There is a Breast Implant Explant Program Deadline

The final deadline to submit an Explant Claim to the SF-DCT is June 2, 2014. You must have acceptable Proof of Manufacturer before you can be considered for the Explant benefit. The Explant benefit is $5,000.00. To qualify for this benefit, you must have your Dow Corning implants removed and not replaced with silicone.

It can take six months or longer to schedule an explant surgery and to obtain the necessary medical records from your surgeon or hospital.  If you are eligible  to apply for this benefit, you should keep this deadline date in mind. Do not  wait  to discuss your  explant surgery with your doctor. This should be done as soon as possible.

What Is Breast Implant  Explant Surgery?

Breast explant surgery  is mplant removal. Explant surgery is the process by which your breast implants are removed from the breasts. Depending upon the reason for the surgery, additional material may be removed.

Dow Corning Explant Benefits Notice

EXPLANT DEADLINE IS JUNE 2, 2014

The Settlement Facility will mail letters to Class 5 and 6 claimants on April 26, 2013 reminding them of the Explant Deadline of June 2, 2014.

What is the Explant Deadline? To be eligible for the $5,000 Explant benefit (Class 5 only), you must have your Dow Corning breast implant removed by June 2, 2014 and you cannot receive another silicone gel breast implant after that. To file a claim, you must submit the Explant Form and the operative statement from the Explant surgery. Only claimants in Class 5 and 6.1 (non-U.S. Dow Corning breast implant claimants) are eligible for the Explant Payment.

June 2, 2014 may seem like a long time away, but our experience has been that it often takes up to 6 months or more to schedule an appointment with your surgeon, schedule the surgery, and obtain the necessary medical reports (such as the Operative Report) to submit a claim by the deadline.

If your Dow Corning breast implant is not removed by June 2, 2014, then you cannot apply for the Explant benefit.There is still money available to help you remove your defective Dow implants. There is money available to help you remove your defective breast implants

The failing mesh can erode thru the vaginal wall or even into the bladder or bowel, The pain is relentless and infections are ongoing. Many women are having a difficult time finding sympathetic doctors to remove the mesh as urinary incotinence returns and re prolapse occurr.

Two others are both manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Yaz birth control pills has warnings for blood clots in young women, strokes, pulmonary embolisms and deep vein thrombosis. The latest is the popular Mirena IUD.  The Mirena can stay inplanted for up to five years but  can gravitate or migrate and cause uterine and abdomen perforations. The stories of lives ruined goes on and on. Even the metat on metal hip replacements like the recalled DePuy and Stryker are more detrimental to women sdue to the smaller frames.

Every day we hear about more  dangerous drugs and medical devices. Our T.V's are filled with lawyer ads seeking injured women. These products like Fosamax, birth control medications and uterine devices; the transvaginal mesh and metal-on-metal hip implants all focus on women as their market. Eventually these products  end up with warnings, are recalled and are consolidated in a multi-district litigation to defend 1000's of harmed women. In some cases they are fatal.

These products we see lawyer ds for include: Yaz, Transvaginal Mesh, Mirena IUD, Fosamax, DePuy Hip Replacement  and others  are flashing cross our T.V screens " have you been injured by" "Call th law firm of….." We encourage women to file their lawsuits, not necessarily with the lawyer they see on T.V but with a qualified experienced class action lawsuit lawyer who understands the MDL process and has experience in these matters. Be sure the lawyer you choose is not just taking your case to get his piece off the top and sending it to a"buddy".

The Breast Implant Helpline's new mission is to help all women find justice against manufacturer who choose profits over  accurate warnings, and direct you to a dangerous drugs and devices lawyer for women.

Dow Corning Ruptures

Dow Corning implants were originated in the 1940’s by Dow Corning Chemical Company. The implants were found at the University of California Los Angeles in 1995 that the silicone could be expected to be a bioactive material and immunological data at the experimental level was compelling. The implants will continue to rupture and leak within 10 years of placement in 1995, yet the Commissioner stated the ruptured silicone implant would range from 5 to 51%. We do not know with any confidence where within that range the real rupture rate lies. They felt that even 5% was too high a risk to allow use of silicone in humans.

The Canadian General of Plastic Surgery found after a 12-year period of use, 40% of the 1,717 silicone Dow Corning breast implants after six years of use had a rupture rate and 95% after 12 years of use. In the Annals of Plastic Surgery in 1995, it was found that 71% of the 300 patients examined had either ruptured silicone or silicone bleed and 63% of 592 patients were found to have rupture of the Dow Corning implants. This led to the conclusion that most implants will lose their integrity of the silicone shell between 8 and 14 years, which could leave free silicone both intra and extracapsular in the breast.

