No prolonged health problems from PIP implants

One of the crucial locations where silicone is commonly used is within the cosmetic surgery community and it has come under increased scrutiny because of the current circumstances encircling PIP breast implants. 
At the moment, a medical team has stated that the substandard silicone which has been utilised by the French firm to create the implants is not going to present an on-going health risk. 
PIP implants were in the news last year when it was discovered that they had a greater chance of rupturing over other brands. 
Concerns were brought to light that the discharging or rupturing could possibly lead to cell damage or genetic mutation; however health professionals have right now come to the conclusion that there is no such risk. 
French regulators had also believed that the silicone could lead to skin irritation yet comprehensive examinations completed in the UK, France and Australia have also ruled this out. 
The group of industry experts was headed by Bruce Keogh, the medical director for the NHS and it accepted that in spite of ruling out prolonged health problems, PIP implants had an even greater chance of rupturing. He said: "I sincerely hope this helps to reassure women that their long term health is not at risk."Of the 47,000 UK women to get PIP implants fitted, the vast majority got the surgical treatment done privately with around 900 obtaining them on the NHS for surgical reasons after cancer. 
All the people who had the surgical treatment on the NHS can have the PIP implants taken out and changed completely free. 
They are going to also take out those implants inserted by private clinics, however they will not change them in England or Scotland, even though in patients in Wales will have them changed totally free on the NHS. 
Private clinics have already been criticised for not providing their patients changes free of charge, despite the fact that they put in the defective implants in the first place. Fazel Fatah, president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said: "It will come as no surprise to the many women affected that PIPs have been officially confirmed as defective – this has also been our long-held view, and that the choice of removal should be offered to them by their provider regardless of rupture or symptoms."