Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Capsulectomy Explained: Your Questions Answered About Implants! #shorts

10 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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Dr. Robert Whitfield explains capsulectomy, the surgical removal of the scar tissue that forms around breast implants. The first U.S. breast implants were placed by Cronin in 1962. An upcoming episode will review decades of research to clarify how capsules form and why removal is often necessary.

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A lot of times it's probably not super clear. All the different things that are going on with the capsule that develops around an implant. We end up in the run up to an episode I'm doing. We've looked at multiple papers throughout different decades. The first implants were placed basically in 1962 in this country, in the United States by Cronin. You need to perform capillectomy, so if you have questions, just put them in the chat.