rightchoice uk? please help

Hi, to cut a long story short i have pip implants and looking at geting them replaced. Ive had a quote from rightchoice uk for £2850. Lifetime aftercare is included, i havnt been for pre op consultation yet as its in manchester so wanted to do abit of research before travelling all that way. Has any1 used these before? The thing thats made me question things is that they do the op under local anaesthetic (i have no idea how to spell that word!) And its just a day case. I dont know why but it kinda put me off abit. Anyone got any opinions or experience of using them? Thanks sal xx

hi. i havent had experiance but ive heard of it being done under a local. hope someone can help xx

Thanks hun. I kno if im dubious im best to avoid it but theyre quite cheap and im limited to who i can go through as im really burassic park at the minute! If anyone knows anywhere that are offering a similar price id love to hear from them xxx

Ivemever heard of them, but just had a look at their website.
My only concern is that they don't advertise who their surgeons actually are., that they're pretty cheap considering the price of a ba. It does say on price list though that breast aug is done under ga though on another part says under local I presume twilight surgery. Mixed information there.

A consulation is only half an hour , sometimes you may need longer to discuss all options.

And READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS it's not all as it seems, aftercare is only 3 years read 6.3 , I cannot stress enough a 'good looking' offer too good to be true usually is. Implants nowadays usually have a lifetime warranty anyhow which means if they rupture or cc, they will only replace like for like, so same size, dimensions etc.
Which is what I presume they're advertising.

Who are their surgeons they advertise as being on the specialt register but no mention of who they are.

You cannot put a price on your body and research research research. Just become something appears to be a good offer doesn't mean it always is x

Thanks hun, i think im going to give them a wide berth. Something just doesnt feel right. I just needed abit of advice to steer me in the right direction so thanksso much for your help. At this rate im prob going to have to go back to transform which i really didnt want to do after the pip scandal thing. xx

Just because you had them fitted through transform doesn't mean you have to go back to them. Phone round a few companies and ones like my breast and explain you have pips and sometimes they can do it at a discounted price , I think, .

If not Unfourtnatly you can't put a price on your body. You want the best Hun especially after all you're going through right now with the pips.
Please don't compromise on that, anything that seems a good offer, cheap surgery you will be only looking at more complications down the line.

There have been a few posts on money situations such as yours with suggestions of, interest free credit card, some companies do pay plans, monthly pay plans, the more deposit you put down less monthly payments will be. Borrowing off family etc. x

Sorry just re read did you go thorough transform to have the pips? Even if outside the aftercare do they not exchange them? Or at very least a discounted price?

Sorry don't have much advise on pips or transform though I know our lovely cookie has a lot of advise re. Transform! Xx

the birkdale clinic are offering a surgery for pips patients at £2750. They're based up Liverpool way I think, they do seem to be quite cheap but a lot of girls have gone with them and the surgeon who operates there is called Mr Hardy I think and does breast reconstruction for cancer patients on the NHS xx

Lots of clinics are offering reduced rates for pip patients. There have been some successful cases of getting refunds from the original companies.. Have you contacted transform to see what their deal is? I know THG had different rates depending what you want. So it maybe worth contacting them plus a few others asking if they have any offers for pip patients xx

If it looks to good to be true, it generally is too good to be true babe.

I've just looked up their 'lifetime aftercare'

And something in the small print stood out for me:

1) Terms and Conditions apply – please consult these for further information.
2) Your statutory rights are not affected by the Lifetime Aftercare Warranty or the Terms and Conditions.
3) This policy is subject to revision from time to time. Your rights are governed by the contents in vogue at the time of your procedure.
Your aftercare is valid for a period of one-year from the date of your cosmetic procedure. For details of conditions covered under each procedure please contact your Lifestyle Advisory Team and they will be glad to help.

It just didn't make sense... They go through a whole load of info about the 'lifetime aftercare' and then in small print, you only get one year!

It does say this though:

For Breast Implants there is lifetime implant rupture cover and three years Baker grade 3 and 4 capsular contracture cover.

So you'll have lifetime cover for rupture but only 3 years for CC, so again the 'lifetime cover' blanket is very deceiving.

