Dr. Robert Whitfield explains why some patients feel worse after breast implant removal. His SHARP Method evaluates genetics and detoxification capacity before surgery. About 83% of his patients have limited detox pathways, which combined with estrogen metabolism issues typically leads to post-explantation complications.
Misses annpro1 says I had an explantation 6 months ago and I feel worse than before. I have Hashimoto's and I believe it caused the inflammation to get worse. In our experience, explantation or removal of an implant is just one component of a much, much larger process. And I wrote a book about it called, called the Sharp Method. And the Sharp Method looks at a number of factors and for everybody who doesn't know who I am, I'm Dr. Whitfield, I'm a board certified plastic surgeon. And what Mrs. AnnPro1 is describing is something I want every patient to avoid. And I think you can really by getting as much knowledge before you do something versus after you do something. So we look at genetics because about 83% of our patients have limited detox pathways when you look at their genetics and I've talked about this on many, many shows. But vitamin D metabolism, the methylation pathways, glucuronidation and the antioxidant pathways are key pathways that are limited in my patients. Add in problems with estrogen metabolism and that's pretty much our avatar. Limited detox and poor estrogen metabolism.
