Dr. Tabatha Barber discusses what triggers immune reactions to implants. Of 600+ explants, about two-thirds involved biofilm, a low-grade infection causing immune response, while one-third stemmed from genetic factors. The approach now includes individualized testing to identify each person's specific cause.
Over 600 explants.
About two thirds of cases.
About one third of cases.
Are we missing anything? Do we need to uncover and look under a rock before we go and take out your implants? Because that's the cause.
I was inundated with people wanting to do explants, and I've done over 600 explants. And I always tried to tell people the same things early on is like, I believe in two thirds of the cases, there's some kind of biofilm, which is a low grade infection, and that's the real generator for the immune response. And then I said, in the other third, I think it's genetics. Now, the testing I do now is very in depth. It is your specific playbook. And based on how you picked your parents, if you weren't lucky, you've got their issues as well. So, you know, when you look at it, it's pretty obvious.
