Does the speaker remove the nipple-areolar complex during explant and lift?

Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Implant Concerns: What to Know Before Explant & Lift #shorts

18 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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Robert Whitfield MD addresses common patient complaints that implants may appear too large or project more than expected. He notes that multiple factors inform performing an explant with a lift simultaneously, and emphasizes that in his practice they never remove the nipple-areolar complex during the procedure — it is always left attached to preserve its blood supply and avoid damage.

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No — in his practice they always leave the nipple-areolar complex attached to preserve its blood supply and avoid damage.

Any patient's going to be complaining of how far their implant sticks out or that it's too big. It's bigger than they anticipated or discussed prior to the procedure, which is obviously disheartening to hear. So there are a lot of factors that go into doing an explant and a lift procedure at the same time. But as it pertains to the nippereller complex, we do not ever take that off in our practice. We always leave that attached. We want to preserve the blood supply to it. We don't want to cause damage to it.