Robert Whitfield MD explains why surgeons should refuse implants for patients with autoimmune conditions. Implants can trigger increased inflammation in people whose immune systems are already overactive, making them a risky choice for this population.
Do you think that that is a huge problem is not enough Plastic surgeons are willing to say no. Not even just breast implants, but any surgery, if.
That'S your occupation, it's, you know, coming from a cancer background, so it's the opposite for me. But if it's a cosmetic augmentation and someone's. So I get the autoimmune question all the time. Should I or can I get an implant if I have this autoimmune, you know, problem? Well, that question answers itself. So if those patients would have came to me and asked me for implant based augmentation and or breast reconstruction, I would have said, hey, you already have this underlying problem. We don't know why that's, you know, raising its head. It doesn't come from your family. This is just happening. I've heard you talk about problems with your gums and your gut. And anybody who has inflammation, the last thing they need is another thing to promote inflammation. So whether you put in a hip, knee, breast, dental implant, they all promote inflammation. They're foreign bodies.
