Dr. Mark Hyman
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You've said some of the neuropathies, headaches, POTS, things like that.
So it's a concern.
So I think that what I really kind of want to dive into now is kind of the work you're doing and what you've discovered.
Because after listening to this, I'm sure many women who are listening who want breast implants are disappointed or have implants or are freaked out.
They're like going, what do I do now?
I don't want to get sick.
Or if I am sick, do I have to take these things out?
And what am I going to do?
Because, you know, it's going to affect how I look and how I feel about myself.
And, you know, it's a big deal.
It's not just like, oh, geez, you've got a wart.
Take it off and big deal.
Like, you know, because I'm dealing, I deal with this regularly because I treat a lot of patients regularly.
who have autoimmune disease, who are sick, who have breast implants.
And it's always like, it's always the hardest thing for me to say, listen, I think we tried everything.
And I think it's time you really explore this because this could be a factor and there's no way to prove it.
Although there was a lab in Germany that was actually testing for remunerative silicone and other things.
So
You know, there are ways of potentially actually doing immunological testing to see.
There's ways to check how your white blood cells react to the silicone or your antibodies.