110 | The Truth About Breast Implant Illness & Explant Surgery with Amanda Porta

Today McLean is joined by holistic beauty coach and advocate for BII (Breast Implant Illness) awareness, Amanda Porta. She’s here to share her story, from getting breast plants in her 20s, selling implants as her career, to the dozens of symptoms she then suffered from for years, and eventually finding healing with getting an explant surgery. She’s now a patient advocate for women going through Breast Implant Illness, having gone through the illness herself, she has explanted, detoxed, healed, and can guide women through their own explant journeys. She has advised thousands of women around the world from celebrities to athletes to prominent businesswomen that have trusted her expertise to support them through this health crisis. She and McLean discuss the history and types of implants, the lack of informed consent with implants, and how they can even affect breastfeeding. Her story is amazing; she went from unknowingly selling the very thing that was making her sick, to now helping other women find healing. 

In this episode of Mother The Mother:

• Amanda’s journey from getting breast implant illness in her 20s, to finding healing years later
• What breast implant illness is and how it manifests into many different symptoms
• How societal beauty standards have pushed many women to desire implants
• The history of implants and why saline isn’t any safer than silicone 
• Why doctors continue to gaslight and ignore women who are suffering from breast implant illness
• Hope for those struggling with implant symptoms

McLean’s Resources: 

• Instagram: @motherthemother
• Website: www.motherthemother.com 

Follow Amanda: 

• Instagram: @theholisticbeautycoach, @freethetatazorg, @kevinbrennermd, @breastteam

Ways to be held by McLean: 

Sovereign Society: This is a space for you to be with whatever you are going through in the present moment. McLean has created this Sovereign Sisterhood for those of you who want support and community as you question the mainstream narratives and are now curious about homeschool, pods, online, and outdoor school resources. Join here!

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Treating Yourself: 

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I see you, I hear you, I love you.

Jai Ma. 

Xo - McLean

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions