This is a short interview segment from the YouTube series Culture Apothecary titled "Healing Culture: The Truth About Breast Implant Illness," featuring Robert Whitfield MD. Key points: Dr. Whitfield describes personal therapies (daily hyperbaric oxygen, red light therapy, a large juve device), emphasizes nutrition as a remedy for a "sick culture" (“Fix the food”), and offers remote patient access via virtual sessions. He directs listeners to a contact website and Instagram (breastimplant illness expert / handle referenced), runs a podcast and YouTube channel called Breast Implant Illness (aiming for weekly episodes), and reassures women experiencing symptoms related to breast implants that they are "not crazy" and can seek care including surgery when ready.
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I'm a really hyperbaric oxygen person. So my, my thing in the morning is I'll go work out 5 or 5:30, I'll come back to my office, I'll get in my hyperbaric chamber and then do a red light therapy session. I have a big 6 foot tall juve at my office that I just.
Oh, that's nice.
Put next. I put it next to my chamber and I get out of my chamber. I do that.
If you had to choose one remedy to, to heal a sick culture and that could be physically, mentally or spiritually, what would it be?
Fix the food.
Amen. If someone doesn't live in Austin but they want to see you as a patient, what's the protocol to go about that?
Well, there's lots of avenues now to get in touch with us. We do a lot of virtual sessions with patients. So if you go to breastimplant illness expert.com and you can fill out a form and contact us, you can follow us on Instagram with the same handle. Now I've got a podcast, Breast Implant illness and a YouTube channel, Breast Implant Illness. And on there, I think the best way to learn about what we've discussed and really understand it better is to digest as much as you can, either through the shows or through the channels or appearances I've made because that just will get you in the right frame of mind, really. And I find the most difficult thing is I can't change a mindset problem. So I can do the surgery. My team will take care of you. We'll make everything we we possibly can to, to simplify the experience for you. But you have to accept like what's going to happen.
Any last words or words of wisdom, Piece of advice for women who just feel like everybody thinks I'm crazy and I really think there's something wrong with me and I happen to have breast implants.
You're not crazy at all. Tell them to watch my show.
That works. Okay. Your Instagram is breast implant illness. I think we got everything you said. Your podcast. How often do you release new episodes?
Well, if I had a rough producer, weekly, but.
Okay, weekly. Thank you so much, Dr. Whitfield, for coming on Culture Apothecary.
Thank you for having me.
I am loving these beauty procedure episodes so much. I have quite a few in store for you this season if you or someone close to you suffered from breast implant illness. By the way, I would love to hear your story in the cute servatives Facebook group. There is so much content on the culture Apothecary Instagram all the tips, tricks, content and remedies you need to heal a sick culture. Please leave a five star review if you learn something new and subscribe on whatever platform you're listening or watching on new episodes every Monday and Thursday night at 6pm Thursday.
