Robert Whitfield MD explains breast implant illness as a chronic inflammatory condition that often persists after implant removal. Patients need detoxification to address infections, fungal toxins, and chemicals like glyphosate and phthalates. Even skincare products can introduce hormone-disrupting toxins.
I mean, I'll put it this way. So I consider breast implant illness to be a chronic inflammatory process of which a breast implant is playing a role. And in each person it's going to vary how much role it's playing. So if there's an infection like I described, obviously that's a big role. If there's not and I explant them, you know, patients will continue to have to work with either my functional team or their functional team for detoxification, depending on what things affect them. So things like mica, toxins from fungi, things like environmental toxins like glyphosates, things like phthalates, microplastics. Skin care is a huge problem in general for women because it has a lot of toxins in it that disrupt your hormones. So you want to use or limit your skin care to things that you put through the environmental working group and have your best understanding of what you're putting on your skin because that absorbs orbs and affects you.
