Breast Implant Illness Advocacy Australia

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Breast Implant Illness Advocacy Australia

We are an advocacy group focused on raising awareness of Breast Implant Illness & breast implant safety in Australia.

We aim to create positive changes to better protect and support women to make informed decisions about their health.

18/08/2024

A free information summit about Breast Implant Illness (BII) for those interested.

At our Breast Implant Illness Summit, we invite you to join us on a journey of discovery. Together, let's delve deep into the complexities of Bii, sharing inside strategies and solutions for reversing its effects and guiding your body back to radiant health!

13/12/2023

So good to see more protection coming in for patients like Charlotte and many of the women in the BII community.

Facilities and services providing cosmetic surgery will be forced to comply with new national standards released today as part of a suite of crackdowns on the industry by regulators.

11/12/2023

Very excited to see these new standards being released soon which will hopefully ensure patients are protected further. Sign up to watch the webinar to learn more!

These Standards are part of urgent reforms to the cosmetic surgery sector to improve patient safety and reduce risk of harm.

08/11/2023

So generous of Lucia to share her story about her experience with SSBI (or BII). Thanks to ABC Science for raising awareness for the thousands of women who are going through this with little support or acknowledgement. SSBI is real.

10/09/2023

Thanks to The Project for airing a great piece on BII or Systemic Symptoms associated with Breast Implants (SSBI). So good to see awareness in mainstream media.

If you think you are experiencing SSBI symptoms or you plan to explant, register for the Aussie study into SSBI or email info@saferbreastimplants.org to get more details.

Breast enlargement is the most common form of cosmetic surgery in Australia, but an increasing number of women are getting their implants removed after exper...

05/09/2023

Thanks to BII awareness advocate Andi Lew for again sharing her experience with explanting in the media. Women need to be told about all the possible risks and complications (including BII) before they have surgery and so they can make .

It’s been a cosmetic surgery staple for decades. Now, a way to boost your bust is being blamed for a range of hard-to-pinpoint health issues.

Kicking off Women's Health Week, we're investigating claims breast implants are the cause of health complications in women around the world 🧑‍⚕️🩺 Read up here: bit.ly/44wVq0B

10/08/2023

This is a great opportunity for women to provide feedback about how you've been treated in the health system. Share your feedback and be heard.

For the first time, Australian women are invited to share their experiences in the health system to better inform policy development and improve health outcomes for women and girls.

27/07/2023

Such an important message in this piece from Mamamia. Always check the qualifications of surgeons when you are considering surgery of any kind.

"There was leftover fat in the liposuction chambers, dead flies and swabs." https://bit.ly/45lECKT

14/06/2023

A great reminder from the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons - ASAPS.

01/06/2023

Sooooo good to see Mamamia talking about BII (or Systemic Symptoms associate to Breast Implants SSBI). What an informative, in-depth article, with of course input from Prof Anand Deva, the lead of the BII Study. Also, thanks to the brave women who shared their story for this piece - first hand experience adds so much value to these pieces.

If you are explanting soon or have recently explanted, you can register for the BII Study via this link: https://saferbreastimplants.org/breast-implant-removal/

"It felt like I was dying and I didn't know what was wrong."

08/05/2023

If you have recently explanted or are booked in for explant surgery soon, please don't forget to register for the BII study (open to Australian residents only). This is the largest study of BII in the world and it's happening in Australia so please contribute if you are up to it. Have your say and help get evidence and data behind BII.

https://saferbreastimplants.org/breast-implant-removal/

Any questions, you can email info@saferbreastimplants.org

03/05/2023

Very excited to be part of this presentation with the facilitators of the Breast Implant Health Summit, to talk about the initial results of the Australian BII Study with Professor Anand Deva.

Join us Thursday 4th May, 9am (Sydney time)

We will be going LIVE on BIHS Facebook tomorrow, Wednesday, May 3rd @ 7pm EST with Dr. Anand Deva and Robyn Smith to discuss Breast Implants-An update from Australia. Bring your questions.

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Who we are & what we do

We are a group of passionate advocates with a mission to raise awareness and support education on Breast Implant Illness (BII) and breast implant safety. We aim to work collaboratively with healthcare professionals, patients, regulators and health organisations to drive improvement in outcomes for patients and aid in decision-making related to breast implants.

Many of us in this community have experienced adverse outcomes related to breast implants and understand the effect this can have on health. We recognise that women have breast implants for different reasons, either reconstructive purposes or augmentation and we want to ensure patient safety and education is primary goal during this process.

We aim to keep up to date with research and new information relating to BII and encourage new long-term research focused on the safety of breast implants and the prevalence of BII. We are working to engage and support our community to understand challenges and issues surrounding Breast Implant Illness, including gathering experiences of women to better understand prevalence, which will contribute to our advocacy efforts.

We are advocating for:

· Diagnostic criteria for BII and clinical legitimisation of this illness through an International Classification of Disease (IDC) code;

· Further research into the long-term safety of breast implants and the prevalence of Breast Implant Illness;

· Mandatory reporting of adverse events by healthcare professionals and mandatory tracking and follow-up of patients post implant;

· The Australian Breast Device Registry (ABDR) to reinvigorate their follow-up survey so that it is aimed at patient safety and health,and

· Women to receive adequate information about the risks of implants so that decision-making about health is informed.

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