Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration acknowledge a connection between textured implants and lymphoma — a phenomenon that has not emerged with smooth-surfaced breast implants. Allergan declined interview requests for this story and issued a statement that did not specifically address its Biocell implants. Dr. Donald Mackay is a plastic surgeon and associate chair of the surgery department at PennState Hershey. I couldn’t sleep for weeks.”Toronto Star investigative journalist Robb Cribb on the controversy surrounding Biocell's textured implants. The other patient is a Vancouver woman in her 40s who got textured Allergan implants in 2012.

Source: thestar November 26, 2018 17:00 UTC