Thousands of women around the UK are in shock over the news that if their breast implants are PIP then they may need an operation to have the potentially dangerous silicone pieces removed. One of those women affected by the news is TOWIE’s Lauren Pope.
Speaking on ITV’s Tonight show, she said, “The lady that works for my surgeon rang me quite late at night, it was about ten o'clock when I got the call. Her phone number came up on my phone and I though, ‘Oh God, it's not going to be good news’.
“She said, ‘Just to let you know, you have got those implants, the English government aren't saying you have to have them out yet, but the French are.’ Because I hadn't really paid attention, I didn't know whether it was really bad, and so straight away my gut feeling was like, ‘Oh my God, I'm going to have to have another boob job!’.”
“I just thought like, how the hell has this happened? How can 40,000 women be in the same situation now; where we'll either not have an operation and keep them in us and think it might be fine, it might not… Or we have to now go and have another major operation that probably none of us really wanted in the first place.”
Natasha Hamilton and Jodie Marsh have are also concerned with their PIP implants. Jodie Marsh told The Sun, “I don't know if I have got PIP implants and I am really worried about it. Nobody has been in touch with me from the hospital but I want to contact them to double check.
"This is the last thing I need considering the horror story I have already had with my boob job – I had an open wound for a year after the op as my skin would not heal. I had to change the dressings every day and was in such discomfort I couldn't work – I basically sat at home depressed for a year.
“I love my boobs but I really can't imagine anything worse than having them done again. I'm just praying I'm not one of the women affected.”