Breast implants

Posted at 6:39 28 Feb 2020
Woman left scarred after Turkish cosmetic surgery
By Gareth Lewis
BBC Wales News
Kimberley Sadd needs reconstructive surgery and wants to warn others against getting surgery abroad.
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Posted at 0:22 28 Feb 2020
'I wish I didn't have surgery in Turkey'
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A woman is facing reconstructive surgery after having cosmetic procedures in Turkey.
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Posted at 0:02 17 Feb 2020
How safe are breast implants?
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It's a question that's surprisingly difficult to answer
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Posted at 10:56 21 Jan 2020
Calls to set up NI breast implant registry
By Elaine McGee
BBC Radio Foyle
A Strabane woman says she had to 'fight for answers' after being caught up in an implant recall.
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Posted at 7:37 22 Dec 2019
My Implants Are Making Me Ill - a Newsbeat documentary
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There are claims the UK is failing to warn women about a strange illness linked to breast implants.
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Posted at 11:35 20 Dec 2019
'My breast implants made me feel like I was dying'
By Anna Hodges
Newsbeat reporter
Thousands of women say their breast implants are making them ill but experts can't agree whether breast implant illness is real.
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Posted at 16:53 28 Oct 2019
Breast op death mum's clot history 'not flagged'
Her surgeon tells an inquest he was not aware the mum-of-three had a family history of thrombosis.
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Posted at 11:02 16 Aug 2019
Legal action over breast implant cancer link
By Lauren Moss
BBC News
Twenty UK women are taking legal action over a rare type of breast implant-related cancer.
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Posted at 10:07 22 Jul 2019
'I had horrific symptoms after breast implants'
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Naomi Macarthur got breast implants in 2014, but within weeks says she began to suffer from chronic pain and extreme fatigue.
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Posted at 7:46 22 Jul 2019
Women 'should be warned' of breast implant illness
By Anna Collinson
Reporter, Victoria Derbyshire programme
One woman says she experienced severe pain, tiredness, hair loss and allergies because of the condition.
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