Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 18:39:29 EDT

Writes: 

Out of DOW CORNING CORPORATION SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND INTERNAL COMPANY DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SILICONE BREAST IM{LANTS February 10. 1992:

TOTAL WORK IN PROCESS --- 20,587 EA TOTAL ROUND & LP ROUND W.I.P

11,329 EA TOTAL CONTOUR & LP CONTOUR W.I.P.

9,158 EA

REJECT RATE HAS BEEN HIGH -- SOME LOTS HAVE SUFFERED A 50% REJECT RATE AT INSPECTION ONE LOT OF 1,000 UNITS WAS TOTALLY REJECTED. REASONS FOR REJECT HAVE BEEN FLOATING DIRT; WEAK BAGS, AND EMBEDDED DIRT. STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO ELIMINATE THESE.

FOR BALANCEOF 1975 , PRODUCTION WILL BE AT 6,000 TO 7,000 UNITS TO MAINTAIN A TWO MONTH OF ON -THE_ SHELF INVENTORY AND A THREE MONTH WORK-IN PRCESS INVENTOR.

"There are pages and pages of Breast Implants returned to Dow Corning, from Doctors and Hospitals, (names of Dr;'s and Hospitals included on the page and dates returned and reasons)!!! Dates of Years are from 1979-1987: Reasons Returned: RUPTURED (Too many to count)! SHELL INTEGRITY, GEL BLEED, BUBBLES, RUPTURED IN PKG. PAIN MASSES, REMOVED FOR ANALYSIS, DR. NOT SYMMETRICAL, EXCESSUVE BUBBLES, PATCH DEFECT, GEL LEAKAGE, RUPTURED UPON IMPLANT, CONTRACTURE, WEAK SPOTS, WRONG PACKAGING, DEFECTIVE, SHAPE, GREASY DURG CAPSULOT, PACKAGING INTEGRJITY , WRONG PACKAGING, SMALL HOLE, MISPACKAGING, LEAK, ENVELOPE TO OILY, PATCHES RAISED EDGES, WRONG SIZE, PATCH TO HEAVY, IMPLANT FELL APART, VISUAL DISCREPANCY, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, RUPTURED UPON IMPLANT, LOOSE PATCH, FIXATION PATCH, BUBBLES IN GEL, FILL PATCH BLISTER, OUTER PKG DAMAGE, REMOVED-DISCOLORATION, STICKY SURFACE, INFECTION, NO SIZE MARKING, THICK ENVELOPE, LABELED WRONG, RUPTURED UPON IMPLANT, ENVELOPE INPERFECTION, STAPH INFECTION, PUNCTURED IN PKG. INFECTION PROBLEM, DISINTEGRATED & LEACHING,CLOUDY, UNDERFILLED, TOO FIRM,CONTAMINATED,CALIFICATION,RUPTURED AFTER 7 mo's. RUPTURED/INFECTION, POST - OP RUPTURE,BROWN DOT INSIDE UNIT, EVALUATION OF DISCOLORED AREA, IMPLANT SPLIT, SURG. NOTICE RUPT 8-4-IMPLING. WRINKLES, SWOLLEN LYMPH NODE; RASH, FELT GREAST -DR. NO USE. LOSS OF SHELL INTEGRITY, EVAL. 7 year inplantation, (removed) ALLEGES IMPLANT BROKE, PIN HOLE IN UNIT, THIN WALL SHELL, TORN, DIFFERNET SIZES, LABELED WRONG, IMPLANT BROKE, 2 IMPLANTS IN WRAP, FAT NECROSIS, BURST (Implant), STUCK TO WRAP APPEARANCE, EXTERNAL GEL, SHELL DEGRADATION, FREE SILICONE INSIDE, INCONSISTENCY, LOSS OF INTEGRITY, WEAK OUTER WALL, SILICONE REACTION, NO LABEL, WALL ERUPTION, BLOOD BEGAN SEEPING INTO IMPLANT, CONTRACTURE, INFLAMATION, IMPLANTS SAGGING, ONE BREAST SMALLR THAN THE OTHER (implant leaking), DEFLATIONS, BROKEN, DEFECTIVE, TEAR, RUPTURED AFTER 8 YEARS, CAPSULE CONTRACTURES, RUPTURED AFTER 1 MONTH , DR. SAID UNSATISFACTORY, DEFECTIVE WHEN OPENED, RUPTURED AFTER 21 MONTHS, RUPTURED AFTER 4 YEARS, RUPTURED AFTER 1 MONTH, GEL WAS MILKY AND CLOUDY, REMOVED DUE TO INFECTION, DR. THOUGHT THIN WALL, DISCOMFORT, RUPTURED WHEN WOMAN WAS HIT BY A BALL, RUPTURED AFTER 6 YEARS. RUPTURED AFTER 4 YEARS, VALVE PROTRUDING SKIN, HOLE NEAR PATCH, OLD SPLIT IN VALVE, THICK GEL, CAUSING PAIN, MISPACKAGING, HARD & PAINFUL, RUPTURED AFTER 9 YEARS, INDEMNITY, CLOUDY, MASSIVE TISSUE GROWTH, VISUAL DISCREPENCY, ERODING THROUGH THE SHIN, CONTAMINATED, OUT OF SHELF LIFE, HOLE NOTICED ON REMOVAL, CAPSULES,SCARRING, INFECTION, DETERIORNATION, HARD LUMPS, PAIN HARDENING TUMORS, SHAPE OF BREAST NOT NORMAL, OPTICAL NERVE ATROPHY, SILICONE IMPURITY, GEL LOSS,ABNORMAL CURINF, DR. REQUEST CONFORMATION WITH DOW CORNING,ABNORMAL CURING,FALL FROM INCISION,ROUGH,STERILIZATION PROBLEM, WHITE CRYSTALIZATION, CLOUDY BUBBLES, REMOVAL AFTER 5, YEARS, BACTERIAL INFECTION, VERIFICATION OF PRODUCT, LEAKY PATCH DISCOLORED, DEFLATED AFTER 3.5 YEARS, STERILITY, COMPLICATIONS, INFORMATION REQUEST, CAUSED INFECTION, CUST FAB TOO SMALL, RUPTURED AGTER, 18 MONTHS, FAILS PENETRATION TEST, INCONISTEN COLOR, REMOVED DUE TO NECROSIS, REACTION TO IMPLANTS, NOT DC PRODUCT, (Dow Corning), MIGRAORY SILICONE GEL, COMPLATIONS, UNDERWEIGHT FILLED, REMOVED TOO CLOUDY, FAILED TO PERFORM, PAIN AND DISCOFORT, DEFECTIVE, CALCIFIED, IMPURITIES, LABELING, RUPTURED UPON IMPLANT, LABELING PROBLEM, PARTICLES IN IMPLANT, SKIN REACTION, ENVELOPE INCONSISTENCY, SKIN BREAKDOWN, VALVE DETAMINATED, LOW VISCOSITY,EXCESSIVE BLEEDING, FUNGAL GROWTH IN GEL, SPOTS IN GEL, FIBROUS CAPSULE, APPERANCE, THIS IS THE REPORTS FROM THE PLASTIC SURGEONS. I DO HAVE THEIR NAMES AND THE NAMES OF THE HOSPITALS, WHERE THE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED: WITH THIS REPORT, CAN WE TRUST DOW CORNING, AND OTHER MANUFACTURES TO GIVE US A SAFE PRODUCT!

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By: 

Sandy Bussières, Amqui

Membre I.I.M. Inc.

We want to say "Thanks Sandy" for your wonderful work.