In 1956, Dow Corning Chemical researchers knew that liquid silicone injected in the body will migrate to all major organs, including the spleen, liver, heart and brain. They also confirmed in 1970 silicone after injection will migrate to the bone marrow of animals and change brain weight. It also showed that silicone particulate will migraine from a human finger joint into the lymph node.

Also found by research from the ruptured Dow Corning implants was that silicone produces abnormalities in the immune system functioning. Elevated T helper cells to T suppressor cells were found. In 1992, the General Toxicology Industrial Health activities of natural killer cells were suppressed in 50% of the women with silicone implants of Dow Corning nature, putting women at a higher risk for developing other problems. Silicone produces a classifiable possible new disease within autoimmune systems. Tens of thousands of women had their implants removed after over 20 years. They sought help for their symptoms which included autoimmune dysfunction, connective tissue disorders, scleroderma and fibromyalgia; however, at this time the FDA has reviewed these symptoms as being consistent or correlated with silicone gel implants. Neither cancer or autoimmune disorders in 2012 have been shown to be associated directly with ruptured Dow Corning implants.

The settlements for the Dow Corning rupture claims resulted in over 100,000 settlements to women, permanently closed on December 15, 2010. The Dow settlement from the Dow Corning Trust Fund was processing classified claims for disease and explant benefits. The deadline to file and explant claim if you have your Dow Corning implants removed and not replaced with silicone is June 2, 2014. Deadline to file either a claim or expedited relief claim is June 3, 2019.

Dr. Linder has presented with multiple cases of Dow Corning ruptured silicone implants, including having patients referred directly from Dow Corning in Michigan. Upon taking these patients into the operating room, it was found clinically that these patients often present with severe Baker IV capsulation with hardened scar tissue contracture, visible distortion, pain and hardened, distorted, disfigured breasts. Removal of the silicone implant material is not as easy as it looks. Dr. Linder performs the incision usually either through the inframammary approach or periareolar.

After making the incision through the skin, electrocautery dissection is carried down through the glandular pocket. These implants are most commonly placed subglandular. At this time, the capsule is usually rock hard solid, thicker than chalk, and requires often a blade in order to cut through and remove it from the overlying tissue. Breast tissue itself is often difficult to find, as there is significant mastitis associated with silicone gel bleed directly into the surrounding breast tissue. Many of these patients have been seen to have complete disintegration of the shell of the thin Dow Corning implants which no longer exist. The calcifications and granulomas are extraordinary, and the difficulty in removing the entire shell is extraordinarily difficult, including the posterior wall.

Only Board Certified Plastic Surgeons should be performing open capsulectomies with silicone Dow Corning implant rupture material removal and reconstruction. When removing these implants permanently without replacement, it is important to use a drainage tube for 7 to 10 days with patients on oral antibiotics in order to prevent seroma formation. It is not unlikely that these patients will have a slightly elevated temperature over the next 7 to 10 days with associated slight toxemia from the silicone spreading through the bloodstream, especially for the first 72 hours. The challenge of removing these implants is equally as amazing as the intraoperative photographs. The following shows intraoperative photographs of ruptured silicone Dow Corning material being removed from the breast, the Dow Corning implants with the patch materials on the posterior wall, as well as the massive amounts of calcified granulomas from the capsule removed around the implant bag or internal silicone viscous liquid.

Finally, in 1992, the FDA approved adjunct study protocols for silicone gel implants for reconstruction revision patients. In 1995, major manufacturers of silicone and other implants, including Dow Corning Corp. have faced over 19,000 legal suits for defective breast implants which forced Dow Corning into filing bankruptcy. The FDA has now approved implants of silicone nature for women 22 years of age and older, as well as all women having breast reconstruction for cancer purposes. They do warn women that there are certain risks involved, including rupture, encapsulation, scar tissue contracture, and the requirement for replacement of the implants due to non-lifetime devices. The indications of a ruptured Dow Corning implant are similar to those of the other gels, including severe breast pain, chemical sensitivity, achy or swollen joints, fatigue, rashes, swollen breasts, loss of upper pole fullness, increased pain or scar tissue contracture, fever, erythema and redness.

courtesy of Dr Linder a Plastic Surgeon who may be able to help you.
 

Call The Breast  Implant  Helpline California and Speak to a female medical social worker and  a female silicone breast implant lawyer

About Silicone Breast Implants
There are two types of breast implants. Silicone gel-filled breast implants have a silicone outer shell that is filled with silicone gel. Saline filled breast implants contain a silicone outer shell filled with a sterile saltwater (saline) solution.
Both types of implants have had adverse affects to the human immune system.implants   Any amount of silicone, no matter how small, can cause your body to have an internal allergic reaction or toxicity disease. Medical Studies have shown that there is probably nothing that you can place in the human body that the body will not attempt to break down. Silicone implants in the body are broken down over time through a lipolysis reaction. Most silicone-filled breast implants leak or rupture within 8 to 15 years.

