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A recent announcement effecting PIP implants is the corollary of a long string of problems that the French
manufacturer has had with their breast implants. A company named Poly Implant Prosthetics,
based in France, produced silicone breast implants and utilized non-approved industrial silicone
to fill such implants. Because of multiple problems with these particular implants, they were the subject of a
medical device alert with the recall of all implanted stocks. It is evident that PIP breast implants have
been sold in approximately 64 different countries throughout the world, and
there appears to be a question of genotoxicity with these implants. Fortunately for all of those in the United
States, PIP implants were never approved by the FDA. Therefore, the only patients that may be
effected in the United States may be those who traveled abroad to have their
surgery, or those very few breast implants that may have been done by
physicians using non FDA approved implants.
It is worthwhile to ponder the point of safety in implants, and in that respect, a
careful plastic surgeon in the United States would use companies that have long
track records and approved FDA implants. There are two companies that produceimplants in the United States;
Allergan and Mentor. Allergan http://www.allergan.com/treatments/medical_aesthetics/breast_aesthetics.htm produces the line of McGhan implants (both saline
and silicone), and Mentor www.mentorwwllc.com/global-us/Breast.aspx produces both saline and silicone implants as well.
Both of these companies are well diversified, well funded, and their line of breast
implants follow strict guidelines and a registry. The registry means that the breast implants
that are produced have serial and lot numbers that can be traced to the patient
who was implanted with such device. In case of any type of difficulty with the implant, the physician and/or
manufacturer would be able to communicate with the effected patient through their physician. Both Allergan and Mentor have stellar records
of patient safety with their implants.
I have been performing breast augmentation with implants produced by Allergan or Mentor in my
Champaign, Illinois, Cosmetic Plastic Surgery practice for more
than 25 years. Their reliability is outstanding with a less than 1% deflation rate in saline implants. Most of our patients choose saline implants
due to their very low problem ratio and great patient acceptance and satisfaction.
Feel free to
address any questions regarding implants, safety, breast implant surgery, or
other cosmetic procedures to us at any time.
Dr. Castillo, Premieir Breast Surgeon in Central Illinois
G.D. Castillo, M.D.
COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY
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