This YouTube video (excerpt) features Robert Whitfield MD discussing why many patients pursue breast implant explantation. In this excerpt he notes that implants have been used since the 1960s for cosmetic and reconstructive purposes, that he uses them mainly in cancer reconstruction, and that he avoids placing implants in patients with autoimmune disorders (e.g., lupus, rheumatoid arthritis).
Why are so many people getting explants? Well, first.
Of all, I think the.
Breast implant.
Itself, which has been around since the 60s, basically has been used for both cosmetic.
And reconstructive purposes.
And in my line of work, which started basically.
Taking care of cancer patients.
I use them a specific way.
In reconstruction cases.
And so from a protocol standpoint, we were very careful. But really, from your history standpoint.
We were really careful.
If you showed up and you had lupus or rheumatoid arthritis or another autoimmune.
Disorder, I would not put an implant in you.
I would find another.
Way to take care of that problem.
