:52 pm

There's no mention of timescale on the release. I assume it would be within the past few years, but may be worth asking your friend to check which implants she has anyway.

If she's had them for nine years it's highly unlikely, but worth checking.