Breast Implant Removal: Why Consider a Lift and Fat Transfer? #shorts

23 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this short video, Dr. Robert Whitfield MD discusses the choices patients face after deciding to remove breast implants. He outlines four possible approaches: (1) explant alone, which is always an option; (2) explant with a breast lift, addressing a viewer’s question about how a lift might affect nipple sensation; (3) explant with fat transfer, a technique he performs frequently; and (4) explant with both a lift and fat transfer, which he argues should be the most common choice worldwide. He emphasizes that the combined lift and fat transfer offers the best aesthetic and functional outcome, and promises to explain his reasoning in a follow‑up.

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This is the one that I think should be done the most frequently in this country, in the world. That should be the go-to. Tonight we're talking about the decision, uh, obviously many of you face after deciding to remove implants. So the explant alone is always an option for every single person. It's absolutely everybody's prerogative to do exactly what fits them. Then there are other options. Stella from Switzerland was asking me about an explant with a lift. What happens to nipple sensation? Explant with a fat transfer. I do that frequently. How about explant with a lift and a fat transfer? This is the one that I think should be done the most frequently in this country, in the world. That should be the go-to, and I'll explain why.