YouTube video (Robert Whitfield MD) asking whether specific breast implant types are more likely to cause breast implant illness (framed as chronic inflammation). The speaker notes that textured implants can be associated with extreme symptoms in some patients and are the implant type most closely linked to anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).
Are certain types of implants more likely to cause breast implant illness? I get asked not only how breast implant illness develops, but I also get asked this question, are there more commonly associated types of breast implants that lead to breast implant illness? Let's just frame the discussion as I consider breast implant illness to be chronic inflammation. It affects and and I've seen it affect every single system of the body. Or does a specific or particular type of breast implant cause breast implant illness more frequent? So I see patients have or can have extreme symptoms with textured implants, but not in every situation. Textured implants are the most closely associated with anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
