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Katie: Howdy and welcome to the Wellness Mama podcast. I’m Katie from wellnessmama.com and this episode received’t apply to everyone however might be extraordinarily relevant to some listeners. That is all about understanding breast implant sickness and addressing the power irritation that may go along with it, whether or not or not you ever get the implants eliminated. And I’ve gotten an rising variety of questions on this subject. So I needed to handle it straight, though it’s not one thing I’ve private expertise with. I hear from so many people who find themselves on some a part of that journey and I needed to have the ability to present some good solutions or at the least meals for thought and a place to begin for analysis on this subject.
And I’m right here with somebody who I think about one of many foremost consultants on the planet on this specific subject, who’s Dr. Robert Whitfield. He’s been a plastic surgeon for 26 years and board licensed for over 16. And he specializes maybe a bit greater than anybody else I’ve ever heard of in breast implant sickness particularly, in addition to breast implant removing surgical procedure and different superior procedures. And he’s extremely wanted on this realm for his Holistic Accelerated Restoration Program, in any other case often known as HARP, which assist cut back systemic irritation and help sufferers who’re each making ready for or recovering from surgical procedures. And this is applicable to, I’d guess, many different procedures apart from simply breast implants. However I feel it is a actually essential a part of the dialog as a result of usually it’s well-known now that breast implants can contribute to power irritation and they are often eliminated, however that alone doesn’t essentially deal with the inflammatory facet.
And so he does each and he takes a really holistic strategy to this beginning earlier than the ex-plant surgical procedure course of and addressing the pre-surgical, the throughout surgical procedure in a really distinctive approach after which post-surgery restoration as nicely. And he’s, like I mentioned, the one one I’ve seen who’s really trying into all of those components, delving into genetics and irritation, really testing to see what’s really occurring within the physique and serving to ladies in a really customized and direct approach. So if this is applicable to you, he’s, I consider, the foremost professional on the planet on this. And I feel he has very, very intricate solutions and really customized solutions. So I used to be very excited to get to have this dialog with him and perceive this in a deeper approach. So let’s be a part of Dr. Whitfield. Dr. Whitfield, welcome. Thanks a lot for being right here.
Dr. Whitfield: Thanks.
Katie: And we’re going to get to go deep on breast implant sickness and what to do about it in the present day. However earlier than we bounce into the nitty gritty of that, I even have a word out of your bio that you’re additionally an enormous Ted Lasso fan. And I’d love to simply hear your as a result of that is the one present I’ve ever watched greater than as soon as. And it’s so heartwarming and so genius. And so I like that you just find it irresistible too. However what initially drew you to Ted Lasso?
Dr. Whitfield: So our son has been taking part in soccer since he was 5 and it’s a very totally different universe to go to Europe the place soccer is performed and that’s the world’s recreation and expertise it there versus being right here. So I took our son to Europe to play in Spain when he was he’d been 11. And so he’s been taking part in sometimes each summer season there since he was 11. So when that got here out and the premise was an American teaching soccer. He had by no means performed or coached soccer earlier than it was an fascinating. Clearly, premise and if Brendan Hunt’s historical past and the genius of each Brendan Hunt and Jason Sudeikis. They Make that present and Roy Kent’s gold scenes character is superb.
Katie: That’s superior. I find it irresistible. Effectively, big advice to anyone who hasn’t watched it to observe it, however that’s in fact not the main target of our interview. I’m really actually excited to delve into and be taught from you on the subject of breast implant sickness, as a result of that is one thing within the well being world that I don’t have direct expertise with, however I hear from so many listeners and readers who’ve expertise with or are in at present in sort of the making an attempt to determine it out section of that. And it looks as if it may well go so many various instructions. It will possibly trigger so many various issues within the physique, and it may be actually arduous to pinpoint.
And in addition that there are a number of caveats on how you can appropriately take care of it. And you might be one of many foremost consultants on the planet on this, so I’m very excited to be taught from you on that. However for anyone listening who possibly doesn’t have a full understanding of the subject, earlier than we bounce into specifics, are you able to outline what breast implant sickness is and sort of the basics of what marks that, frequent signs, etcetera?
Dr. Whitfield: So breast implant sickness, as we deal with ladies with it in our clinic, and I attempt to assist clarify it as power irritation. So the explanation as you talked about, it’s a little bit complicated each to the purchasers. Experiencing it and to the supplier who’s making an attempt to assist perceive what they’re their purchasers experiencing. Every system of the physique whether or not it’s your neurologic system your cardiovascular system, your pulmonary system. Your intestine, your muscle tissue and joints. Endocrine system, just about if you happen to simply undergo the listing, a affected person who’s experiencing what we’ve come to time period breast implant sickness has signs in every of these classes.
