Robert Whitfield MD covers the emotional side of explant surgery, drawing on over 1,100 cases. He walks through appearance changes and stress points, plus how his team members who've had explants themselves help patients through recovery.
Over 1,100 explants.
Two team members.
There's lots of emotion around explanting and image, and so many of our patients will express that to me after we've had a discovery session or consultation. And that's why over 1100 explants have taught me to make sure that there are instances where it's going to be critical to really, you know, do our best to help explain, identify what could really be a potential stressor for them in recovery, the appearance change. And this further helps them in coping with an understanding, you know, the things that we can do. And then, of course, we will refer folks who need, you know, more help from an emotional standpoint. Even within my group, I have two team members who've had explants and suffered from breast implant illness, so they provide a great deal of emotional support for our clients.