And from their terms and conditions:

1.7. “Initial Aftercare Period” means the aftercare included within the cost of your procedure. The duration varies by procedure and is defined on your Personal Quotation

6.2 Aftercare - The initial aftercare period will include standard postsurgical review appointments within the term specified on your Personal Quotation. Outside aftercare packages, appointments and any subsequent investigations and/or treatment will be quoted and charged separately

6.3 Readmission – for up to 3 years after your operation, if, after your operation, you and your Surgeon agree that further surgery (as part of the original procedure) is necessary to assist you in achieving the results originally anticipated, RCUK will consider making a contribution to the surgical and hospital costs. If, however, your Surgeon decides that the results of the surgical procedure are acceptable within the normal limits of surgery, then further surgery would incur the full fee. Even after the agreed term RCUK will assess separately the circumstances of each patient in determining the basis on which further surgery may be provided. RCUK will make the ultimate decision in readmissions and the Company’s decision is final

Note that 'a contribution' will be considered. No free treatment documented in the terms and conditions.

8.2 RCUK reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time. The latest Terms & Conditions are available on request from our Patient Care Coordinators.

The conditions that apply to you now, can change at any time to suit themselves after surgery hun...


They also try to add a little sparkle to their website with terms like this:

Breast Augmentation under Local Anaesthetic; you walk in and walk out after surgery and recovery without the effects of General Anaesthetic.

Dual Plane Breast Augmentation: a pioneering technique developed and practised by some of our panel surgeons, allows for a more natural appearance.

Internal Breast Lift; without the scarring that comes with a breast lift. This is available in conjunction with a breast augmentation and if you are a suitable candidate.

Only Dual plane (better known as 'partials' which are nothing new) are offered to patients. This on its own is deeply concerning. Every women's BA should be tailored to her body type and partials aren't right for ALL women. For some women going over the muscle is the best option and offering the wrong placement could result in a higher risk of complication for that woman.

I wouldn't rush back to Transform because you're scared again babe.... After the whole PIP scandal its understandable that you're scared, but unless your implants are ruptured (have you been scanned?) then you have time to research further and we CAN help hun!

So please babe.... Do take your time. If you haven't already been scanned then that's your first move hun, then after that researching clinics with the best options for you would be next.

But do it right this time hun. Don't rush into anything, especially now whilst you're fearful of having those PIPS inside you. There IS better out there for you and in doing your homework you WILL find it sweetheart. Xx

Have you spoken to your doctor about your pip implants? He could suggest places that are offering surgery for this and you might be able to get help from the nhs towards the cost? Surely the people who gave you them should replace them shouldn't they? X

dove wrote:Surely the people who gave you them should replace them shouldn't they? X

If only it were that simple dove no-one is actually taking responsibility for PIP implants, so all these poor women who were implanted with them are now left to find the funds to replace them themselves... Some are offering reductions for replacements, but all women with PIPS still have to find the thousands its going to cost even with the offers to get them out and to replace them hun. Xx

Dual plane... Pioneering???!!!!

Em I think they'll find that dual plane also referred to as unders has always been the case regards unders, it's just women's misconception of what unders actaully are that is the mistake!

That's so very very wrong. It's implied they thought of it or it's a new thing??!!!!

For me it's 'companies' like this that pray on vulnerable, ladies wanting a ba at a cheap price. With all the gobbldy-gook on their website that totally contradicts itself, makes out like you're getting a great deal when reading the small print far from it. And again who are the surgeons? It's all very well saying they're on the specialist board but where are the names and profiles so women can get more info on them.

It's all very wrong.

Omg that's awful! I can't believe that they have not been made to help these women...we save for years for this, its not small change to us and i don't know about you but I've had a real battle trying to convince myself that im not being selfish spending this money on myself! I assumed that it was as simple as...you've paid for a product which they've failed to provide you with so they should replace it! None of these ladies paid for poor quality implants so that's just wrong and makes me very angry!

mrsball wrote:Dual plane... Pioneering???!!!!

Em I think they'll find that dual plane also referred to as unders has always been the case regards unders, it's just women's misconception of what unders actaully are that is the mistake!

