Dr. Robert Whitfield explains that fat stores environmental toxins like mold, glyphosate, and heavy metals. During liposuction or fat transfer, these toxins can be released into the body, causing inflammation and complications. He recommends genetic testing, toxicity panels, and gut health assessments before any procedure.
What we just learned is that the fat stores toxins. So we always work up our patients through genetic testing, toxicity testing, gut testing, food sensitivities, other sensitivities, as well as hormonal balances, in addition to all the standard routine blood work. And if you've been exposed to mold or glyphosate or heavy metals, your fat potentially has that. And if we're not looking at it pre-op, we could just move it around or break it apart or potentially cause more trouble. So I've turned people down for fat transfers without preparation because of So let me just say that again. I've turned people down who have a high toxic burden because we don't want to transfer that. We want to try to address it in as many ways possible preoperatively before any procedures. So we don't want to take that fat and move it around, like I said. So this is why so many patients can have more and more significant inflammatory responses, and whether it's from liposuction or for fat transfers or combos it makes it more difficult for them. So we want to work them up, we want to help them heal, and there's lots of protocols
