A decade after the first ruling of the French justice system that recognized the victims of defective PIP breast implants, there are still about 20,000 Argentinian women who did not join the mega-lawsuit in the French courts and have time to do so, as explained by one lawyer who will present the cases of between 100 and 300 new litigants in our country next Wednesday. Made with an unauthorized industrial silicone, these prostheses used for breast augmentation or reconstruction in the early 2000s had a breakage rate several times higher than normal which, when produced, allowed this foreign material to migrate through the body, causing problems. of health. "My head exploded, I imagined I was dying," Argentine Bárbara de Amonarraiz told Télam about the moment she found out about the massive rupture of PIP implants like the ones she had in place. "The first thing I did was set the date of the operation, which coincided with the date they said on the radio," the 63-year-old woman, who is one of the Argentine victims who has already obtained provisional compensation in Justice, told Télam. French.