Robert Whitfield MD explains why people choose implants and what can go wrong. Social media filters drive body-image pressure. Implants risk infection, need replacement surgeries, and can cause chronic inflammation in some patients.
They're getting worse. Yeah, yeah. Social media has not helped this. Filters have not helped this. The scrutiny has not helped us. So they get into this like, I gotta have this change. How can I make this change? I'm skinny, you know, I don't, I've heard about a fat transfer, but I can't have one because the doctor, I don't have any fat. I'm too small. Okay, so that puts you in more of the implant situation. But you, you know, okay, so that becomes a choice based on a number of factors and informed decision making process. And you should know that implants can get infected. You should know that potentially you can have problems down the road, need other surgery earlier, later, whatever. And it could become a chronic inflammatory situation like I deal with, with the patients we're talking about.