And so it turns into very complicated for the supplier or a physician of any selection to grasp all of that occurring at one time. And it took many, a few years to get to the place we at the moment are. However in 2016, I had a breast most cancers affected person who finally, I did their explant and helped make them flat as a result of that was their want. And so they had a implant an infection that was undiagnosed previous to and located afterwards on microbiologic examination, which is principally taking like a Q -tip and doing a little bit swab and letting it develop on a plate in an incubator. It’s fairly stunning for me, so I felt inquisitive about that, , and needed to attempt to higher characterize that my sister’s a breast most cancers survivor and I by no means would have needed anyone to have missed something on any affected person, not to mention clearly my sister. That affected person put me on, I consider a Fb group that finally led to many many sufferers self referring themselves to me.
And quick ahead we began using PCR which a lot of the viewers will perceive after the pandemic is a really particular check to assist acknowledge the DNA and this we use to test the scar capsules from the affected person towards an entire sequence of DNA from micro organism and fungus and micro bacterium. And so in my expertise of over about 1600 now that roughly is about 30% of the samples we check. In order that leaves this, if we are saying 70% uncategorized and so what does that basically imply in that setting and in my expertise with useful genetics so we do saliva testing for genetics, we do meals sensitivity testing and GI maps for intestine microbiome, we have a look at hormone balancing, and we have a look at one thing referred to as whole toxicity check. And every of these gives a component to characterize what varieties of toxins whether or not they’re environmental, whether or not they’re a mould toxin or heavy steel toxin, whether or not they have a set off of their weight loss plan or they’ve a extremely important downside with their intestine possibly they’ve leaky intestine for some motive. Perhaps they took a number of antibiotics for infections over time or possibly they took Accutane as an adolescent for zits that might result in some intestine issues.
You are taking all of that and paint the image to supply the most important broadest understanding of what that particular person’s experiencing versus only a common blood check to take a look at their blood depend or what we name their sed fee or CRP, which don’t all the time actually paint an image of what’s occurring in a affected person with breast implant sickness. So the top recreation for me is to take a look at how a lot irritation they’re experiencing, and I characterize it as power irritation with the implant taking part in a job.
Katie: I like that you just’re testing for all these issues as a result of that most likely helps folks uncover root trigger issues that will or could not even be associated to the breast implant sickness however are essential to handle. And it looks as if this time period has solely entered the kind of mainstream dialog a little bit bit lately, however that girls have been reporting signs for a extremely very long time. And I’m curious, is there any solution to know what proportion of ladies who get breast implants will expertise signs? Do you suppose it all the time creates some sort of like low mendacity irritation or do some ladies really do completely superb with it?
Dr. Whitfield: So the best way I characterize it’s there’s a sure genetic profile that undoubtedly places you at greater danger. And thru our clinic and dealing with genetics from the DNA firm out of Toronto, we’ve recognized a genetic archetype that undoubtedly will expertise extra signs. They’ve problem with their vitamin D metabolism, their methylation pathways, their use of glutathione of their physique, and their antioxidant pathways. And these set them as much as have extra hassle as a result of that’s how their immune system features. And consider the analogy as if you happen to solely have a lot room in a bucket and you retain filling the bucket up and finally the bucket overflows and you’ll’t handle it anymore. So at that time you turn out to be an increasing number of symptomatic. There could also be numerous occasions that set off that however finally you exceed your means to carry out cleansing if you wish to make it that airplane.
Katie: Received it. In order that sounds much like like, I do know totally different useful medication medical doctors have had totally different theories of kind of like autoimmunity or irritation the place when you have like a tub or a bucket, many issues can go into that. However as soon as it reaches its overflow level, you’re gonna see signs. They simply will specific kind of dependent in your genetic predisposition or no matter irritation you have already got current in your physique is the place you’re most likely going to see it first is that sort of the identical factor with this whereas wherever that you just already may need a weak point or irritation, it’s extra prone to kind of present up there if you happen to add implants to the combination.
Dr. Whitfield: Yeah, identical. The analogy is simply you could have a lot capability, you exceed capability, and you then begin turning into symptomatic. Folks will specific it in another way. I imply, the intestine is often a place to begin for this as a result of there’s a lot lymphatic tissue within the intestine.
Katie: Is sensible. Okay. In order a basic advice, and I do know each affected person is individualized and each particular person is totally different, however would you say that on the whole, like the danger and advantages of getting breast implants, that it could be preferable to not get them on the whole if a girl’s pre-eminent within the determination making course of? Would you advise towards it at this level?
