Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Breast Implant Illness: Symptoms & Relief Explained!

13 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Robert Whitfield MD describes clinical experience treating patients with breast implant illness. He explains that when implants causing problems are removed and patients are converted to tissue (autologous) reconstruction, implant-related symptoms—such as infection, inflammatory reactions, scarring, and restricted chest wall motion—can resolve, sometimes improving breathing by removing scar tissue that limits rib cage movement.

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So I had before there was this specific name that we're talking about now with breast implant illness. I was doing those types of cases, and I knew if someone had difficulty with the implant and I converted it to their own tissue reconstruction, then those symptoms, if they were implant related, would go away. So if they had an infection or if they had a reaction or a scarring problem, if I removed all the scar tissue, then they'd be able to breathe easier because the scar tissue was no longer restricting their rib cage movement.