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Disputable breast implants at the centre of a health scare could explode if
women cut off up laundry or have
rough sex, doctors have warned.
The Government has vowed to replace all 3,000 NHS-custom-made PIP implants if
patients want them removed.
But a total of 40,000 women in the UK had them tailor-made, leaving most relying on
private sector clinics to replace them.
Today, the Harley Medical Collection which implanted the pads in nearly 14,000
Brits said it would not make good on them for free. Chairman Mel Braham insisted
it was the Government's moral responsibility to supersede them because of poor
regulation.
A second private firm, Transform, is also refusing to serve for free. It
will cost women Ł2,800 to have the implants removed.
Reports have now surfaced of an Australian forgiving who had the PIP implants
removed only to have two more made by the same firm put back in. Her doctor
had apparently told her that rough handling of washing caused them to
split.
Source: The Sun