Breast Implant Illness is real! tune in for the top questions I get as an explant surgeon

Breast implant illness FAQs what is breast implant illness? So I look at it as a chronic inflammatory process of which a breast implant is playing a role. Last year we published a paper of over 600 consecutive explant specimens that show there's 29% which have bacterial contamination. Another paper was published by Dr. Mathun Sina that showed that bacterial contamination, specifically staph epidermis can interact with your breast tissue, create oxylipin tenhome which can lead to more symptoms. And we'll go over symptoms next. What are the most common symptoms? Brain fog as one of the big symptoms, chronic fatigue, joint and muscle pain, skin rashes, anxiety, depression, problems with hormones, specific things like thyroid dysfunction, shortness of breath, chest pain, digestive problems, dry eyes, common one, vibratory symptoms, nerve pain, whole host of symptoms. What causes breast implant illness? Well I previously discussed that if there's bacterial contamination specifically with staph epidy and cutobacterium acnes, these can lead to interaction with the breast tissue forming something called oxylipentinhe which downstream can cause immune system activation and increase symptoms for those other patients. There's certainly in, in our opinion a lot of evidence towards genetic predisposition, toxicity, burden, gut health, hormonal imbalance, metabolism issues and food triggers. How is breast implant illness diagnosed? Well, there's no single way to diagnose it. I've listened to thousands of patients and their particular symptoms and problems and I don't think of it as a collection of symptoms that have to make a diagnosis of. I'm listening to how someone detoxifies. It's understanding that in this particular patient with an implant is this fit the characteristics I've seen and can I help them get through their journey with chronic inflammation? Sometimes an explant is not the right way for them to proceed at the moment. So we start them on the Sharp program. If someone has BII and is not ready to explant, what can we do? Well, we start them on the Sharp program. Sharp has a series of supplements. Supplements are geared towards our genetic tests which reveal the nutrients needed to supplement and support the immune system. We start start them on those supplements. They're mostly liquid based so they're easy to absorb, including vitamin C, glutathione, methylated B complex and vitamin D3K2 and try to limit all other pills or capsules. Who is at risk of developing breast implant illness? So chronic inflammation can happen in a number of patients. Like I said before, even without implants, whether it's hip, knee, breast dental, it does not matter. But if you had a pre existing autoimmune condition or family history of an autoimmune condition, might be a little bit simpler for you to develop that problem just because of a predisposition physician, either genetically. Also, like I said, you know, based on your genetics and based on your environmental exposures, you can have a lot of problems with chronic inflammation.