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Ex-Head of Faulty Breast Implant Maker Arrested

Poly Implant Prothese founder Jean-Claude Mas busted in France

(Newser) - Jean-Claude Mas, founder of the now-defunct French company accused of using industrial-grade silicone in tens of thousands of breast implants, was arrested early this morning at a home in southeast France. Mas was detained as part of a French investigation into manslaughter and involuntary injuries. Interpol had also issued a... More »

Venezuela Offers Free Removal of Faulty Implants

But it won't pay for replacements

(Newser) - The Venezuelan government has offered to pay for the removal of defective breast implants for its own citizens, reports the BBC . The implants were produced by a now-defunct French company and are filled with industrial grade silicone—increasing their chance of rupturing. Replacement implants, however, will not be covered. More »

FDA Dinged French Implants Maker in 2000

Called out 'adulterated' implants

(Newser) - Interpol wants to arrest Poly Implant Protheses' founder , and a Dutch company that bought its implants is now cautioning women ... how could things get uglier for PIP? Maybe by way of the revelation that US health authorities expressed worry about PIP in May ... of the year 2000. That's nearly... More »

French Breast Implants Sold Under New Name to Dutch

Lawyer says company's founder ready to face courts

(Newser) - The potentially dangerous breast implants made by a French company accused of using cheap industrial-grade silicon were sold in at least one other country under a different name, Reuters has found. Implants made by Poly Implant Protheses were rebranded by a Dutch company that sold them to close to 1,... More »

Arrest Warrant Issued for Faulty Breast Implant Boss

Costa Rica wants him busted for crimes against 'health and life'

(Newser) - Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for the head of a French company that used industrial grade silicone in potentially dangerous breast implants for some 30,000 women. Jean-Claude Mas, 72, is wanted by Costa Rican authorities for crimes involving "life and health," and was last seen in... More »

France Advises 30K to Yank Breast Implants

Poly Implant Prothese used industrial-grade silicone

(Newser) - The French government today advised women who got breast implants from Poly Implant Prothèse to have them removed post-haste, and even offering up public health care funds to finance the operation, over fears that they might rupture or cause irritation. The PIP boobs were yanked off the market last... More »

Surgeon Posts Topless Photos of Implant Patients

Seven women are suing after online miscue

(Newser) - Odd lawsuit of the day: Some St. Louis women who got breast implants were horrified to discover that their surgeon posted before-and-after photos on her website —with their names attached, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . "I sincerely regret that the protective mechanisms supposedly set up by my former... More »

Breast Implants Save Stabbing Victim

Silicone takes the hit

(Newser) - What a boob. Hefty silicone breast implants saved a Russian woman's life after she was stabbed by her husband. Her large, "size 4" implants—obtained at the request of her hubby—stopped the knife from entering her heart, doctors told Pravda . Moscow surgeons repaired the wound. (Unfortunately, not... More »

FDA: Silicone Breast Implants Relatively Safe

But 1 in 5 women still remove them after less than 10 years

(AP) - Federal health officials say the latest data on silicone breast implants show they are relatively safe, despite frequent complications that lead about one in five women to have the implants removed within 10 years. An FDA report issued today is the agency's first safety assessment of the devices since... More »

Hugo Chavez: Down With Boob Jobs!

Venezuelan president calls their popularity 'monstrous'

(Newser) - Between 30,000 and 40,000 women get breast augmentations each year in Venezuela—and President Hugo Chavez is not happy about it. On state TV this weekend, he called it “monstrous” that even poor women feel pressure to get breast lifts, and that some doctors “convince some... More »

'Biggest Breasts' Woman Attempts Suicide

Sheyla Hershey in coma in wake of implant removal

(Newser) - A woman who boasted the world's largest breast implants—triple M—has slipped into a coma after she tried to commit suicide. Sheyla Hershey, 31, recently had her latest infected implants removed , a move that left her feeling "so ugly," she said in an interview. "Without them,... More »

Breast Implants Linked to Rare, Treatable Cancer

Slight increase seen in women with implants of all kinds

(Newser) - Breast implants have been linked to an extremely rare but treatable cancer, the New York Times reports. It's called anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, and in these cases, it usually forms in the scar tissue around the implant. The link was seen in saline and silicone implants, and in both reconstructive implants... More »

Heidi Montag: Implants Were G-Cup-Size Mistake

Reality star wants breast reduction

(Newser) - The very last person to realize that Heidi Montag's plastic surgery binge was a mistake has seen the light. "It's heartbreaking," the reality star tells Life & Style in an interview about her G-cup implants." I can't live an everyday life." Complicating matters is the death... More »

Why Celebs Get Boob Jobs

Ten reasons, from sad to sadder

(Newser) - Sometimes it’s because their boyfriends like big boobs, and sometimes it’s because Jesus doesn’t not like big boobs. Ten celebrities and the reasons they gave for getting breast enhancements, rounded up by The Frisky :
  • Carmen Electra: Says now it was just “really trendy” to get breast
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Sarah Palin: 'No, I Have Not Had Implants'

She lays rumor to rest on Fox News

(Newser) - Sarah Palin herself has denied the rumors: "No, I have not had implants," she tells Greta Van Susteren on Fox News . "A report like that is about as real and truthful as reports that (my husband) Todd and I are divorcing or that I bought a place... More »

Palin Pal: Implants? What Implants?

Friend denies boob job rumor

(Newser) - In the first public reaction to the red-hot rumor that Sarah Palin had a boob job , an unidentified friend of the former Alaska governor has opened up to Us Weekly . "It's absolutely ridiculous," the source says. Notes Ken Layne of Wonkette , who ignited the speculation and has been... More »

Did Sarah Palin Get a Boob Job?

Tipster reports former Alaskan governor sporting 'instant boobage!'

(Newser) - The rumor comes from Wonkette's Facebook page , but it never had a chance of staying there: Sarah Palin may or may not have gotten breast implants. The tipster is a woman, and "women seem to keep very careful mental records about such things," Ken Layne writes . "And... More »

FBI Seeks Wife's Leaky Breast Implant in Mob Hunt

Feds put the squeeze on docs

(Newser) - The FBI has taken out an intriguing ad in a plastic surgery journal in a bid to track the leaky breast implants of a mob capo's wife, hoping to nail the crook. "Have you treated this woman?" asks the feds' full-page ad in the journal read by plastic surgeons.... More »

Heidi Montag Wants Still More Surgery

What letter will her breasts be now? Z?

(Newser) - Heidi Montag is already so top-heavy she appears ready to topple over, but that isn’t stopping her from planning plastic surgery No. 14. After waking up from her last round of robotic—er, surgical—enhancements, she was so angry that her breasts weren’t bigger, “she wanted to... More »

Amy Winehouse Falls, Runs Around Hospital Topless

She's back with more drunken antics

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse is at it again. The troubled diva was hospitalized after falling (while drunk, of course) and bruising her recently augmented breasts. Though she was only ordered to stay overnight, the Sun (which dubs her "boob fall Amy") reports she’s still refusing to leave—possibly because... More »

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