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A national silicone breast implant database is to be created to ensure faulty products can be traced in the event of a product recall. The Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry (BCIR) is intended to prevent a repeat of faulty Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) silicone breast implants scandal in 2010, in which fraudulently …

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  1. Velv
    Paris Hilton

    Can't they just put NFC chips in them so they can be scanned?

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    1. Dan 55 Silver badge
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      Coat

      That would make contactless payments and getting through Tube barriers interesting.

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    2. Anonymous Blowhard
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      "Can't they just put NFC chips in them so they can be scanned?"

      It would certainly help with the "are they real or not" question...

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      1. TRT Silver badge
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        Would that be a silicon chip?

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  3. hi_robb

    Hmmm

    I hope it doesn't go TITSUP...

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    1. TRT Silver badge
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      Re: Hmmm

      Certainly could be a bit of a handful.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    It's small situation that's just been blown up out of all proportion, just a storm in a 34A 34EE cup.

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  5. Jason Hindle

    So will this database be managed by BAAPS?

    (British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons)

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Is it running on an Oracle DB? They're well suited to tits.

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      DBA

      The DBA in this case would stand for "Dodgy Bulgarian Airbags"

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        The server will be located in Bristol. With a backup in Naples.

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  7. James 51

    Hmm, the article seemed to be focused on cosmetic surgery done in the private sectory but what about reconstructive surgery carried out by the NHS?

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      what about reconstructive surgery carried out by the NHS?

      There's not enough money in the NHS for that.

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      1. katrinab Silver badge
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        You can get breast implants on the NHS if you had your breasts removed due to cancer.

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    2. katrinab Silver badge
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      That would be on the NHS patient records anyway.

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  8. Anonymous Coward
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    This is an interesting topic...

    I think I'd like to stay abreast of it.

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  9. Mark 85

    MIsread the headline

    I thought it was about avoiding politicians... different boobs then.

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  10. Herby

    In addition begs the question...

    What unsecured server is going to hold these data records. I'm sure that there might also be a "public records" access question. For a sum, one could "verify" that a record exists.

    Yup... The "are they real" database. Has a nice ring to it.

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  11. Anonymous Coward
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    And then....

    the database gets hacked and leaked. Now everyone knows those aren't real...

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  12. TRT Silver badge

    How much...

    mammary would that occupy?

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