Dr. Whitfield: So for about from 05 till 19, I simply targeted on oncologic reconstruction for breast most cancers and different types of most cancers. So we all the time had very prolonged discussions, particularly if somebody confirmed up with. Historical past of autoimmune illness or household historical past of autoimmune illness they usually within the dialogue of an implant. It’s a must to clarify as finest you possibly can to that affected person like this can be a troublesome state of affairs for you and clarify all of the choices. I fortuitously carried out a sort of reconstruction with the particular person’s personal tissue referred to as the D I E P free flap that left itself for me to be extra sub specialised in that space and I did a restricted variety of implants after which I corrected a number of failed implant reconstructions. So I simply would have the dialog.
Many occasions folks, as soon as defined they’ll come to a conclusion on their very own versus you don’t wish to you wish to have shared determination making. You don’t wish to like, that is what you must do, or that is what you possibly can’t do. You wish to ensure they’re knowledgeable they usually can come to their very own. Educated determination about.
Katie: That is smart with knowledgeable consent and truly understanding the danger and advantages being an enormous issue for this for certain. It looks as if possibly it’s simply that we’re listening to extra about this as ladies are extra speaking about it extra lately, however it looks as if from the surface there is likely to be a rise in breast implant sickness lately, or at the least, like I mentioned the dialog round it. Do you suppose we’re really seeing a rise in it? And if that’s the case, why do you suppose that’s?
Dr. Whitfield: Effectively, there’s undoubtedly extra consciousness based mostly on the variety of greater profile ladies having explants after which reporting their experiences, whether or not it’s Danica Patrick or Lauren Bostic, everyone who’s sharing whether or not or not they really feel it was breast implant sickness is simply making an attempt to be, I really feel extra open about the entire explant course of. So I really feel that’s raised the profile and definitely I get requested much more in fact my focus has been making an attempt to unravel this as an issue. So by advantage of that I get a number of referrals and visitor appearances on reveals as a result of that’s my focus.
Katie: Is sensible. And I undoubtedly wish to get into, I do know you could have an entire protocol and course of for serving to ladies recuperate from breast implant sickness. Earlier than we get into that, if ladies are for both like put up most cancers or simply put up, I do know after having six infants, there was big adjustments there for me. Ladies who simply need a change there however are probably cautious about implants, are there some other viable choices that you just see pretty much as good choices at this level that girls can select apart from implants?
Dr. Whitfield: We do holistic transformations with fats. A lot like a Brazilian butt elevate, we will do this for the breasts. I’ve completed that my complete profession. So if you happen to’re simply searching for a change of a cup dimension, that might be essentially the most holistic approach to do this. Should you’re searching for greater than a cup dimension, I haven’t positioned implants in over three years. So for me, you possibly can have a fats switch and a further switch and that can sometimes get you the place you wish to go. If somebody has a really specific thought course of in regards to the look change they need with a a lot a lot fuller higher maintain and that’s principally the purview of an implant. And so I don’t do this and I clarify that very plainly. That’s not how a pure breast appears. So there’s not something past that. Once I do these explants, I do present choices for lifts to handle pores and skin laxity, reshape the breast, enhance the nipple place so it’s at a younger stage after which actually offering fats again to supply extra quantity albeit in a approach that’s extra pure as a result of it has to adapt to the present breast tissue. That’s the transformation we will present at one time.
Katie: Received it. Okay, so it’s good to know there are alternatives which can be simply not going to recreate the potential expertise of an implant itself, however that there are literally extra pure choices which that’s nice to know and set up.
Dr. Whitfield: Proper, as a result of the implant itself could be very stiff. Relative to your individual tissues, your pure tissues.
Katie: Received it. And I assume on the finish of the day, additionally for context for folks anytime there’s an implant you might be placing a overseas substance into the physique, which I assume the physique might have different reactions to, however that doesn’t regardless of the response, that is nonetheless a overseas substance that the physique goes to work together with not directly, proper? As a result of I do know ladies have been advised for a very long time, particularly up to now a long time, that it was utterly secure or that there was no danger to implants particularly with differing kinds. I’ve heard totally different variations of that however on the finish of the day, to me it looks as if that is nonetheless a overseas substance that you just’re placing in your physique.
Dr. Whitfield: Positive. Or anyone goes, your physique goes to have a response to something. So it doesn’t matter if it’s a knee implant, a hip implant, a breast implant, a shoulder implant, a cardiac implant. All people has a response as a result of your immune system acknowledges it as overseas, so in fact it reacts. It builds a scar round it. It causes a overseas physique response. In order that’s been identified endlessly. So, um, everyone’s, , genetic make-up and the way they detoxify of their environments and the air they breathe, the water they drink, the meals they eat make a distinction in how that performs out of their physique.
Katie: Okay, so I’d like to now discuss options for ladies who’ve implants and possibly are experiencing among the issues that you just’ve talked about. It looks as if that is possibly a multi half dialog in that there’s the explant half, after which there’s nonetheless the even as soon as the implants are eliminated, there’s nonetheless the reactions that could possibly be occurring within the physique that additionally should be addressed.
