Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Breast Implant Illness: Symptoms & Relief Explained!

6 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Robert Whitfield MD (speaker) explains from clinical experience that converting patients from breast implants to autologous (their own tissue) reconstruction can resolve symptoms attributed to breast implant illness. He reports that removing implants and associated scar tissue can relieve infections, reactions, scarring problems, and mechanical restriction of the rib cage that impairs breathing when scar tissue is removed.

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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.