Jemma Parker, from St Albans in Hertfordshire, says mesh used to rebuild her breasts after a double mastectomy ten years ago has left her needing regular doses of the powerful painkiller tramadol.

The mum-of-three, who runs her own beauty business, had her breasts removed at 30 as she carries the BRCA1 gene that puts her at a very high risk of cancer.

‘My mum and my auntie both got breast cancer in their 30s, and I didn’t want my kids to watch me go through the same thing,’ says Jemma. But she’s convinced the pig tissue mesh implant used is responsible for the silicone implant collapsing and moving to her armpit.

‘Now it’s pushing on a nerve and causing numbness in my arm. I’m in the queue for surgery to correct it,’ she says.

Studies show this can happen when the immune system reacts to the mesh, making tissue swell and pushing the implant out of place.

Jemma is from the UK