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FDA Requires ‘Patient-Decision Checklists’ for Breast Implants: What Could This Mean for Industry?
After two years of consideration, the FDA has restricted the sale of breast implants to healthcare providers that use an FDA-approved patient-decision checklist to discuss the benefits and risks of the implants with patients, JD Supra reports.
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How the Surfaces of Silicone Breast Implants Affect the Immune System
Researchers analyzed how the surface topography on silicone breast implants influences health complications such as scarring, inflammation, and a rare type of lymphoma.
8 Things a Plastic Surgeon Wants You to Know About Breast Revisions
NewBeauty asked New York plastic surgeon Aviva Preminger, MD, about her approach to breast revision.
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Can You Breastfeed With Implants?
In Forbes, one expert explains the damaging misconceptions which prevent people from breastfeeding and the unique issues that can arise after surgery.
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Here’s What Top Plastic Surgeons Want You to Know About the New FDA Breast Implants Guidance
When the FDA issued its final guidance for recommendations on breast implants at the end of [September], it left some plastic surgeons scratching their heads. NewBeauty provides the real deal on the recommendations.
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Establishment Labs Celebrates 10 Years of Motiva Safety Data
Establishment Labs Holdings Inc, a medical technology company focused on women’s health, initially in the breast aesthetics and reconstruction market, announces its latest clinical data demonstrating 10 years of outstanding safety outcomes reported in women who have received the Company’s Motiva silicone breast implants.
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Establishment Labs to Celebrate 10 Years of Motiva Safety Data at Plastic Surgeon Virtual Symposium Event
Establishment Labs Holdings Inc announces it will host a virtual symposium on October 21, 2020, to present 10 years of worldwide clinical and real-world data for its Motiva silicone breast implants.
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FDA Issues Final Guidance for Labeling Recommendations for Breast Implants
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the final guidance, Breast Implant – Certain Labeling Recommendations to Improve Patient Communication, to help people who are considering breast implants have the information they need for a discussion with their doctors.
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Study Details New Advancements in Hybrid Breast Reconstruction Technique Using Motiva Ergonomix Implants
A recently published independent study concluded that the hybrid breast reconstruction approach using Motiva Ergonomix implants improved outcomes in implant-based breast reconstructions, Establishment Labs Holdings Inc announces in a media release.
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Breast Implants Are Pretty Tough But Maybe Don’t Twist Them
You aren’t likely to twist and manipulate your own breasts, but how durable are breast implants and how long do breast implants last? RaveBabe provides some answers.
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The Number Of Women Having Their Breast Implants Removed Is On The Rise
Debilitating symptoms known as Breast Implant Illness are likely the cause of the rise in breast implant removal surgeries, but the medical community is divided on whether the condition is real, and unsure who’s at risk, Women’s Health reports.
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Thousands of Women Say Their Breast Implants Give Them Rashes, Brain Fog, and Chronic Fatigue
Tens of thousands of women say their breast implants made them sick with a condition called breast implant illness, according to Insider.
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Here’s Why I Decided To Get Breast Implants … And Why I Decided To Have Them Removed
Reading that Chrissy Teigen recently had her breast implants removed inspired a Huffington Post blogger to Google images of her own breasts and do the same thing.
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Your Breast Implants And Mammograms: Are They Making It Less Effective?
Breast implants can obscure mammogram images, reducing the ability of a mammogram to pick up breast cancer. Breast implants have also been known to rupture during mammograms. It is still possible to help render your mammogram more effective, according to Longevity
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Most American Women Have Never Heard of Breast Implant-Related Lymphoma
Only about 1 out 7 American women have heard about breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) – an immune system cancer occurring in a small percentage of women with breast implants, according to a new survey.
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Only French Victims of Faulty Breast Implant May Claim Damages, EU Court Says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German victims of defective breast implants made by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) cannot claim damages from its insurer as its policy covered only French victims, Europe’s top court said on Thursday, dealing a blow to thousands of women worldwide.
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Silicones May Lead to Cell Death
Silicone molecules from breast implants can initiate processes in human cells that lead to cell death, according to researchers from Radboud University, in a new study published in Scientific Reports.
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