30,000 French women 'must have faulty breast implants removed'... UK Watchdog says it is Nonsense.....is it Worth the Risk?

French authorities say they will decide this week whether to ask 30,000 women given a potentially defective type of breast implant to have them removed.

Earlier reports said a decision to call for removal had already been made.

There are concerns that the implants supplied by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) carry potential health risks, according to the newspaper, Liberation.

PIP was found last year to have used a non-authorised silicone gel that caused abnormally high implant rupture rates.

The French government has formed a special committee to look at the issue.

"We have to remove all these implants," Dr Laurent Lantieri, a plastic surgeon on the committee, told Liberation. "We're facing a health crisis, linked to a fraud." Read More