We are pleased to announce that Awf Quaba (Edinburgh) was listed as one of four surgeons in the ‘best for facelifts’ category of the Tatler magazine 2013 beauty and cosmetic surgery guide. The other surgeons listed were Rajiv Grover (London), Norman Waterhouse (London) and Mark…
Cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is usually undertaken as a lifestyle choice for a number of reasons. It does not treat injury or disease and it is all the more important that patients never lose sight of the fact that surgery is never risk free. Unfortunately,…
Today (18 June 2012) the Government Expert Group chaired by NHS Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh released its Final Report following an extensive review of previous and new evidence available about the content and performance of the PIP breast implants. The British Association of Plastic,…
Awf Quaba has been invited by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) to speak about PIP implants at their Annual Scientific Meeting in London in September. For a full copy of the provisional programme follow the link below:BAAPS Annual Scientific Meeting September 2012
Background PIP silicone gel implants were produced by Poly Implant Prothese, a company founded in 1991 that was based in southern France. For a while, it ranked as the world’s third largest producer of breast implants, supplying around 100,000 implants a year. The implants were…
The injectable filler Macrolane has been withdrawn for use in breast enhancement. The use of Macrolane was banned for aesthetic breast augmentation in France in 2011 (as published on our blog). We have never used macrolane and we have in fact had to deal with a number of…
Over the last year or two, concerns have arisen about the possible association between anaplastic large cell lymphoma and breast implants. This led to an alert issued by the US Drug and Food Administration (FDA) in January 2011 stating that such an association might exist. It…
We have seen a very large number of patients attending for advice and consultation regarding their PIP implants. This section is a reminder of the options we may have discussed in clinic for removal of PIP implants and also serves as a guide for those…
We have had many questions from our patients about the impact of silicone breast implants and breast feeding. We hope to provide answers to many of the pertinent questions and concerns that some ladies have. Can silicone breast implants affect my baby during pregnancy? Another…
The globally-respected surgeon says he told the Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of mounting concerns about the implants rupturing and leaking silicone into his patients’ bodies. Click here for full Sunday Mail article.
