The plastic surgeons in Norwich working both at the NNUH and Spire had always refused to use any low quality medical grade implants so never used the PIP implants. For everyone involved, they will feel relieved. Some people got some compensation in 2017 but they lived in fear they would have to give the money back. The regulations in Europe have tightened to take surveillance and not just accept because it works once it will work forever, they will do repeat checks. That is reassuring.
Elaine Sassoon removing a PIP breast implant.
- Credit: Elaine Sassoon
She said women considering breast surgery should never feel they are being pressured into a procedure and should meet with the surgeon at least twice and leave at least two weeks before the procedure.
We have been talking on Zoom for a few minutes when Sarah Ling breaks into a broad, if slightly lopsided grin. Her right eye squints, then closes – she looks a bit like she’s winking. As she stops smiling, her eye remains closed for a while longer, before relaxing.
‘I can feel it happening,’ says Sarah, 43, who works for a fostering agency and lives near Cambridge with husband Matthew, 42, and their 18-month-old son Benjamin. ‘But because we’re on Zoom, I can see it too, which makes it so much worse.’
Sarah suffers from facial palsy – a weakness of the facial muscles, caused by problems with one of the major facial nerves which control the muscles around the eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks and forehead.
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image captionKelly Michaud said as well as physical discomfort, her large breasts had caused her mental distress
A woman with size H breasts says she is over the moon she can undergo a reduction after supporters donated over £10,000 to pay for the surgery.
Mother-of-two Kelly Michaud has acute back pain and cannot breastfeed her newborn due to the size of her chest.
The 26-year-old, from Harrogate, began fundraising for surgery after she was unable to get it on the NHS.
She said any money left over would be donated to other women who were desperate for a breast reduction.
Jonathan Brooks: Doctor appears in court over alleged stabbing of surgeon
The case has been sent up to Nottingham Crown Court
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Johnathan Brooks is charged with attempted murder and attempted arson (Image: SWNS)
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Newark: Halam stabbing: Colleagues of retired surgeon Graeme Perks speak out following break-in at his home last week
| Updated: 16:46, 18 January 2021
Parts of the medical community have spoken out after a highly-regarded retired surgeon was stabbed during a break-in at his home in Halam last week.
65-year-old Graeme Perks is continuing to receive hospital treatment after the alleged attack on January 14 in which he suffered puncture wounds to his abdomen and chest.
Dr Perks was head of the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust from 2011 to 2016. He has also been a president of The British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS).