Panel members in a two-day public hearing held by the US Food and Drug Administration this week agreed that efforts should be made to better inform patients about the risks and benefits of breast implants
What those efforts may be -- such as pamphlets, black box warnings or a ban on certain implants -- remains to be seen, while women who claim to have gotten sick from their breast implants hope for change.
Defective implant victims want answers 02:57Valerie Lenie, the Kansas City-based administrator of the Facebook group Breast Implant Lawsuits, got her breast implants for cosmetic reasons in 2008. In the years following, she developed food allergies, joint pain, gastrointestinal issues and shingles and contracted mononucleosis twice.
Although many women have breast implants with no problems, as many as 20% who receive implants for augmentation have to have their implants removed within eight to 10 years relating to complications, according to the FDA."Breast implants are not meant to be lifetime devices. They have a lifespan, and that might range from seven to 10-plus years, based on the implant and patient," Dr.
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