However possibly let’s begin with the explant process, as a result of it looks as if inside this realm, there’s additionally some nuance that’s not as broadly talked about, in regards to the totally different ways in which they are often eliminated and a few issues to be actually cautious about throughout that course of. And I don’t really feel like if a girl simply walks into any regular surgeon she would possibly get that full vary of data. So what do ladies want to pay attention to in the event that they’re contemplating explant?
Dr. Whitfield: Effectively, I feel the expertise we’ve had is within the first a number of hundred I did, we did full removing of the specimen as intact as attainable. As a result of there was and nonetheless is that this affiliation with lymphoma in sure varieties of implants. So lymphoma can develop round an implant. Contained in the capsule of the affected person. So it’s not exterior within the tissues, particularly if it’s caught early. However with the intention to take away all that, you don’t wish to for lack of a greater phrase, piecemeal it out. So I attempt to take all these out intact and I all the time have.
And in my expertise, about one in a thousand of my sufferers have had a lymphoma. After which about, as I discussed earlier than 30% have an an infection. So in essence we’re simply making an attempt to take that materials out rigorously, safely, and that ought to finish any of that immune response at that time if it’s coming from that gadget. And , I did that for a number of hundred, like I mentioned after which on the again finish folks would nonetheless have signs of power irritation. And that’s actually how we reverse engineered the testing and all the things. And all of the items come along with toxicity testing and meals testing and intestine testing and your genetics.
So while you do all of that now as an alternative of doing on the again finish, we preemptively do it. Due to the size of time between my bookings and consultations we’ve got time to work with sufferers. And I’ve a holistic practitioner who gives detox for them previous to any surgical procedures so we’ll decrease your irritation. After which based mostly on check outcomes, actually establish the opposite root causes of irritation and work with you on these. We do cleansing utilizing cell core merchandise. And so we’re actually making an attempt to get everyone on a stage taking part in discipline in order that once they have an explant surgical procedure and irregardless of it’s, I can’t do everyone’s explant. So you possibly can run my program remotely.
However relying on what you’re having you possibly can have that surgical procedure which is a finite interval however the interval of cleansing can vary from a number of months to a yr. It simply relies on what every affected person is going through with and their check outcomes, how that therapy plan is developed on our finish.
After which for true long run wellness, you wish to deal with these issues. You miss 100% of the belongings you don’t check for on a regular basis. And as soon as them and may help present a therapy plan, then that affected person I feel they really feel essentially the most snug in that setting. So that you’ve recognized the opposite root causes for them. They’ve goal proof of that. They’re not being positioned on particular diets with out motive or benefit, they’re not being given sure dietary supplements with out this report and that helps them I feel really feel like we’re closely invested within the final result. We’re not simply offering surgical companies after which transferring you out. We do all this inside our clinic house. After which if of us are right here in Austin with us, we’ve got a really particular post-op program the place folks come into my workplace for lymphatic therapeutic massage and hyperbaric oxygen remedy. Clearly, they’ll see me as a result of we’re right here after which, , in the event that they journey again after per week to their state or their metropolis, wherever they’re from, we observe up both nearly or in particular person, , given the logistics of their journey. So it’s a really nicely rounded complete program at this level.
Katie: That’s superior. And I’ll ensure, I do know that you’ve got this on-line details about it. I’ll ensure that’s linked within the present notes. I want that was frequent observe to handle the inflammatory facet of the genetics and truly check for that with any sort of surgical procedure. I do know we’re not there but fairly throughout the board in medication, however I like that you just provide that even remotely so that girls who aren’t capable of get to Austin can nonetheless get among the advantages of addressing the power irritation facet, even pre and put up op. I feel that might most likely enhance outcomes drastically. And it doesn’t seem to be we’re seeing this really throughout most types of medication at this level.
Dr. Whitfield: This can be a mixing of my allopathic coaching and useful medication and surgical procedure and the expertise with this downside, which is a reasonably fascinating downside I’ve to say it’s I’ve all the time been fairly curious and making an attempt to unravel issues from a most cancers perspective with totally different surgical maneuvers. This has been extra of a problem to determine what are the opposite causes and how you can deal with them. I knew for a very long time that genetics performed a job, however it’s taken years to get the testing ramped as much as subtle stage the place we will really have a number of confidence and say these are the components. Now I really feel superb about it.
Katie: And I like that you just’re trying on the genetic facet, and I’d guess that is extra you’re trying past only for a implant ladies who’ve the BRCA gene. Are there different genes that come into play right here, and what are you while you delve right into a affected person’s genetics to see in the event that they, I’d guess you have a look at this earlier than to see in the event that they’re a great candidate for the surgical procedure to start with, but additionally that there’s most likely genetic components you’re addressing earlier than, throughout, and after. So what are you on the genetic facet?
