Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Unveiling the Truth: Bacteria in Breast Implants

14 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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Short statement by plastic surgeon Robert Whitfield MD describing his experience with thousands of breast implant explants. He reports that laboratory testing (MicroGenDx) overwhelmingly finds bacteria—most commonly Cutibacterium acnes (noted here as Gudibacterium acnes) and Staphylococcus epidermidis—and argues against claims that implants contain mold.

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So if we look at just logically, what is happening, I'm a plastic surgeon who's done thousands of explants, taken the specimens, sent them off microgendx. The lab has tested them, and they're predominantly, overwhelmingly bacteria. The two bacterial types most commonly are Gudibacterium acnes and staph epidermidis. So let's stop trying to scare people and tell them they have mold in their implants.