Episode 30: Does Breast Implant Illness Cause Weight Gain?

Foreign Dr.

Rob Whitfield, the board certified plastic surgeon specializing in explant surgery Breast implant illness is a topic that is not often talked enough about, especially in medical community.

But is something that affects many women.

In this podcast I'll be discussing the latest research, treatment options and personal stories of women who have undergone explant surgery in an effort to heal breast implant illness. In this podcast, we'll explore the symptoms.

Of breast implant illness and delve into.

The latest surgical techniques for explantation and the recovery process. Whether you are currently experiencing breast implant illness or are considering explant surgery, this podcast is a valuable resource for anyone looking to take control of their health and wellness. So let's dive in. Before we get started today, I wanted.

To tell you about a way you.

Can speed your healing and to begin.

Reverse aging in your body.

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In the body as possible.

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Implant illness lead to weight Gain? Commonly, I see patients who felt either a gradual increase in their weight or there's been some event that has tipped them into a state where they've just rapidly put on weight. And so as we try to examine this once again, the way I consider breast implant illness, I consider it as a constellation obviously of symptoms that are akin to chronic inflammation. So the implant is one component of this, but it's chronic inflammation. So how did you get from acute inflammation to chronic inflammation? So every time I operate, I cause acute inflammation. I make an incision, I separate tissues, I do the work, and once it's complete, the healing process begins. And we'll say that goes on from an acute inflammatory standpoint for the first week ish, and then slowly over time that abates. So when you have acute inflammation, whether from surgery like I'm doing all the time now, or if you just stepped off your porch incorrectly and twisted your ankle and sprained it, effector cells that are responsible for creating acute inflammation, which is swelling, there may be redness and then pain. That's basically your body reacting to the injury. And as that that process plays out and your body heals, that signal is Turned off. So what we feel is happening in chronic inflammation as it relates to breast implant illness is ultimately there's so much inflammation in each system of the body, those signals are at a point where they don't, they don't turn off anymore. Is part of why you get so many just issues with breast implant illness. And it's extremely confusing as a provider to listen to all the different problems. But once you have chronic inflammation throughout the body, each system is affected. Neurologic systems, cardiovascular, respiratory, your musculoskeletal system, your GI tract, your, your cardiac, your heart, your nervous system. So how does that then lead the weight gain? So a stress response to injury is always swelling. So now instead of having acute swelling, because these signals are never turned off, we chronic swelling. And a lot of times I see it in the gut. So look, think of below the breast area, top of abdomen, down to mid thigh, that truncal area. I see a lot of people gain a lot of weight and they may have been very petite their entire life and then have had breast implants before after having children and just slowly, gradually, over time put on weight and, or like I said before, there's been some life event or an exposure and then that precipitated a large amount of weight gain.

We'll get back to this show in a moment, but I wanted to share something that I think can really help you. You might not be aware, but part of my work as an innovator in the cosmetic surgery space is to create products that will give my patients the best possible outcomes and restore their health as quickly as possible. I can't tell you how critical it is for all of my patients to actively work to reduce inflammation in their bodies. We do this through diet and supplementation. In fact, I've created a special inflammation support bundle for my patients and now you can have access to it as well. One of the reasons this bundle is perfect for my patients is that so many of them have pill fatigue. It's just not going to work for them to have a handful of pills each day to reduce inflammation. So I made sure to include the liposomal version of many of the vitamins and minerals within the bundle.

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So say for instance, I've had a couple famous people on the shows and I've spoke to different people about their situations and then taking care of their pre op program with us, which includes our testing for genetics, hormones, food sensitivity, gut microbiome, health and toxicity test and testing and then place them on our protocols for lowering inflammation through supplementation and then for doing detox with cellcore. So as they're lowering inflammation, they're doing better but can't quite lose the way. And these are people who've tried everything, including, you know, taking medicines sometimes including Ozempic. And prior to surgery I have people get off Ozempic, I've helped patients afterwards that are our clients manage their weight who need to to lose more. But let's just say if we feel like the chr inflammatory process is responsible for a lot of this weight gain, which is really fluid. So think about the gut. We have leaky gut malabsorption, constipation, inability to eliminate our toxins and we swell more and more and more. There's a large amount of lymphatic tissue associated around the gut and so you get more and more swelling, you retain more and more fluid, you put on more and more weight. It's just water weight. So for instance, I've done explants on people and you can follow them sometimes and listen to their explanations. The Skinny Confidential. Auren Bostic will explain how she in her story, she'll go over how she lost so much weight after her explant and she, like many of my other patients, was reducing their inflammation.

They were trying to do everything right.

And then the explant was the missing piece of the puzzle, if you will, that helped them resolve that and their body could reset. It could go from chronic inflammatory state and then start. So that weight gain, that fluid weight, can just get resolved as you decrease the drivers of inflammation, identify the biggest ones, including implants, and remove them from the system. So yes, breast implant illness can be responsible for weight gain, if you follow that way of thinking about it.

Thanks for joining me today. I hope you found the information and stories shared on this podcast helpful and informative. Remember, taking control of your health and wellness is key to recovery from breast implant illness. If you're looking for additional resources and support, be sure to visit our online store, Dr. Rob's Solutions at drrobsolutions.myshopify.com you'll find a wide range of wellness products and supplements to support your journey to recovery. From specially formulated detox supplements to personalized skincare products, we have everything you need to aid your recovery.

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Rob's Solutions today at DrRobsSolutions.com thank you for listening and we'll be back you with with another episode soon. Remember, you're not alone in this journey and together we can overcome breast implant illness.

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