Dr. Whitfield: Proper, while you have a look at genetics and what we’re making an attempt to judge. We’re all the time hoping to establish specifics associated to immunity. And when you could have these you then’ll perceive how they detoxify. So in your consider immunity and the elements of immunity that we’re is the way you metabolize vitamin D. Now ladies have a number of hassle with vitamin D on the whole and it results in a number of issues as you’d think about osteoporosis so you possibly can have hassle changing vitamin D2 to D3 which is lively after which you possibly can have hassle absorbing it after which getting it to its receptor so it may be utilized.
So we use vitamin D3K2 and the vitamin D is essential for lots of mobile features and calcium absorption. So if you happen to don’t have correct calcium absorption so that you get hypo calcemic on a regular basis, you’ll have a number of muscle weak point and spasm and or cramping. And if you’ll lengthen intervals of time the place your vitamin D is poor or you possibly can’t soak up otherwise you’ll get the shortage the power to make your bones robust and clearly osteoporosis is an finish trigger of getting that kind of an issue.
Methylation issues about, , we’ll say roughly a 3rd of the inhabitants has an issue with methylation. In order that’s particularly taking issues like Vitamin B9 and Vitamin B12. And attaching the methyl group as a chemical group.S o which you can make the most of them higher and I don’t methylate nicely. So issues like extended intervals of bodily exertion like if I have been to run a marathon, or alternatively if I have been to get a viral sickness I’d expertise longer intervals of irritation as a result of my B nutritional vitamins as a result of I don’t methylate nicely, it’s more durable for me to make the most of them for mobile vitality. In order that’s a part methylation.
After which after we’re doing and interested by how our liver works, particularly glutathione and our liver is used to bind up a number of these chemical substances we talked about from issues like glyphosates that are principally herbicides which can be used to deal with meals that’s grown. Issues like phthalates that are issues that make plastic bottles firmer so consider like a plastic water bottle. And every of these, simply to call a few them and parabens and girls’s well being merchandise so in fact try to be paraben free and issues like that while you’re utilizing merchandise as a result of they have an effect on a girl’s endocrine system and it may well have an effect on principally your estrogen stability. So when your physique combines these items within the glutathione pathway we’ll say it helps detoxify you and when you have a limitation of that, very similar to the bucket analogy, when it will get full and you’ll’t do it anymore you then get extra symptomatic
After which lastly the antioxidants portion of your immune system consider vitamin C as an antioxidant Tocotrienols are like vitamin E so like consider like vitamin E and vitamin C are essential. This immune pathway. So everyone’s heard of like emergency has a bunch of vitamin C in it. And all of us like we’re taught as a child take vitamin C while you’re sick as a result of it’ll aid you recuperate.
So when you have a limitation in that pathway, the issues that your physique produces on a mobile stage construct up after which can’t get eradicated so that you turn out to be much less environment friendly at vitality manufacturing so it’s possible you’ll get an increasing number of fatigue. So consider having all of these issues with vitamin D, the methylation pathway ,glutathione and antioxidants. And that’s an image of a poor detoxifier.
After which in my purchasers who clearly are feminine, if they’ve an issue with estrogen, possibly they’re estrogen dominant. That could be a actually dangerous mixture. So you then’ll have much more problem with cleansing as a result of you’ll have a lot estrogen and manufacturing of estrogen metabolites that additional make it difficult to detoxify. It’s simply such a nasty, stew if you’ll such as you put all that collectively. And that’s actually difficult for anyone to take care of and you then add an implant to it that creates extra irritation. So that you’re including all these various factors collectively and that makes the scenario occur for breast implant sickness or power irritation.
Katie: Received it. And as you mentioned, I really feel like an increasing number of excessive profile ladies are sharing their tales with breast implant sickness and speaking very overtly about this. So I’d guess there are folks listening who could also be questioning if they’ve some signs of breast implant sickness or questioning if that might be a priority for them sooner or later. So when somebody involves you in that making an attempt to determine it out stage, is there like a protocol that you just stroll them by way of or the place do you begin with somebody who is worried that they may have breast implant sickness? You’ve touched on a number of the elements of your protocol, however what do you do when somebody involves you and is worried?
