Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Gross Implant Removal: The Truth About Infections! #shorts

10 Oct 2025 · 2 min

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Robert Whitfield MD (creator/uploader) describes removing breast implants with visible biofilm that yielded negative results with traditional swab/culture techniques. He explains that biofilm is difficult to sample and that PCR is more sensitive (he states a single colony of DNA can produce a positive). He reports having performed over 840 PCR-tested samples, finding a variety of bacteria but most commonly Cutibacterium acnes, which he notes is common on the face and linked to acne. The clip contrasts older sampling methods with PCR and asserts objective evidence for biofilm-associated organisms.

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Over 840 PCR-tested samples.

Cutibacterium acnes.

He states that all you need is one colony of DNA from a bacteria, fungus, or Mycobacterium to give a positive PCR result.

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And I took her implants out, and they were the grossest, slimiest things that weren't ruptured. They were completely intact, but they just had biofilm on them. And I came out to her husband, I said, man, she is going to get better. It's. It's going to be. You know, these are. These are infected, I guarantee it. And I did them the old way, did all the samples and swabs, and I sent them off, and nothing, nothing came back. And I was like, oh, my God, now I look like an idiot. Because I know, I know this is what's going on. But for the audience, that is an inferior technique that's been around a very, very long time. And biofilm is super difficult to both get off of implants and to then declare what the actual offending organism is. So, pcr, for everybody listening. All you need is one colony of DNA from a bacteria or fungus, or Mycobacterium for that matter, to give you a positive. So, you know, it's actually there. And so since then, I've done over 840 PCR tested samples. And as you would expect, there's a kind of wide variety of bacteria. But the most prominent, the number one bacteria, is called Cutibacterium acnes. And in its highest concentration, it's on our face because it's part of acne. This is what you find. This is reality. And when someone gets on the Internet and writes some stupid stuff, I don't really care because I have objective evidence that shows you exactly what is there.