The president of the British Association Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Fazel Fatah, has argued that all implants should be removed.

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The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) said overall the number of procedures was stable.

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The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), which represents about a third of plastic surgeons in Britain, would also welcome stricter controls.

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Douglas McGeorge, president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said clinics were "abusing" the fact the public did not take enough time to assess treatments.

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Nor did it have any new data regarding the unauthorised silicone filler, which was meant for products like mattresses, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).

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Breast enlargement is the most popular kind of cosmetic surgery in the UK with 3, 700 women undergoing it last year, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).

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The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has called for a ban on advertising for cosmetic surgery and said that it preyed on women in a vulnerable state, such as following a divorce.

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Hamish Laing, honorary secretary of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and consultant plastic surgeon at the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, said it was a novel idea to make artificial skin that would not only cover the wound but actively fight infection.

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Estimates of PIP implants in each country are based on the number sold to plastic surgeons, but no one knows how many were actually inserted, said Simon Kay, a plastic surgeon at the University of Leeds and past president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.

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