Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Breast Implant Bacteria & Symptoms: A Deep Dive #shorts

18 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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A short YouTube video by Robert Whitfield MD summarizing a paper that found bacteria in about 29% of removed breast implants. The speaker attributes patient symptoms to biofilm and says fatty acids interacting with biofilm in breast tissue produce an oxylipin called tenHOMe (tenhome), which he believes contributes to symptoms; he plans a follow-up video focused on the biofilm–tissue interaction.

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Approximately 29% of the implants removed.

An oxylipin called tenHOMe (tenhome).

So, in summary of this paper, bacteria found in approximately 29% of the implants I removed. I believe these patients are having symptoms due to the biofilm. And the interaction with the biofilm and the breast tissue is going to be a subject of a next video that I do. And it's these fatty acids interact with the biofilm in the breast tissue that produces a substance called oxylipin tenhome, and that is going to be what contributes to more and more symptoms.