Short conversation between Robert Whitfield MD and another speaker about sauna use in patients with implants. Dr. Whitfield recounts an anecdote where a patient using a barrel (steam) sauna had measurable toxin leaching (tin, cadmium, platinum, aluminum) and states that infrared saunas have different penetration/temperature characteristics. His practical recommendation: avoid overheating/sauna use until about 90 days after explant, then resume with binders and supportive diet/supplementation to reduce toxic burden.
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About 90 days.
A barrel (steam) sauna — not an infrared sauna.
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And then for my patients, I have a very, very famous instance of where sauna is not great. So I had somebody basically cause leaching from their implants by being in a sauna. Now, it was a barrel sauna, not an infrared sauna. But I can guarantee any of the studies ever done with implants were not randomized to a group that had sauna treatments to not. Her toxin test was a litany of tin, cadmium, platinum, aluminum, all the curing elements in the shell, basically. And it basically got me in a ton of trouble because I talked about it on her show.
So I'm gonna say what you are not saying. Cause it can't be said. I was saunaing so much with my implants that it started to seep out.
So they complained about me, which is fine. But I bet you a lot of people stopped using sauna because of that, and they stopped leaching their implants when they were inside a sauna. Now, IR obviously doesn't get as hot as a barrel stick steam sauna, but it has a depth of penetration that's different. So the short answer is I just tell people not to overheat themselves until they explant them. Give them about 90 days, and then we, you know, resume things, of course, like you mentioned, with binder. So I just try to like, these folks are usually in not the best shape when I get them. So we try to get them from an immune standpoint on the correct diet and supplementation and as you mentioned, decrease the toxins or the toxicity burden they're up against in their daily life.
