When did Robert Whitfield MD testify at FDA hearings about breast implants?

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Unveiling the Hidden Risks of Breast Implants

7 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video titled "Unveiling the Hidden Risks of Breast Implants" (uploaded by Robert Whitfield MD). Speakers discuss under-recognized adverse effects of breast implants — inflammation, rashes, and broader "breast implant illness" concerns — and Dr. Robert Whitfield notes he testified at FDA hearings in 2019 in Bethesda about these issues.

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2019 (at FDA hearings in Bethesda).

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There's I think a lot of people just aren't aware of the potential downsides to getting an implant. You only, you know, people don't talk that you could have these like, I mean, I've known Lauren a long time. There was never conversations of, hey, you could experience inflammation, or you could experience rashes, or you could experience I don't think people correlate the two. And so this is you know, more and more people are talking about this, and I think it's a fight because many have not had the experience of a poor experience. And others are like, whoa, I've solved everything that was going on in my system. Yeah.
In2019, they had a series of hearings that I testified at the FDA in Bethesda. This is about implants and breast implant illness. And so this is mainstream with the FDA.