Below the Surface
Breast Implant Illness: Separating Fact From Fiction: Part 2
March 31, 2020 · 21 min
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A patient shares what breast implants did to her health and why she chose to have them removed.
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In this episode
- A real patient account of living with breast implant illness
- How symptoms changed after explantation surgery
- The gap between large safety studies and individual patient experience
- What the research actually says about implant-related symptoms
About this episode
PART 2 of our series on Breast Implant IllnessBreast implants are some of the most studied medical devices ever! Most major studies say they're safe, yet an increasing number of women with implants report a variety of symptoms that seem to improve when the implants come out. Is it true? What's really happening here? In Part Two of our series we sit down with one of our patients to discuss her experience with breast implants, how they effected her life, and the experience of ex-plantation.
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About Below the Surface
Each week Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Dr. Elliot Hirsch, sits down with patients, celebrities and experts to go below the surface on topics within the field of medicine and current events.
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