That's so very very wrong. It's implied they thought of it or it's a new thing??!!!!

Very wrong and misleading information indeed. They actually state that some of their surgeons developed this technique I wonder what John Tebbits would have to say about this seeing as he was the first surgeon to use it in 2001 . Read HERE

Your right mrsball they do indeed take advantage, its clever marketing and for someone who is excitedly looking at having this op a good deal can be tempting. Any company that doesn't give you the opportunity to check their surgeons and see their work and credentials isn't worth entertaining as they arecearly hiding behind their money saving offers to get people through their doors. These companies are dangerous in my opinion as they don't have the clients health and safety in mind at all. X

dove wrote:Omg that's awful! I can't believe that they have not been made to help these women...we save for years for this, its not small change to us and i don't know about you but I've had a real battle trying to convince myself that im not being selfish spending this money on myself! I assumed that it was as simple as...you've paid for a product which they've failed to provide you with so they should replace it! None of these ladies paid for poor quality implants so that's just wrong and makes me very angry!

Its very wrong hun. One clinic have already so far gone into administration to able them to avoid any possible legal costs if a clinic is made liable in the future leaving their patients without a cat-in-hells chance of ever recouping their costs, yet they are able to continue doing the same operations on thousands of women - nothing at all has changed for them. They saved themselves at the cost of these women.

It really is despicable how how all ladies with PIPS have been and re still still being treated.

Wow theres so much screaming at me not to use them, i wouldnt have even noticed half of those things. Its a good job u guys know what your talkin about hey. Ive had a mri scan n the implants arent ruptured or anything but im stil worried. I do need to get on the case and do loads of research, i keep researching half heartedly as part of me wants to sort it n get these implants out n the other half of me wants to forget about it and push it to the back of my mind n pretend its not happening. I just need a winning lotto ticket n all this will be sorted. Hmm maybe i need to actually play the lottery n start buying a ticket that would be a start! Xx

Salbos83 i found this on the nhs website...
Women who had a PIP implant privately

The following private clinics have said they will replace PIP implants free if clinically necessary:
BMI Healthcare
HCA International
Holly House
Highgate Hospitals
Make Yourself Amazing/MYA Cosmetic Surgery
Nuffield Healthcare
Ramsay Health Care
Spire Healthcare

If a private clinic that provided PIP implants no longer exists or refuses to help, then, so long as you are entitled to NHS services, the NHS will offer you clinical advice and support, including referral to an appropriate NHS specialist.The NHS will also cover the cost of the removal of PIP implants if this is necessary. This would not include the replacement of private cosmetic implants. Read the June 18 letter from the NHS Medical Director to GPs about this.Women who have received PIP implants may be able to bring a legal action against their original cosmetic surgery provider under the Sale of Goods Act, or possibly under the terms of their original contract with the provider. They should seek their own legal advice on exactly what routes might be available.

If your mplants are intact hun, you're lucky! You have time I wouldn't put it out of your mind though hun, they DO need replacing as soon as you're able to get it done.

But because your implants are in tact there's no rush. Take your time. Do your research and be very careful who you choose hun. X

dove, from what I understand the nhs are removing pips but not replacing xx

Transform are offering their patients replacement for £2500 if you paid for your scan and have the invoice you should be all to claim back from them
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Newboobz you are right, they are only removing them
I feel so sorry for these people and it just shows that all the aftercare these companies offer...they still find a way out of having to replace the implants. It's disgusting and just wrong. I expected the government to intervene and make these companies give the ladies what they paid for and replace the implants x

This is what Transform are currently offering women they implanted with PIPS:

• Free surgeon consultations
• Free scan
• Free Removal
• Removal and Re-augmentation at no commercial gain - £2500
• Free access to medical records

But you can get a BAAPS registered surgeon for example - Adrian Richards from Aurora Clinic to offer replacement of PIPS for jus £800 more at a cost of £3100. See HERE.

I know where I'd rather spend my money and it wouldn't be giving MORE money to those who implanted the PIPS in the first place! And for £800 extra, its nothing really for a BAAPS. Registered surgeon doing the work for you.