Health committee  If I remember correctly—and correct me if I'm wrong—manufacturers of cosmetic products, aesthetic products, are not supposed to do direct marketing to consumers, yet if you go on Instagram, you see direct publicity for Botox or breast implants. Who's on Instagram and TikTok? You see that 20-year-old, and there is a label—Juvéderm, Allergan, Botox.

Health committee  Of course.

Health committee  I'm going to express myself in French. It's just that I don't want to get the date wrong. In 1988, Health Canada dismissed a scientist because he had said that breast implants ought not to be on the market, and that they should be withdrawn immediately. I provided you in the appendix with the URL for an article about this.

Health committee  Manufacturers are manufacturing serial numbers. They have lists of those serial numbers. They can divide those lists per country, per province or state, per city, per buyer.

Health committee  What's needed is a mandatory standardized informed consent form. It should be in the same format, with the same questions, and the same information for everyone. There should also be consequences for private practice surgeons who do not complete the form with their patients.

Health committee  I'd like to make sure that I've understood the question. Do you mean that the card would replace the registry or that the registry would replace the card?

Health committee  It's easy to lose a card. You could lose it while moving or if you're wallet is stolen. We recommend that people keep it with them in the event of something like an accident. But a document can never replace a registry. A card can be useful for situations where a file might be destroyed after five years, as is the case in Quebec.

Health committee  In schools of dentistry, future dentists learn that teeth that are screwed in, dental implants, carry a risk of lymphoma.

Health committee  You're putting your life at risk.

Health committee  May I speak in French?

Health committee  I'm not necessarily sure that my answer is going to.... Allergan and Mentor failed to provide long-term safety studies on breast implants. Their long-term safety studies were dropped after three and four years. How come breast implants are still on the market? To me, that answers the question, because consumers right now in North America should not have to decide which breast implants....

Health committee  My group does not operate as a centre for statistics, but it's fairly representative. I'm talking about my group, as well as other communities working on breast implant diseases and BIA-ALCL in general. Transgender women are probably the most psychologically ill-treated group of patients, and they also experience the most medical cognitive dissonance.

Health committee  Are you asking about quality of information about the breast implants?

Health committee  Do you mean information about the actual device?

Health committee  Okay. He told me—and I remember—“Do your homework.” This was in 2007. What tools did I have in 2007? I went on Google or whatever, and what did I find out about that? I found that there could be post-op complications, so I came back to him and said, “Well, there's a slight chance I can die from the surgery.