A leading plastic surgeon has warned that women could be left “deformed” as some doctors try to profit from the rising demand for ‘explant’ surgery.

Professor Anand Deva is calling on GPs to help prevent unnecessary breast explant surgery, with some surgeons potentially capitalising on women’s fears their implants will cause cancer.

Professor Deva, head of cosmetic plastic and reconstructive surgery at Macquarie University, says there has been a rise in the number of women asking about explant surgery.

This coincides with media and regulatory attention on the link between rough-textured implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).