Dr. Whitfield: So certain, , the interview course of it’s very enlightening, , by way of talking with purchasers about it from, , what we think about in our clinic to be the leaping off level is genetically, how do you detoxify? So we’ll ask questions on or associated to these pathways, so folks sometimes have signs inside these and it’ll all make sense when you hearken to about have they got issues with irritation and their neurologic signs so they could have gentle or sound sensitivity, they could have a number of hassle with headache, if you happen to simply speak to them about their coronary heart and lungs, they could have tightness or shortness of breath rather a lot. And, , they usually could have palpitations or like, it looks like their coronary heart fee is racing rather a lot. In your nervous system, there may be all types of issues. I’ve had folks report, , tremors neuropathic ache the place it looks like their extremities or legs and arms are like burning they’ll have shocky ache in simply on the whole of their legs and arms they’ll have muscle ache, they’ll have joint ache. Pores and skin rashes generally is a huge, huge, huge downside on this group that don’t make any sense to any dermatologists they don’t observe any path. There’s not a particular, . Factor they’ll nail down so they offer a steroid and it might get higher or could not get higher. And many individuals could get placed on a nearly like a chemotherapeutic agent to dam their immune response and that helps a little bit bit however finally your physique figures that out and it navigates round that.
So just about if you happen to can consider a system and what could possibly be infected and bothersome, , after which in fact just like the your GI tract has a ton of lymphatic tissue. So stomach swelling or bloating, constipation, and diarrhea, reflux simply all these various things can occur and it simply it turns into overwhelming to the shopper. After which they’ve, as we mentioned this, that often my purchasers have are available due to this. So I not often see any individual who’s simply sort of on a reality discovering tour. Now they’ve, they present up fairly clear in regards to the course of they usually’re simply curious extra about how my particular program can work to assist them. However and people have been just like the itemizing of signs and more often than not they arrive in, and I’ve already actually articulated this very nicely. They’re nearly as nicely educated as I’m in regards to the topic at this level.
Katie: Which might be superior to you to see as a physician. I say usually on the finish of the day, we’re our personal major healthcare suppliers and one of the best outcomes occur after we work with actually skilled practitioners who’ve particular data, however the duty nonetheless lies in us because the sufferers to make the day by day selections and do the issues which can be gonna enhance our well being. So I’d guess together with your strategy, it looks as if you’ll really be inspired to work with sufferers who’ve an understanding of this, who’ve completed the analysis and who’re keen to take the steps towards really recovering.
Dr. Whitfield: Yeah, I imply, we’ve put by way of a present like yours and different appearances I’ve made in addition to our personal reveals. I’ve tried to essentially lay out a really clear understanding of this in order that it’s not as difficult to observe alongside. And I really feel it’s helped there’s nonetheless a protracted solution to go actually about schooling on it from the shopper facet and the supplier facet. We’re making headway, we’re all the time transferring ahead.
Katie: So for the sufferers that you just really see which can be conscious that they most likely have signs and that they wish to get their implants eliminated, what does the explant course of appear like? As a result of like I mentioned, I’ve no firsthand expertise with this, however it sounds just like the explant course of can really be a extra intensive restoration at occasions than the implant course of itself and that there are extra issues there. So what ought to somebody count on in the event that they select to get an explant surgical procedure for the restoration course of, for the prep, and for all that goes into that?
Dr. Whitfield: Proper, so we’ll take the prep half first from the time we’ve got a go to, nicely attempt to spotlight particular issues inside the interview course of about these signs we talked about particularly within the immune system and it’ll work to create a therapy plan based mostly on that. And we’ll work to get testing completed that can assist you perceive your root causes of why you could have a lot irritation bear in mind the implant’s only one part of it. As soon as that’s recognized we work by way of nearly if you’ll section one detox course of together with dietary supplements of mine that decrease irritation. And since we’ve got so many sufferers with so many issues with their guts my complement routine is generally a liquid. You maintain in your mouth for 30 seconds, whether or not it’s the vitamin D3K2, are B advanced, our glutathione. The one factor you possibly can’t actually do the antioxidant aside from vitamin C after which we’ve got one thing particularly to assist your mitochondria. These themselves could have decrease irritation. Additionally they facilitate the toxicity testing so as soon as that’s again you possibly can then construct out a detox protocol that we name our section one detox protocol with Cellcore. And that’s ran and so which may be from the time that go to initially occurs until testing and detox, which may be a couple of months. And you then’re in a a lot better place as a result of we don’t function on of us who’re constipated, having tons of intestine hassle, as a result of we’re not gonna make that higher.
We wish to get everyone doing higher earlier than surgical intervention as a result of decreasing irritation is the aim of the complete of what we’re doing. Surgical procedure is a side of it however preparation’s essential to have one of the best outcomes after which when sufferers come right here to have surgical procedure with me, they’ll see us we’ll go over all the things after which the medicines that we use across the time of surgical procedure are additional meant to decrease irritation, cut back nausea, cut back nerve ache.
