Dr. Robert Whitfield MD describes non-surgical and perioperative approaches for patients concerned about breast implant illness: controlling environmental exposures (air, water, food), managing estrogen-related metabolism, and offering an inflammation-lowering pre-operative program. He outlines in-office resources—hyperbaric chamber, lymphatic devices and massage, red-light therapy, peptide and stem-cell therapy—and notes the emotional, financial, and logistical burdens for patients who travel internationally, including typical multi-week stays.
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What, that's what it is. Now there may be other things identified because the science is going to catch up more and more and more to this and there may be other biomarkers. But I think, you know, just like everybody listening, like if you control your air quality, fluid quality, food quality, and we can get a handle on how you metabolize related to your estrogen, you can change a lot of things in a very positive way without a prescription or without any surgery. And we have a whole program to lower inflammation pre op that my patients and patients take advantage of all around the world now through our books and our programs so that, you know, not everybody wants to have or can have surgery and can travel to Austin or like you traveled to Ohio. And it's a lot, it's a lot, you know, emotionally, financially, logistics with children and supportive people. And I, I'm, I mean, I tell my team all the time, I mean, we have people here for a week typically. And then because I have hyperbaric chamber and lymphatic devices in my office and lymphatic masseuse and red light therapy and peptide therapy and stem cell there, I have all the things. And if you're coming from Europe or Asia, then you're going to stay like a month. Yeah, I, I, that's just for us to be able to handle everything and make it as safe as possible. That's become our routine.
