045: Are Your Breast Implants Making You Sick? Implant Illness, PCOS & Patient Empowerment with Dr. Zen

Mar 30, 2021

Breast implant illness and PCOS diagnoses are on the rise. Today we're talking about what you need to know.

With well-known influencers such as Angie Lee and Mel Robbins sharing their explant experiences, many women have questions and want answers. Here to shed some much-needed light on the topic of breast implant illness is Dr. Alissia Zenhausern (aka Dr. Zen), a naturopathic doctor from Scottsdale Arizona who specializes in women’s health, hormones, and fertility.

Dr. Zen brings so much insight and clinical experience to this conversation and she’s incredibly passionate about women taking a proactive approach to their health. We talk about what breast implant illness is, the signs and symptoms most women experience, and what a detox protocol looks like. We also have a conversation around PCOS, how she treats it and why being an empowered patient is so important.

Episode Highlights: 

• 5:19 What breast implant illness really is and why traditional medicine struggles to diagnosis it 
• 8:52 How to tell if you might have an adverse reaction to implants
• 13:54 The difference between clinical experiences and medical literature
• 18:08 How Dr. Zen approaches patient’s who aren’t sure if they have breast implant illness
• 22:08 Conditions consistently linked to breast impact illness
• 26:28 Existing health conditions that might lead to a reaction to breast implants
• 27:50 Are some breast implants safer than others?
• 29:07 What a detox protocol looks like
• 34:05 What to do if you suspect you might have breast implant illness
• 36:42 Two different alternatives to implants
• 39:01 What PCOS is and how it works in the body
• 44:40 Causes for increased testosterone production in women
• 46:36 The most frequent symptoms of PCOS
• 50:46 What contributes to PCOS manifesting in your body
• 53:30 How you can get in the driver's seat of your own health
• 55:23 Nuances of PCOS and how they affect your treatment plan
• 57:45 What every PCOS patient has in their treatment plan
• 1:02:50 Dr. Zen’s message of hope for women with PCOS
• 1:04:26 Get in touch with Dr. Zen

Links and Resources: 

• Dr. Zen’s Website
• Dr. Zen on Instagram
• Modern Fertility
• DUTCH Test
• Podcast 041: Navigating Infertility: Causes, Testing And Your Options Before IVF

Guest Bio:

Dr. Zen is a naturopathic and is the founder of NMD Wellness of Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. She specializes in women’s health, hormones, and fertility and is passionate about helping women get back into the driver’s seat of their own health.

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