Textured breast implants made by Allergan were recalled globally this week after the US Food and Drug Administration reported an increased number of cancer cases and deaths linked to the products.

Textured implants have a rough outer shell, with a surface that feels kind of like sandpaper. They’re typically used for implants with a teardrop shape, which are fuller on the bottom and can look ...

WASHINGTON (SBG) - We’ve all heard of recalls on cars and dangerous toys, but a global recall of a device that's surgically implanted inside your body has thousands of women on alert. The recall of ...

Allergan issued a worldwide recall of Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders that have been linked to a rare cancer. The move came after the US Food and Drug Administration requested ...

(NEW YORK) — Pharmaceutical company Allergan announced a recall of its BIOCELL textured breast implants and tissue expanders on Wednesday, following a request from the Food and Drug Administration.

You never want to see the words “breast implant” and “cancer” next to each other in a headline. But such news stories have been circulating recently after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Ever since the Food and Drug Administration recalled textured breast implants in late July, the phone has not stopped ringing at the office of Orlando plastic surgeon Dr. Kendall Peters. “We tell them ...

This article originally appeared on Time. Nine women in the U.S. have died due to a rare cancer associated with their breast implants, federal officials announced on Tuesday. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

A recently published study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open suggests that patients who presented with breast implant illness (BII) — a term first coined in social media to refer to ...

Numerous studies have demonstrated that textured breast implants predispose women who undergo breast reconstruction to breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Now, an analysis of new ...

Nine women in the U.S. have died due to a rare cancer associated with their breast implants, federal officials announced on Tuesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) reported that as of Feb. 1 ...

The Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland is warning approximately 8,000 women they are at risk for a rare form of immune system cancer since receiving a specific form of breast implant, according ...