A short excerpt from a YouTube conversation (host Robert Whitfield MD and another speaker) discussing social and emotional barriers women face when considering breast implant removal — especially fear of partners' negative reactions. The excerpt highlights that some women may avoid removal because partners explicitly oppose it or express preferences for implants.
A lot of women are afraid to get their implants out because of their significant other. That is a fact.
Yes.
In fact, I have a friend that I was texting with, and I told my friend, hey, you keep telling me all these things that your wife is experiencing. Could it be her implants? Maybe Just look into it in a very gentle way. And the guy literally said to me, no way. I love boobs. So let's talk about that sort of, like, dark side of it that people aren't speaking on.
Yeah. If that person left you after this, they weren't worth having in the first place and be done with them. So it is a problem. I have obviously seen people get left for this operation after having it done. I've seen very supportive spouses because of, like, your spouse, Michael, and everything in between. We try to provide as much emotional support. We have a very strong program, and then we refer out folks who need, you know, more help. I'm fortunate that the number of spouses and significant others that we interact with are very supportive having it done because they want to help their, you know, significant other feel better and at any, any cost. It doesn't really matter to them anymore because they've seen somebody suffer through this process.
