Published:

11/14/2011 09:43am

The Naked Truth About Breast Implants, Condensed Version

The Naked Truth About Breast Implants, Condensed Version
Susan E. Kolb, M.D., F.A.C.S, A.B.I.H.M.
Plastikos Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Millennium Healthcare
4370 Georgetown Sq., Atlanta, Georgia 30338
770-457-4677
www.templeofhealth.ws

Mystery schools throughout the ages have taught that when a new problem emerges in human consciousness, the solution will arise as well. The idea that problems arise for humanity to solve is found in many esoteric traditions. Discovering the solutions to such problems advances humanity to a higher level of consciousness. As we learn to solve problems and overcome obstacles, we begin to recognize a spiritual force behind the events that shape our lives. We come to realize that we are part of a greater plan, and sometimes the roles we play serve a greater good (even though we may not realize it at the time). This philosophy explains the events in my life that gave rise to my calling as a spiritual doctor. In medical school, I planned to study endocrinology, but once there, I was guided instead to become a plastic surgeon. A professor asked me to review the research on complications from breast implants, so I became familiar with this body of scientific research early in my career. Later, while in the Air Force, I felt guided to have Dow Corning silicone gel breast implants, and finally, to replace the silicone with saline breast implants. When later, like thousands of other women, I became ill from my breast implants, I set out to cure myself. In the process I developed treatment protocols that have helped thousands of women, and my medical clinic has become an international center for women recovering from breast implant disease and related systemic immune disorders.
I am a board certified plastic surgeon and a founding diplomat of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Like many of my holistic colleagues, I followed the path of the wounded healer. The wounded healer is an archetype that appears in myths and stories as a physician who falls ill with a serious and unknown illness, and in an effort to heal him or herself, finds a cure that helps others with the same disease. This may be one of the most effective ways for a doctor to explore a new disease that has yet to be characterized by medical science. In my case, recovering from my illness required that I expand my concept of medicine beyond conventional science and learn about holistic and functional medicine.
The wounded healer’s illness often reflects the condition of a sick society. In my case, the political reaction against this disease has been remarkable and still to this day, the very existence breast implant disease is vehemently denied by the majority of plastic surgeons, government agencies and breast implant manufacturers. Despite the largest class action lawsuit in history, a great deal of scientific information and clinical evidence to the contrary, and the suffering of hundreds of thousands of women, the medical industrial establishment continues to assert that complications from breast implants are primarily localized to the chest wall and that they do not cause or contribute to systemic illnesses.
In 1985, I was spiritually guided in meditation to get Dow Corning breast implants. I am frequently directed by inner hearing during meditation, and by this time in my life, I had learned to trust the still small voice. Getting breast implants was easy for me to accomplish since I was a Major in the United States Air Force, and my friend and mentor at a neighboring base was happy to perform this procedure for free. I had no complications initially, other than a left capsular contracture (a tightening of the scar tissue around the implants due to a subclinical infection). Eight years later, however, I began to have immune problems, endocrine disruption, and neurological issues. It was obvious