Manufacturers of Silicone Breast Implants

• Mentor,
• Dow Corning
• Baxter;
• Bristol Myer Squibb
• Heyer-Schulte;
• Surgitek;
• Mentor;
• CUI;
• Cox-Uphoff;
• 3M,
• McGhan,
• Bioplasty

Complications of Silicone Breast Implants

• Lupus,
• autoimmune disease,
• dry eyes,
• dry mouth
•  joint pain with swelling
•  skin rashes,
• face rashes,
• numbness and tingling in hands and toes,
• chronic fatigue,
• fibromyalgia,
• muscle pain,
• abnormal blood work

women who had received breast implants should notify their doctors of any changes in their breasts because of a possible association with a rare type of lymphoma. In breast implant patients, ALCL has occurred in the scar capsule adjacent to the implant.

Symptoms of breast implant lymphoma include:

•     Pain
•     Lumps
•     Swelling
•     Asymmetry that developed after their initial surgical sites were fully healed

The myths and controversy of Silicone Breast Implants
Breast Implants were introduced onto the market in 1970’s, women were told their implants would last forever. For someone who had under gone mastectomies due to Breast Cancer, they were getting a new lease in life; they had a chance to feel like a woman again. Others, whose breast unfortunately never fully matured, felt they finally had a chance to love their bodies and figure. Everyone was under the impression that these implants were indestructible and there would never be any complications. Unfortunately, we were all misled.
Problems relating to breast implants began to surface in the late 1980’s. They were finally removed from the market by the FDA in 1992.New studies have proven that Breast Implants are not lifetime devices. The longer you have breast implants, the more likely it is that complications will occur. Even though the FDA has made these claims, many physicians still do not believe there is any connection to autoimmune disease and Breast Implants. To this day, most women had no idea that their sicknesses and diseases could have been related to their silicone implants.
Settlement Facility Dow Corning Trust:

YOU CAN STILL FILE A CLAIM WITHIN THE DOW SETTLEMENT
Many women registered with the SF-DCT prior to their bankruptcy. Compensation is still available for explant (implant removal) and disease claims.

Call the breast Implant Helpline. Speak to a femal medical social worker and female attorney  to learn about your status

  MDL-926 Breast Implant claims

If you are a registered claimant in the MDL 926, and have received a deficiency notice, call or email our office today to give us an opportunity to examine the Claims Offices' ruling.

There are many different types of disease that fall under the guidelines of the Class Action. Different levels of compensation are available for specific disease and diagnoses’. Some of them are: Lupus, autoimmune disease, dry eyes, dry mouth; joint pain with swelling, skin rashes, face rashes, numbness and tingling in hands and toes (neuropathy), chronic fatigue, muscle pain, or abnormal blood work. If you have any of these symptoms, you may be entitled to compensation.
How can a lawyer help me?
The Breast Implant Litigation has many different categories. Many years of deadlines and false promises have made this Class Action very confusing. You deserve the right to justice and compensation if you meet the criteria. Call the Breast Implant Helpline, Alabama today

• are currently listed with the Dow settlement Trust
• Silicone Breast Implant Dow Corning Claim current registrant
• Are currently under the MDL-926 program
• Have received a rejection notice from their current Dow Breast implant Claim Lawyer
• Are seeking a new Dow corning Breast Implant attorney

Silicone Gel Breast Implants Class Action

April 2012 Updates – Dow Settlement

The SF-DCT has moved, and their new address effective April 3, 2012 is:

SF-DCT
3200 SW Freeway, Ste. 1500
Houston, TX  77027

Their telephone number remains the same: 1-866-874-6099.
Their P.O. Box also remains the same: P.O. Box 52429, Houston, TX  77052

Regarding Premium Payments: the matter of if and when the SF-DCT issues premium payments is now under consideration by the Court. We do not know when the Court will issue a ruling. As soon as an order is entered, we will post it on our website and contact any potentially eligible LCHB clients.

Regarding Class 7 Payments: Because some unreviewed Class 7 claims were found during an audit at the SF-DCT, the SF-DCT cannot issue any Class 7 payments until those unreviewed claims are processed and given the one year time period within which to cure deficiencies. As of this date, the SF-DCT cannot predict the exact date when Class 7 payments are going to be made, but it will probably be at least another year before they can issue payments.