After which we use within the working room after an explant is finished on one facet, native anesthetic that lasts a couple of week. So most of my sufferers don’t use a lot of any narcotic. And people purchasers don’t wish to have narcotics, , on the whole they’re involved about them which we perceive. After which every day after that once they come to the clinic right here in Austin, they’re having a expertise the place they’re getting hyperbaric therapy or they’re getting lymphatic therapeutic massage and that additional helps get the method moved alongside. For us the X -ray course of is barely totally different I don’t ever use drain tubes in these surgical procedures anymore. It will be uncharacteristic for me to make use of one we simply depend on the physique’s lymphatic drainage system to deal with that so we don’t actually have issues with infections we’re not utilizing drainage, which is a overseas drain, which is a overseas physique. We don’t use some other antibiotics. So there’s a number of respect given to intestine well being after which clearly consolation for the affected person.
You understand, at that time, after a couple of week right here they’re able to return in the event that they’re not native to us, which about 80% of my purchasers are out of state at this level or in a foreign country. After which they return dwelling with a observe up remotely sometimes with our service each for detox and our observe for surgical observe up. After which I attempt to see of us at intervals of three, six, 9, and 12 months now as a result of the logistics clearly not everyone goes to make it in particular person, however we do wish to have that connection every time attainable.
Katie: That’s superior and undoubtedly looks as if a really distinctive strategy that takes into consideration the entire affected person much more. And doubtless, I’d guess, provides you a lot better outcomes. What about for sufferers who’re both nonetheless with knowledgeable consent contemplating getting implants and or have implants and are attempting to keep away from really getting them eliminated however possibly are nonetheless having signs? Are there any issues that may assist if a girl nonetheless chooses to get implants or if she has them and doesn’t wish to get them eliminated?
Dr. Whitfield: Positive, I feel the expertise we’ve had with that could be a group of purchasers like that wish to do cleansing with us as a part of our protocol, however not have an explant. Proper? In order that they’re making an attempt to decrease irritation and do cleansing.
We really feel like that has a job and it actually relies on the affected person how massive a change that’ll expertise. As a result of if you happen to nonetheless have the gadget and the gadget is taking part in a job, how huge or small that function is that’s what we don’t know. So actually, I really feel just like the quickest rising group of purchasers in my observe is those that wish to run our packages with or with out. To allow them to’t come right here, they’re conscious of this system, they wish to benefit from what we provide, which is exclusive by way of prep and after with detox. In order that’s a quite common scenario for us after which I’ve an entire group of folks that wish to get endorsed about what they need to do previous to or in the event that they’re a great candidate for augmentation after which I really feel like that dialog of understanding utterly the ramifications based mostly on their genetics and different parameters. Is that a good suggestion for them or not?
Katie: That is smart. Do you suppose that with extra consciousness about this, we’ll see a decline within the variety of ladies who wish to get implants and or if ladies are going to proceed to get them on the identical charges? What future developments do you anticipate for the therapy of breast implant sickness?
Dr. Whitfield: I don’t know that we’ll see a considerable fee of change as a result of there’s two typical peaks, one when of us are youthful between say 18 and 25 and one once they’re older between 30 and we’ll say 40. So there’s this sort of double peak and one has to do with maturity, , merging into maturity and wanting a bodily change having that, , dialog.
The second peak is after having kids and breastfeeding, physique adjustments searching for extra of a rejuvenation of whether or not it’s the breast or admin or what have you ever. So I don’t understand how considerably these two peaks will change to be sincere. I do suppose we’re offering much better knowledgeable consent and our clinic relating to , augmentation with your individual tissue versus augmentation with the gadget. And so I’m comfortable to clarify both to any affected person and simply with the caveat is I don’t place implants anymore. I did for a protracted time period because it associated to most cancers reconstruction and cosmetics however the final three years I haven’t as a result of this has been our focus and offering a listing of transformations with your individual fats.
Katie: Gotcha. Okay. That’s good to know. And like I mentioned to start with, that there are different choices as nicely even for ladies who nonetheless wish to pursue some type of augmentation, however don’t wish to put one thing overseas of their physique. It’s nice to know that there really are choices there now. I’d guess that contemplating all the things we’ve established about implants being a possible contributor to irritation and to all these issues inside the physique, that girls see some actually profound outcomes once they’re capable of deal with each the implants themselves and the irritation that’s linked to them. So I’d love to listen to if you happen to’re keen to share some tales out of your sufferers or simply what you see on the whole as kind of the outcomes of ladies having explant surgical procedure and addressing the irritation.
Dr. Whitfield: Effectively, I feel that’s been the, , journey proper? Making an attempt to characterize these individuals who do nicely instantly like, why does that occur versus those that take 9 months or eighteen months? No matter, nonetheless many months it takes to get higher.
