Dr. Rob's Solutions for Plastic Surgery and Cosmetic Treatments - Episodes Tagged with “Explant”

Episode 8: Finally Finished With Fat [Candice Barley’s Breast Implant Illness Story - Part 6 ]

Dr. Robert Whitfield, MD — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0500

Candice continues through recovery, shifting her focusing to other aspects of her health such as her passion for fitness. After her failed fat transfer, she finds a new plastic surgeon to fill in misshapen areas with only small amounts of fat.

Dismayed by remaining skin laxity caused by her years of unexplained illnesses and the aging process, Dr. Whitfield details his experience and recommendations for combat skin laxity and promoting collagen synthesis, including radiofrequency microneedling and ALASTIN Regenerating Skin Nectar.

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Special Guest: Candice Michele Barley.

Episode 7: Bumps on the Road to Recovery [Candice Barley's Breast Implant Illness Story - Part 5]

Dr. Robert Whitfield, MD — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0500

As Candice recovers, her challenges continue. Severe adhesions send her to a doctor for scar release sessions, but incorrect practice of the technique causes the scars to tether back down.

Knowing a fat transfer is on the horizon, she searches for the least invasive solution as she has several surgeries under her belt. She finds a doctor who performs non-invasive fat transfers, but he injects way more fat than needed, causing her breasts to swell up and become larger than her implants ever were.

When she develops a fever, she makes an emergency trip to California to return to the fat transfer surgeon, which ends with liquidated fat leaking out of her breasts. Dr. Whitfield weighs in on what went wrong, and why fat isn’t something to fear in the hands of a good surgeon.

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Special Guest: Candice Michele Barley.

Episode 6: My Approach to Healing [Candice Barley’s Breast Implant Illness Story - Part 4]

Dr. Robert Whitfield, MD — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0500

Now that the breast implants are finally out, Candice’s focus is on healing and recovery. With the help of a naturopath, her approach to detox includes vitamin shots, herbs, teas, and supplements. She mostly keeps a Mediterranean diet, avoiding processed foods, dairy, and gluten. But it’s the personal sauna she credits with helping the most.

As Candice outlines the disappearance of her symptoms throughout recovery, Dr. Whitfield weighs in with the scientific background and reiterates the importance of genetics, hormones, and diet.

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Hear the first three episodes in this series on Candice’s BII story
https://www.drrobertwhitfield.com/podcast-15-years-of-mysterious-illness-candice-barleys-story-part-1-episode-13/

https://www.drrobertwhitfield.com/podcast-i-never-thought-my-implants-were-the-problem-candice-barleys-story-part-2-episode-14/

Follow Candice on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/olisticolife/

Special Guest: Candice Michele Barley.

Episode 5: The Search for a Surgeon Who Would Listen [Candice Barley’s Breast Implant Illness Story - Part 3]

Dr. Robert Whitfield, MD — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0500

While searching for the best surgeon to first believe her and then remove her breast implants, Candice relied on Yelp reviews and Facebook groups and met with numerous surgeons. Most would agree to take her implants out, but dismissed the possibility that her implants were causing her symptoms.

After finding a qualified surgeon who listened to her and understood the importance of removing the entire capsule, she moved forward with a total capsulectomy. Recovery was rough, with an infection caused by drains followed by a fever and a pretty miserable few days.

Contrary to common practice, studies show that the use of drains is associated with a higher rate of infection. Hear more from Dr. Whitfield about why drains are not used except for specific circumstances in this third episode covering Candice’s two-decades long ordeal with breast implant illness and her path to healing.

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Hear the first two episodes in this series on Candice’s breast implant illness story
https://www.drrobertwhitfield.com/podcast-15-years-of-mysterious-illness-candice-barleys-story-part-1-episode-13/

https://www.drrobertwhitfield.com/podcast-i-never-thought-my-implants-were-the-problem-candice-barleys-story-part-2-episode-14/

Follow Candice on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/olisticolife/

Special Guest: Candice Michele Barley.

Episode 4: I Never Thought My Implants Were The Problem [Candice Barley’s Breast Implant Illness Story - Part 2]

Dr. Robert Whitfield, MD — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:00:00 -0500

After many years of research, detoxing on her own, and testing for anything and everything she could think of, Candice finally realized her chronic illnesses were breast implant-related and decided to explant.

Just the decision to have surgery made her immediately feel better as she set herself on the path to heal. A few weeks after explant surgery, she finally saw her endocrinologist who was surprised by her new lab results, and canceled the upcoming liver biopsy.

The persistent restless leg syndrome she had for 15 years was gone, but other strange (and smelly) things started happening as her body recovered. In this second episode of our mini-series about breast implant illness, hear why Candice has no regrets about this long, strange journey.

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Listen to Part 1: 15 Years of Mysterious Illness
https://www.drrobertwhitfield.com/podcast-15-years-of-mysterious-illness-candice-barleys-story-part-1-episode-13/

Follow Candice on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/olisticolife/

Special Guest: Candice Michele Barley.

Episode 3: 15 Years of Mysterious Illness [Candice Barley’s Breast Implant Illness Story - Part 1]

Dr. Robert Whitfield, MD — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0500

Within a few months of her first breast augmentation in 2003, Candice Michele Barley began experiencing chronic fatigue. Although she had young children, this was far beyond the usual new mom exhaustion and her doctor dismissed her concerns.

The first implant rupture occurred two years later while doing yard work. She had both implants replaced and like many women do when they get a new set, she went a little larger. Almost right away, restless leg syndrome began keeping her awake at night.

Two years later while riding a roller coaster at her son’s birthday party, another implant ruptured and sent her back to the operating room for another double replacement. After this surgery, heart palpitations and unusual rashes appeared. Still no one considered these problems could be linked to her breast implants.

In 2011, Candice had her 4th breast surgery, swapping saline for the new silicone gel “gummy bear” implants. This was when things really took a turn for the worse.

In this first episode of our mini-series about breast implant illness with actress Candice Michele Barley, hear how after many difficult years of trying to fix her health on her own and find answers she made the decision to have her breast implants removed.

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Candice’s IMDB page
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3816748/

Candice on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/olisticolife/

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Special Guest: Candice Michele Barley.