Dr. Mark Hyman

psychology of that how you handle that because i deal with this and i feel uncomfortable to be honest uncomfortable like i'm like god you know this is this is a very personal thing you know i think as a doctor this is affecting your health adversely if you want to not have this autoimmune disease you know i have this woman who's got breast implants and her platelets are like 10 and i'm like everything is just not moving the needle and i'm just like listen this is the thing i think it's causing it but you know what's the threshold that you kind of say okay you've got to do this

Well, that's what I do.

I deep dive on every possible other cause from a functional medicine perspective of what could be causing it, and I get rid of that.

And they're still not better.

So how long after women get an explant surgery do they have to wait before they do some kind of other procedure like a fat transfer?

I think for everybody listening, you know, I can say as a practicing physician that this is a real phenomenon.

The FDA thinks this is a real phenomenon that it can cause a range of symptoms from sort of mild, you know, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction all the way to full-blown autoimmune disease and cancer.

And it's not to be taken lightly, and it's a serious subject because a lot of women have this.

About 5% of women in the country have breast implants, which is a big number.

Many people are thinking of having implants.

So I hope you get to listen to this and understand the risks and kind of wait a minute and pause and wait, maybe wait for these new technologies or use one of these other possible transfer techniques.

You're also thinking about how to really take care of women in a way that's safe and effective.

But your thinking goes far beyond that.

And you're one of the few surgeons that I've ever met that's thinking holistically about surgery, its impact on... And I've had surgery many times, and it's a very scary thing.

There's not a lot of psychological support, and there's not a lot of ritual around it.

There's not a lot of understanding of how it affects you.

I mean, I had massive surgeries about a year ago, and it was a lot.

I have a pretty good constitution and a pretty stable mind, so...

But I remember like, I mean, for mine, it was, you know, it was, it was a very severe thing and I could have died.

And, and, and I remember going into the operating room and, you know, it's just, you know, you're kind of in the hospital, you're in a sterile environment, you're getting wheeled into the operating room.