REMINDER ABOUT THE EXPLANT DEADLINE: The final deadline to submit an Explant Claim to the SF-DCT is June 2, 2014. Please remember that you must have acceptable Proof of Manufacturer before you can be considered for the Explant benefit. The Explant benefit is $5,000.00 (five thousand dollars), and in order to qualify for this benefit, you must have your Dow Corning implants removed and not replaced with silicone.

Please keep in mind that it can sometimes take six months or longer to schedule an explant surgery and to obtain the necessary medical records from your surgeon or hospital. Therefore, if you want to apply for this benefit, you should keep this deadline date in mind, and not wait too long to discuss your potential explant surgery with your doctor.

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Below you will Find the most recent updates from the Claimants advisory official committee

 official committee appointed by the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigian to represent the interests of claimants in the Dow Corning Bankruptcy Settlement Plan. This website has information concerning the Settlement Facility for the Dow Corning Trust (SF-DCT). We welcome all comments and questions so that we can make this website informative and useful. Contact us by phone at 419-394-0717, by fax at 419-394-1748, by email at or by U.S. mail at: Claimants' Advisory Committee, P.O. Box 665, St. Marys, OH 45885.
 

MARCH 30, 2012

The Settlement Facility offices are moving to a new location in Houston, Texas on March 30th, 2012. During the move, the phones, emails and access to the "My Claim" feature on the SF-DCT website will be shut down from March 27th to April 2nd, 2012. This means representatives will not be able to answer any calls or emails during this time. Please be patient during this transition.

The mailing address for claims forms will remain the same:
P.O. Box 52429, Houston, Texas 77052-2429

To send documents to the Settlement Facility by overnight mail (Federal Express or a similar service), the new address effective April 3, 2012 is:

      SF-DCT
      3200 SW Freeway, Suite 1500
      Houston, TX 77027

The phone number for the Settlement Facility will remain the same: 866-874-6099.

JANUARY 14, 2012

UPDATE ON PREMIUM PAYMENT MOTION

The court heard oral argument from the parties on the Finance Committee's motion requesting authority to make Premium Payments. As we anticipated in previous newsletters, the court did not rule on the motion at the hearing. The matter is now under consideration by the court. We do not know when the court will issue a ruling. As soon as an order is entered, we will send out a newsletter and update our website with the information.

The briefs are on the CAC website (www.tortcomm.org) under the heading "Pending Motions." If you are not receiving the Enewsletters via Email and you have registered your email address, please check your spam filters to make sure the emails are not being filtered out.

JANUARY 5, 2012

The briefing on the Finance Committee's motion requesting approval of Premium Payments to approved Rupture and Disease claimants is now complete. Copies of the briefs are available on the CAC's website. The hearing on this matter will be on January 31st. For more information, please read the January 5, 2012 e-newsletter available on this site.

April 2012 Updates – Dow Settlement lawyers Announce

The SF-DCT has moved, and their new address effective April 3, 2012 is:

SF-DCT
3200 SW Freeway, Ste. 1500
Houston, TX  77027

Their telephone number remains the same: 1-866-874-6099.
Their P.O. Box also remains the same: P.O. Box 52429, Houston, TX  77052

Premium Payments

Regarding Premium Payments: the matter of if and when the SF-DCT issues premium payments is now under consideration by the Court. We do not know when the Court will issue a ruling. As soon as an order is entered, we will post it on our website and contact any potentially eligible LCHB clients.

Regarding Class 7 Payments: Because some unreviewed Class 7 claims were found during an audit at the SF-DCT, the SF-DCT cannot issue any Class 7 payments until those unreviewed claims are processed and given the one year time period within which to cure deficiencies. As of this date, the SF-DCT cannot predict the exact date when Class 7 payments are going to be made, but it will probably be at least another year before they can issue payments.

Regarding lawyer case Rejection Letters

If you have received a notice of rejection from your Dow Corning Breast Implant lawyer regarding your Dow Corning settlement call the Breast Implant Helpline Immediately. The Dow Corning  Breast Implant Helpline has a list of Lawyers accepting cases,

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Silicone Gel Breast Implants

    Issue: Personal Injury
    Result: Over 100,000 women have received settlement awards
    1995

Silicone Gel Breast Implants Class Action

April 2012 Updates – Dow Settlement

The SF-DCT has moved, and their new address effective April 3, 2012 is:

SF-DCT
3200 SW Freeway, Ste. 1500
Houston, TX  77027

Their telephone number remains the same: 1-866-874-6099.
Their P.O. Box also remains the same: P.O. Box 52429, Houston, TX  77052

Regarding Premium Payments: the matter of if and when the SF-DCT issues premium payments is now under consideration by the Court. We do not know when the Court will issue a ruling. As soon as an order is entered, we will post it on our website and contact any potentially eligible LCHB clients.

