A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video (hosted/created by Robert Whitfield MD) where an audience member asks whether different implant types (cosmetic breast implants vs necessary implants like metal plates) carry the same risks, noting the body forms scar tissue around foreign objects and asking if some implants are less concerning.
Let me ask real quick, because I do want to ask, because I think about, like, yes, I understand. There's, there's, there's vanity implants. There's, there's just aesthetic implants for breast cancer patients and people like that. But then there's also different kinds of implants, like metal and plates and things like that are, do these carry the same kinds of risks? Because, of course, any little piece that gets in the body, the body will form some scar tissue around it. So is it having the same action, reaction, or are there some things implanted in the body that are much less concerning because some of them are quite necessary?
