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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has given clinics until Friday to submit data on burst, perished and broken breast implants made my French firm PIP to the medical watchdog.
The full results will then be published next week and this could mean that the government will rethink the current advice that says there is no need for women to have them removed.
About 40,000 British women have the implants and removing them could cost £150million.
At least 50 clinics have already reported problems with the implants, and although the total number of women whose implants have ruptured is not yet known, it could be as high as 1,000.
There is growing concern about the safety of the implants, and Dr Vikram Vijh, a member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, says that the implants were eight times cheaper than standard types - even though women were charged the usual rate of £4,500 - £6,000 for the surgery.
He told
The Sun that clinics paid £130 a pair compared to the normal price of £1,000 and says that this "should have rung deafening alarm bells."
He says: "We all knew they were poor quality."
Although the implants have not been linked to cancer, French scientists have found that they contain a range of potentially harmful chemicals, including a fuel additive and substances used in rubber tubing.
The French medical regulator AFFSAPS has reported that 1,140 women in France had suffered ruptured PIP implants and, of these, more than 500 had "inflammatory reactions" which could make surgical removal more difficult.
France has recommended the removal of the implants and has said that it will foot the bill, but the British government has advised women to wait until the outcome of its review.
Fazel Fatah, president of the British Assoiation of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, who is advising Mr Lansley, said: "The point is not so much the rupture rates but that the quality of the silicone in these implants is not of medical grade. Therefore the implants are not fit to be implanted into humans."
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- Priscilla Presley
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Elvis' former wife's botched facial surgery is the result of a shoddy, unlicensed doctor, who is believed to have used low-grade silicone (normally used to grease car parts), which can cause lumps, holes and even facial paralysis.</p>
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- Pete Burns
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The singer has had numerous surgical procedures, including a botched rhinoplasty, facial fillers and silicone lip implants that got infected and were leaking pus. Despite describing the situation as one of the 'worst science fiction or horror movies you could ever see,' he continues to get more surgery. </p>
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- Heather Morris
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The young <em>Glee </em>star (she's only 24) had her breast implants removed because she was unhappy with them and found them uncomfortable. She told <em>Fitness </em>magazine that: 'Implants were something I thought I wanted when I was younger, and now I don’t. It was hard being active with them, because my chest was always sore. It hurt a lot, and I didn’t like always being in pain, so they had to go!'</p>
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- Heidi Montag
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After undergoing an alarming 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day at the tender age of 23, the reality TV star has admitted she regrets the surgeries, complaining to Life & Style magazine of her bald spots, uneven G-cup size breasts, and the scars covering her body. 'Parts of my body definitely look worse than they did presurgery,' she told the mag, adding that she felt like 'Edward Scissorhands.'</p>
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- Meg Ryan
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Meg's all-American girl-next-door beauty has been replaced with a frozen face, a trout pout and swollen features.</p>
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- Jocelyn Wildenstein
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She's reportedly spent a hefty £2million on plastic surgery operations, and the Bride of Wildenstein (as she's been dubbed due to her freaky features) serves as a cautionary tale for all surgery addicts.</p>
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- Katie Price
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The self-confessed surgery addict who's had numerous breast augmentations and reductions, a nose job, facial fillers and Botox, recently lamented the loss of her looks due to her numerous operations. 'There was a time when I went mad and my lips were hideous and I looked like a duck,' she told <em>The Sunday Mirror</em>. 'I look at old pictures and I'm scared at what I did to myself. I'm not happy with my boobs at all. I had them reduced because I had huge boobs. They were ridiculous.' They still look pretty big to us, but it's all relative, right?</p>
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- Tori Spelling
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The wonky shape of Tori's breasts post-augmentation isn't the reason she regrets having had the procedure - it's because the surgery interfered with breastfeeding. She told <em>Good Morning America</em>: 'Well I got my boobs done in my early 20's and if I had known it would or could possibly impact production of milk, I would never had had them done.'</p>
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- Leslie Ash
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Leslie's 'trout pout' has become so notorious the star decided to speak out about her ordeal in a television documentary. She suffered an allergic reaction as a result of having the silicone injected into her lips.</p>
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- Lindsay Lohan
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The troubled actress looks far older than her 25 years as a result of rumoured lip injections and cheek fillers (her breast augmentation helped her land the Jan/Feb 2012 sell-out cover of Playboy). Lately, the focus is on Lindsay's 17-year-old sister Ali, who also appears to have already gone under the knife.</p>
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- Rose McGowan
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The American actress morphed from quirky beauty to aged frozen face due to a series of operations. It's believed she's had work on her nose, eyelids, fillers in her cheeks, lips and jawline, a chin implant and Botox. And she's only 38.</p>
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- Mickey Rourke
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The former Hollywood heartthrob and boxer went under the knife to fix boxing injuries - a decision he quickly came to regret. He told the <em>Daily Mail</em>: 'Most of it was to mend the mess of my face because of the boxing, but I went to the wrong guy to put my face back together.'</p>
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- Tara Reid
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The actress has had a botched boob job and tummy lipo, which left her stomach misshapen. She's since had surgery to improve the appearance of both but told <em>People </em>magazine that the scars on her stomach are her 'battle wounds.'</p>
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- Courtney Love
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No stranger to cosmetic surgery, the singer's <a href="http://lifestyle.aol.co.uk/2011/11/22/courtney-love-goes-topless-in-wardrobe-malfunction/" target="_self">breast</a> and nose jobs have looked a little wonky from time to time. And judging by this recent photo of Courtney's pillow-face lips and frozen forehead, she hasn't 'quit' the needle like she said she would after meeting Jocelyn Wildenstein, whom Love referred to as 'freaky'-looking. </p>
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