In 2012, the lives of almost 50,000 British women were changed for ever. They had undergone breast augmentation, but were fitted with faulty French implants.
The scandal broke in June that year, after a UK report found that the implants – made by the firm Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) – had double the rupture rate of other implants. They were also found to be made of the sort of silicone used in mattresses. It is estimated that more than 400,000 women were affected around the world.
