311. Unpacking Breast Implant Illness & Holistic Recovery Strategies with Dr. Rob Whitfield
Be Well by Kelly Leveque
Kelly Leveque
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we’re joined by Breast Implant Illness expert and holistic plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Whitfield, who’s here to share valuable insights on the symptoms of implant-related health issues and how to navigate explant surgery recovery. Dr. Whitfield breaks down the science behind how implants can trigger autoimmune responses and explains the key differences between explant surgery and capsulectomy. We also dive into his SHARP program, where he offers practical tips for improving sleep, detoxing after surgery, and making diet adjustments to support healing. He even shares specific nutrition advice, like how protein can help with tissue repair and reduce inflammation. Whether you’re thinking about explant surgery or just want to learn more about breast implants, this episode has got you covered!
We also cover:
(00:00:00) Introductions
(00:00:10) Understanding Breast Implant Surgery & Risks
(00:07:56) Symptoms of Implant-Related Health Issues & Toxicity
(00:18:47) Dispelling Myths & Managing the Mental Impact Of Explant Surgery
(00:33:04) SHARP: Steps to Optimize Explant Surgery Recovery & Detoxification
(00:41:39) Embracing Holistic Methods for Surgery Recovery
Resources:
• Click here for full show notes
• YouTube: Breast Explant & Recovery by Dr. Robert Whitfield
• Instagram: @breastimplantillnessexpert
• Website: drrobertwhitfield.com
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• Instagram: @bewellbykelly
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Whitfield, welcome to the show. I'm so excited to have you. You were with one of my |
| 0:14.2 | favorite people this weekend, JJ Virgin for her summit. I was so bummed to miss it. I really wanted |
| 0:19.1 | to come this year, but I was coaching a soccer |
| 0:21.4 | team and I had to be there for the littles. But fingers crossed for next year, I'm going to carve it out. |
| 0:27.3 | And hopefully we can be in person. Well, thank you for having me. I really appreciate both what you do. |
| 0:33.1 | And I hope that sharing this information that we've written about, published an experience |
| 0:36.9 | over the last eight years with breast implant illness is very valuable to your audience. |
| 0:41.0 | That's why you're here. |
| 0:42.6 | For those of our audience members that don't know who you are, Dr. Rob Whitfield is, I would |
| 0:49.0 | say, the premier expert in breast implant illness in studying it and talking about it online |
| 0:57.6 | and making everyone aware of it as an actual illness with symptoms and side effects. |
| 1:03.8 | And so that's what we're going to do today. |
| 1:05.2 | We're going to unpack breast implant illness. |
| 1:07.8 | What is it? |
| 1:08.8 | Why does it happen? |
| 1:10.0 | You've been a plastic surgeon for over 25 years, |
| 1:12.9 | putting implants in and now taking them all out. So let's unpack it. What? |
| 1:19.1 | Yeah, sure. |
| 1:19.6 | Audience. I did and performed oncologic or cancer reconstruction predominantly throughout my career. |
| 1:26.7 | That was my past Chen. My sister was a breast cancer survivor until recently this year she passed away. But taking care of women with breast cancer and or problems that developed after treatment. And because implants are a foreign device, they're going to have more problems than your own tissue. |
| 1:46.9 | So basically what I did was an elegant operation called the DIP Freeflap, |
| 1:53.0 | and that used the tissue of the lower abdomen, and it maintained its blood supply, |
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