Robert Whitfield MD removes textured saline breast implants filled to 325-375 cc. Textured implants stick densely to tissue and require complete capsule removal to prevent Breast Implant Illness, infection, and ALCL risk. Tighter fills make extraction harder.
So today we have a set of high profile saline implants. They're textured. These implants can be a challenge to get out of patients because of how densely they adhere to everything. It's not a very thick capsule but still hard to get off of all the surfaces. And this is the implant surface that's more closely associated with alcl so we don't ever want to leave portions of capsule with that. This is a 325 minimum fill volume so probably it's between 325 and 375 and that's the left side that everything else looking intact. Well this is also 325. It's filled more you can tell it's tenser it was harder to get out on the right side. It's definitely filled more. Once again these are the ones in terms of texturing you want to make sure you get all the capsule material out so you don't have residual symptoms of BII or implant based infections or any residual things that could lead to a case of al.
