Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Breast Implant Removal: Aesthetic Restoration Options Explored

30 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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YouTube video by Robert Whitfield MD discussing breast implant removal (explant) with emphasis on offering aesthetic restoration options at the time of explant. The speaker notes that while a minority of patients request only removal with no further procedures, the majority seek correction of prior breast concerns (size, shape, symmetry) tied to femininity and self-image; therefore surgeons should offer options such as mastopexy (breast lift) or fat grafting during explant, though some explant surgeons decline to offer these adjunctive aesthetic procedures.

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There are always some patients that say I want out and I don't want anything more than that. I'm not looking for a lift. I'm not looking for a fat graft. I want to feel healthy. I want to know that this was done a certain way and I'm going to abide by the patient request. But majority of women, if they placed an implant, they had a certain concern about their breast, whether it's size or shape or symmetry. And it goes to the sense of femininity and sensuality and motherliness. And just because the implant didn't work out, as I mentioned before, doesn't mean we forget about the breast. And so it's really important for a lot of these patients to be able to offer them aesthetic restoration or refinement at the time of explant to the degree that we can. It may or may not always be perfect, but we don't forget about that. So I do hear about explant surgeons that will not offer breast, lips and or fat grafting at the time of explant.