A MOTHER-OF-TWO from Dartford whose breast implant ruptured is calling on the government to impose tighter regulations into monitoring prosthetics.

Catherine Kydd, 39, has put together a 430-strong petition which she will present to Dartford MP Gareth Johnson on Friday (January 13).

It follows a government backed review last week into French made PiP breast implants after they were found to be made up of non medical grade silicone.

The NHS will support the free removal of the implants and will replace them if the original operation was done by the NHS.

Ms Kydd paid £4,000 to a private clinic for the implants in 2004 only to find six months later the left one had ruptured.

The beauty therapist, who works at Pure Serenity in Birchwood Road, Wilmington, said: “I had a lot of pain in my left side and a burning sensation.

“It felt like the implant was slipping down my side- I had to wear a bra all the time.”

Despite going back to the clinic for checks, she was told there was nothing wrong with the implants.

It was only in 2009, when she found a lump on her breast, that she went to her GP for an ultrasound.

She said: “I didn’t have breast cancer but the doctor found my implant had ruptured and the silicone had travelled to my lymph nodes.

“It was horrific.”

The implants were replaced for free by the private clinic but the silicone is still in her body.

Ms Kydd is now campaigning for tighter regulations over prosthetics in the body, and has written to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.

She is calling for registers to be put in place after a prosthetic is placed in the body, and for them to be regularly monitored.

She said: “It’s not just to do with breast implants- it’s any prosthesis.

“I’m not saying the NHS should pay for the removal of these implants - the government should as it never had the correct regulations in place.”