The European Association of Societies for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (EASAPS) representing the National Societies of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery understands the concerns as expressed by the research journalists in the implant files. Medical devices implanted into the human body can cause harm and suffering for patients and should be avoided at all time.
EASAPS and the other scientific communities in plastic surgery all over the world have been focusing on Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma BIA-ALCL for over 5 years and recommend that decisions regarding implant surgery in general and breast implant surgery in particular to follow guidelines based on scientific evidence rather than emotions.
Looking at all scientific data on BIA-ALCL available as of december 2018, EASAPS comes to the following conclusions:
22 European Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Societies of 20 countries that we were able to reach support these conclusions. International collaboration with other Societies and countries continues to stay up to date of the current scientific status of this disease and other diseases that might be related to breast implants. We will keep patients and our colleagues up to date.