Robert Whitfield MD explains how breast augmentation may trigger autoimmune disorders through vitamin D deficiency, oxidative stress, and impaired detoxification pathways. He recommends screening patients with autoimmune disease histories before surgery and says he stopped doing implant placements years ago to focus on reconstruction and cosmetic work.
I look critically at, you know, vitamin D pathways, antioxidant pathways, methylation pathways, and the glucuronidation pathways. But, you know, those don't explain all of this and what we're seeing. So if you have an autoimmune disorder or your family history is one where that's an issue, got to really reflect on that and get in full disclosure, a well rounded explanation of potential, you know, potentially what could happen with breast implants in a breast augmentation. So as everybody knows, I don't and haven't put in breast implants in for a couple years or for several years now. And majority of my practice was focused around taking care of cancer reconstruction problems and cosmetic problems.
