Please Advise on Eurosilicone Breast Implants, Are the Safe?

Eurosilicone implants are manufactured in France and sold throughout much of the world EXCEPT the United States. These implants are not approved by the FDA in the U.S and are therefore not placed during breast augmentation here.  The company has been in operation for a number of years and claims to follow all recommended manufacturing standards for their products.  I just removed a pair of EuroSilicone Saline implants from a patient of mine that had the implants put in while in German over 16 years ago. She had no problems with them, except that one just recently deflated.  I removed these saline implants and replaced them with Allergan Silicone implants instead. The old implants looked good, but were slightly more firm than saline implants that I am used to seeing. They were also textured surface implants. She was very happy with her implants until they ruptured.

 

If you have PIP implants, then they should be removed.  You may want to check with your insurance company to see if they will cover the removal procedure.  For some patients, they are covering the removal but not replacement with new implants.  In this case, it would be your responsibility.  These implants were manufactured in France and were never FDA approved but were implanted in women outside of USA.  Eurosilicone breast implants are approved in Europe but not in the USA.  In the USA, Mentor and Allergan implants are FDA approved and very safe.  

 

Good Luck.

i have been using them whenever patients wanted and also whenever  Allergan Silicone implants where unavailable ,especially since last 2 years  Allergan Silicone implants are not available in INDIA for reasons not known to me,when i contacted the sales person he told me that it was stopped due to lack of volumes.so it is not unsafe but it is not US FDA Approved