Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Breast Explant Surgery: Nipple Preservation & Faster Recovery #shorts

4 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Short YouTube video by Robert Whitfield MD explaining that during breast explant with lift he preserves the nipple-areolar complex (does not remove it) to protect blood supply, and that his postoperative program includes hyperbaric oxygen, lymphatic massage, red-light therapy and dietary advice (gluten- and dairy-free, high-protein) to speed recovery.

Questions this video answers

No — he says they "do not ever take that off" and always leave it attached to preserve blood supply.

Hyperbaric oxygen treatments, lymphatic massage, and red-light therapy; plus a gluten-free, dairy-free, high-protein diet.

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Any patient's going to be complaining of how far their implant sticks out or that it's too big it's bigger than they anticipated or discussed prior to the procedure which is obviously disheartening to hear. So there are a lot of factors that go into doing an explant and a lift procedure at the same time but as it pertains to the nipple ruler complex we do not ever take that off in our practice we always leave that attached. We want to preserve the blood supply to it. We don't want to cause damage to it. And then after surgery of course in our program program you come to our office and have hyperbaric oxygen treatments. You have lymphatic massage red light therapy and these are all ways to help just speed the process along get your recovery and faster along with a gluten free dairy free diet high in protein. All right so I think that puts to rest taking the nipple off and on discussion I have until next time.