Texas Internal Bra Lawyer

Women who experienced problems with breast mesh or “internal bra” implants may be able to file a lawsuit for infections, implant failures, additional surgeries, and other injuries.

Need a Texas Internal Bra Lawyer? Collen A. Clark is a true advocate for his clients and is passionate about helping Texans that have been injured or wronged. If you were injured by side effects of the internal bra or breast mesh implants, you should contact our lawyers immediately. You may be entitled to compensation by filing a lawsuit.

What is the Internal Bra?

The “internal bra” is a new type of plastic surgery in which doctors use mesh slings under the breast to add support for artificial implants.

Breast mesh is a flexible sheet of material that is shaped like a sling or internal “demi-cup” bra to support breast tissue or implants. Absorbable mesh is supposed to dissolve in the body over 6-24 months, leaving behind a natural scaffold of scar-tissue and collagen.

What is the risk?

There are many potential complications when mesh is used in breast surgery, for example:

Infection
Chronic pain or discomfort
Nerve damage (may result in numbness, loss of sensation, or loss of intimacy with partners)
Breast reconstruction failure
Breast asymmetry
Mesh migration, hardening, or detachment
Interference with mammograms or other imaging scans
Skin and tissue damage
Permanent disfigurement
And more

Types of Breast Mesh Surgeries

Surgical mesh implants that were originally designed and FDA-approved for hernia repairs and soft-tissue surgeries have been repurposed for a variety of unapproved “off-label” breast surgeries.

Breast mesh surgeries include:

The “internal bra” (a type of plastic surgery)
Implant-based breast reconstruction after a mastectomy
Breast lifts (also called “internal mesh sling breast lift”)
Breast augmentation (using mesh to support the weight of an artificial implants)

Mesh for Hernia Repairs Now Being Used in Breast Surgery

Surgical mesh that was originally approved for hernia repairs has been repurposed for breast surgeries. This is known as an “off-label” or unapproved use. The FDA has not approved any type of mesh for breast surgeries, but many doctors are now adding mesh when they perform a breast reconstruction, breast augmentation, or breast lift.

Why Do Doctors Use Mesh?

Doctors may claim that breast mesh will help provide more “natural-looking” or “longer-lasting results,” but these claims are not based on rigorous studies or the FDA. Instead, women should be aware of the risk of severe side effects, unproven results, and high expense.

No Long-Term Studies Or Clinical Trials

Breast mesh was never approved or evaluated by the FDA, so there have been no rigorous clinical trials or studies that have fully investigated the safety risks, benefits, and long-term outcomes.

Are Doctors Fully Informing Patients About the Risk?

Doctors are supposed to use their medical expertise to make decisions about what is best for each patient, which is why they are allowed to use surgical mesh in an unapproved “off-label” surgery like the internal bra. They also have a duty to fully inform patients about the risk of side effects, and the lack of FDA approval for breast mesh.

Thousands of Mesh Lawsuits Have Already Been Filed

Thousands of lawsuits have already been filed by people who were injured by mesh implants, such as hernia mesh or vaginal mesh, so doctors are well-aware of the potential risks. If studies find an increased risk of injuries from breast mesh, it is likely that the data will be based on many tragic case reports of women who were injured.

Internal Bra Lawyers

Lawyers who are being contacted by women who experienced severe side effects from products, such as:

GalaFLEX (Becton Dickinson / BD / Galatea Surgical)
Phasix (C.R. Bard / Becton Dickinson)
Strattice (Allergan / LifeCell Corporation)
AlloDerm (Allergan / LifeCell Corporation)
DuraSorb (Integra LifeSciences)
FlexHD (Ethicon / Johnson & Johnson)
SurgiMend (C.R. Bard / Becton Dickinson)
AlloMax (C.R. Bard / Becton Dickinson)
And more

FDA Warnings for FlexHD and AlloMax Breast Mesh

The FDA has published several warnings about potential safety risks when mesh products are used in breast surgeries.

In March 2021, the FDA published a Safety Warning about higher rates of serious complications from two types of breast mesh products:

“The analysis showed significantly higher complication rates of explantation (implant removal), reoperation and infection in patients with FlexHD and AlloMax brands of ADM two years following surgery, when compared with patients who received SurgiMend or AlloDerm brands, or no ADM.”

FDA Warning for GalaFLEX and Phasix Breast Mesh

In November 2023, the FDA sent a letter to health care providers, reminding them that “the safety and effectiveness of surgical mesh in breast surgery, including in augmentation or reconstruction, has not been determined by the FDA.”

The FDA also updated the label on GalaFLEX and Phasix Mesh products to ensure doctors are aware that “surgical mesh products, including BD’s mesh products, have not been determined by the FDA to be safe and effective for use in breast surgery.”

The warning involves breast mesh products that are manufactured by BD (Becton Dickinson), including:

Phasix Mesh
Phasix ST Mesh
Phasix Plug and Patch
Phasix ST Mesh with Open Positioning System (OPS)
Phasix ST Mesh with Echo 2 Positioning System, and
GalaFLEX Lite Scaffold
GalaFLEX Scaffold
GalaFLEX 3D Scaffold
GalaFLEX 3DR Scaffold

How Can a Lawyer Help?

You may be able to file a lawsuit or join a class action if you were injured by internal bra side effects like infection, implant failure, needing a revision surgery, chronic pain, disfigurement, and more.

Lawyers may be able to help you gather evidence for an internal bra lawsuit. For example:

Medical records for breast mesh surgery
Identification of the type of mesh used in your surgery (i.e., GalaFLEX, Phasix, Strattice, etc.)
Medical records related to complications (i.e., diagnosis, imaging scans, pathology reports, photographs of disfigurement)
Revision surgery records
Evidence of additional medical procedures
Documentation of expenses due to medical procedures

Need an Internal Bra Lawyer in Texas?

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