And that boils again right down to , this system created which is my holistic accelerated restoration program and appears at genetics. So if you happen to’re a nasty actor by way of detox, it’ll take longer. Should you’ve received a number of exposures together with like poisonous mould publicity which a number of our purchasers do. One other troublesome one is lyme illness. So there’s all these various things that , enter into the equation and might , lengthen your restoration. As a result of the very last thing you must do is have somebody, , come go to us and have the expectation is. Effectively, that is all I’ve to do and I’m gonna be superb as a result of I can let you know that’s not the case in upwards of 70% of my sufferers. So there’s a number of work to be completed and I don’t use the phrase trivially as a result of it’s a number of work on the a part of the sufferers to undergo and have a look at every part which may be affecting them of their weight loss plan or their environments. The merchandise they use, the Air high quality.
I imply folks simply take without any consideration that the air is okay or the water is okay. We shouldn’t I imply the air in Austin the place I’m particularly has a excessive mould depend simply on the whole. So, , there’s a number of issues that go into programmatically serving to them from a wellness standpoint in order that once they crap come have surgical procedure and are within the restoration course of that they’re going to get to the top level. And everyone’s, , for lack of a greater phrase, extra stage on how rapidly they get there. So it’s not a matter of if I’m going to get higher, it’s simply when is that going to occur? How lengthy is that going to absorb my case? And that’s the hole we’re all the time making an attempt to work on and shorten for everyone as a result of no one’s focused on taking longer to recuperate.
Katie: And for people who find themselves , the place can they discover out extra about your packages and in addition working with you in the event that they wish to undergo the explant course of? I’ll put hyperlinks, in fact within the present notes, however for anyone who’s on that journey, the place can they discover you?
Dr. Whitfield: So I’ve a present, Breast Implant Sickness with Dr. Whitfield on Apple and Spotify that explains our course of and goes by way of essentially the most generally requested questions. Then I’ve deal with on Instagram at breast implant sickness consultants after which a URL on the web breastimplantillnessexpert.com. You possibly can fill out a contact kind, you possibly can take a quiz to see how related your signs are in affiliation with breast implant sickness.
After which actually, anybody who feels clearly compelled to simply get in touch or go to us, you possibly can come see us in Austin and um I look ahead to opening up and having an increasing number of contact with purchasers across the nation and around the globe. Shifting into an increasing number of I had any individual from Australia name me final week and Cyprus and I get a number of Canadian purchasers in addition to all of our US based mostly purchasers. So I’m all the time comfortable to assist wherever I can.
Katie: Like I mentioned, all these hyperlinks might be within the present notes for you guys listening. You’ll find that every one at wellnessphama.com. I’m so inspired to listen to that you’re addressing the entire potential causes of irritation and even the genetic facet which has been a analysis venture for me for the previous decade. I feel that is an space that a number of ladies are having questions on and wanting to seek out solutions on. So I like that you’re there as a useful resource and have so many sources for ladies to have the ability to pursue even when they aren’t capable of work with you straight.And there’s a couple of questions I like to ask on the finish of interview.
Dr. Whitfield: Positive
Katie: The primary being, if there’s books or variety of books that had a profound influence on you personally and if that’s the case what they’re and why?
Dr. Whitfield: I feel one which affected me rather a lot about weight loss plan is Metabolical. It’s written by a pediatric endocrinologist and actually describes simply there have been a number of documentaries and issues about meals, however it’s I discovered that one to be significantly fascinating after which I assume I learn too many books about entrepreneurship and enterprise. That’s like, , who not how is a crucial guide to me on this occasion, , it’s essential that I’m doing this work, however we want extra folks like me doing this work.
Katie: Superior. Effectively, I’ll hyperlink to each of these as nicely. And lastly, any parting recommendation for the listeners that could possibly be associated to the issues we’ve talked about or totally unrelated life recommendation that you just discover useful.
Dr. Whitfield: Positive, if you happen to can’t come go to me or not fairly prepared, issues you possibly can take steps to do instantly are minimize gluten out of your weight loss plan, dairy out of your weight loss plan, don’t drink beer or wine as a result of every of these has dangerous issues in them. And , actually take into consideration the place you reside, your air high quality, your water, actually attempt to eat in a approach that eliminates processed meals. And that’s a solution to decrease irritation and you can begin that in the present day.
Katie: Effectively, like I mentioned to start with I’m so grateful that there are folks such as you who’re serving to ladies deal with this. And I like that your strategy is so complete and such a helpful useful resource. I hope that many individuals get to attach with you and discover solutions by way of your work. And I’m so grateful in your time and for all that you just’ve shared in the present day.
Dr. Whitfield: Thanks for having me. It’s been enjoyable.
Katie: And thanks as all the time to all of you for listening and sharing your most respected sources, your time, your vitality, and your consideration with us in the present day. We’re each so grateful that you just did and I hope that you’ll be a part of me once more on the following episode of the Wellness Mama.
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