Regarding Class 7 Payments: Because some unreviewed Class 7 claims were found during an audit at the SF-DCT, the SF-DCT cannot issue any Class 7 payments until those unreviewed claims are processed and given the one year time period within which to cure deficiencies. As of this date, the SF-DCT cannot predict the exact date when Class 7 payments are going to be made, but it will probably be at least another year before they can issue payments.

REMINDER ABOUT THE EXPLANT DEADLINE: The final deadline to submit an Explant Claim to the SF-DCT is June 2, 2014. Please remember that you must have acceptable Proof of Manufacturer before you can be considered for the Explant benefit. The Explant benefit is $5,000.00 (five thousand dollars), and in order to qualify for this benefit, you must have your Dow Corning implants removed and not replaced with silicone.

Please keep in mind that it can sometimes take six months or longer to schedule an explant surgery and to obtain the necessary medical records from your surgeon or hospital. Therefore, if you want to apply for this benefit, you should keep this deadline date in mind, and not wait too long to discuss your potential explant surgery with your doctor.

Southern California is  the breast Implant Capitol of the World

Settlement Facility Dow Corning Trust:
YOU CAN STILL FILE A CLAIM WITHIN THE DOW SETTLEMENT
Many women registered with the SF-DCT prior to their bankruptcy. Compensation is still available for explant (implant removal) and disease claims.

 Call the Dow Corning  breast Implant Helpline L.A Speak to a female medical social worker and female attorney  to learn about your status and SF-DCT breast implant claim

  MDL-926 Breast Implant claims
 
If you are a registered claimant in the MDL 926, and have received a deficiency notice, call or email our office today to give us an opportunity to examine the Claims Offices' ruling.

There are many different types of disease that fall under the guidelines of the Class Action. Different levels of compensation are available for specific disease and diagnoses’. Some of them are: Lupus, autoimmune disease, dry eyes, dry mouth; joint pain with swelling, skin rashes, face rashes, numbness and tingling in hands and toes (neuropathy), chronic fatigue, muscle pain, or abnormal blood work. If you have any of these symptoms, you may be entitled to compensation.
How can a lawyer help me?

The Breast Implant Litigation has many different categories. Many years of deadlines and false promises have made this Class Action very confusing. You deserve the right to justice and compensation if you meet the criteria. Call the Breast Implant Helpline,  Alaska today and and we will connect you to a female breast implant lawyer covering The greater Los Angeles area.

Beverly Hills – The New Breast Implant Capital of the World, Dow Claim in Beverly Hills ?

First it was Southern California, rated as the highest per capita for breast augmentation in the world (at least for women under the age of 35). Breast Implants are the premiere aesthetic plastic surgery procedure performed due to the high volume of amazingly beautiful women who apparently think their boobs are too small. And since roughly half of them are on or aspire to be on one or more reality television shows, it’s not surprising that Southern California gained a reputation as the Plastic Surgery capital of the world.

Another travesty the vaginal mesh is destroying women's lives nationwide and there were always apparent issues with this Mesh device.For more information see vaginameshhelpline.com or call 1 877 522-2123
October 22, 2010
Trial of Synthetic Mesh in Pelvic
Surgery Ends Early
By RONI CARYN RABIN
To repair the uncomfortable and potentially dangerous condition called pelvic organ
prolapse — a weakening of the muscles and ligaments that support organs like the bladder
and uterus — more gynecological and urological surgeons have been turning to a synthetic
mesh that shores up the vaginal wall.
But now researchers are reporting that women who received the mesh had so many
complications that scientists were forced to halt a clinical trial early.
The trial randomly assigned 65 women with prolapse to undergo surgical repair either with
vaginal mesh or with a more traditional procedure, colpopexy, that uses the patient’s own
ligaments to support the sagging muscles.
In an article in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, the researchers say safety reviewers
observed that more than 15 percent of the patients who received the mesh experienced
erosion, a potentially serious complication in which the skin splits and the mesh protrudes,
often resulting in pain and infections. The trial, which began in 2007, was stopped in August
2009.
In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration had issued a warning that the vaginal mesh had
been associated with complications, but it said the problems were “rare.”
The lead author of the new report, Dr. Cheryl B. Iglesia, director of female pelvic medicine
and reconstructive surgery at Washington Hospital Center in the District of Columbia, said
it made two important points.
“The bottom line is not only there were more complications,” she said, “but the mesh didn’t
prove any better than traditional surgery.”