Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Breast Implant Bacteria & Symptoms: A Deep Dive #shorts

10 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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Bacteria were found in 29% of removed breast implants. Robert Whitfield MD explains how biofilm in breast tissue may produce a compound called tenHOMe, which could drive progressive symptoms in patients.

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Approximately 29%.

An oxylipin called tenHOMe (referred to as 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.