Breast Implant Illness Master Class | Clinical Training for Practitioners

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February 21, 2026

10 Million Women Need Help with Breast Implant Illness

Danielle Valoras, MPAS, PA-C

Learn to recognize, assess, and manage breast implant illness in your practice
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You're probably already seeing breast implant illness patients, but you might not recognize it.
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Conservative estimates suggest 30% of breast implant recipients develop systemic symptoms
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One in three women with breast implants will develop symptoms
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Breast implants are not inert and never were.
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This Master Class provides the clinical depth to help patients with breast implant illness
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CLASS OVERVIEW

Why Some Patients Aren't Getting Better: The Breast Implant Illness Connection

Between 2005 and 2022, approximately 33 million breast implant procedures were performed globally. Conservative estimates suggest 30% of women with breast implants develop systemic symptoms. That's roughly 10 million women worldwide struggling with fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, joint pain, autoimmune flares, and other symptoms they often attribute to menopause, aging, or something else entirely.

Yet most practitioners haven't been trained to recognize breast implant illness. Standard workups often return normal or inconclusive results. When labs don't clearly point to one condition, practitioners default to symptom-based diagnoses: depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome.

The patient gets labeled with a psychiatric or rheumatologic diagnosis and treated accordingly. But she's managing downstream effects while the inflammatory source—the implant—continues its work.

The clinical challenge: Breast implant illness has a very high misdiagnosis rate. Without asking about implants, without connecting the constellation of symptoms, you're missing what may be the key driver of the entire symptom picture.

By 2032, this population is projected to reach approximately 16 million women worldwide, underscoring the growing need for clinicians trained to recognize and manage implant related health concerns.

All breast implants are linked to rare but serious implant-associated malignancies—including breast implant–associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), breast implant–associated squamous cell carcinoma (BIA-SCC), and other implant-associated lymphomas such as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (BIA-DLBCL)—now formally recognized or acknowledged by regulatory agencies and the World Health Organization.

Why Some Patients Aren't Getting Better (And Why Standard Workups Miss It)

Your patient presents with brain fog, fatigue, joint pain, and hair loss. You run comprehensive labs. Most results look relatively normal or inconclusive. You refer to specialists. They find nothing definitive.

So she gets labeled: anxiety, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome or early menopause. She's prescribed antidepressants, hormone therapy, and anti-inflammatory protocols.

Her improvement is transient, if at all, and her underlying condition remains unaddressed.

She's been to multiple practitioners. She's tried detox protocols, supplement regimens, lifestyle changes. She improves temporarily, then plateaus or regresses. New symptoms emerge. Or old ones creep back with a vengeance.

The problem: You're treating downstream effects while the inflammatory source persists.

Most practitioners have not been trained to recognize breast implant illness. They don't ask about implants. They don't connect the constellation of symptoms. They don't understand that both saline and silicone implants pose immune risks—because the shell, not the fill, is what matters.

And so your patients remain undiagnosed. Misdiagnosed. Trapped in a cycle of treatments that address symptoms but never the cause.

The clinical depth you need to recognize and help these patients has never been systematized or taught. Until now.

Did You Know...

A 2018 study confirmed that over 80% of women experienced improvement or complete resolution of systemic symptoms after explantation.
A 2025 meta-analysis showed higher rates of fatigue, muscle pain,/weakness and cognitive dysfunction in women with implants.
Both saline and silicone implants use the same shell made of medical-grade silicone. The shell — not the fill — is the initial trigger of the immune cascade.
The breast implant capsule can compress nerves, trigger sympathetic overdrive, alter breathing, and cause postural dysfunction.
Implants disrupt the lymphatic system (the body’s waste clearance pathway), which is why detox protocols fail until the inflammatory source is removed.
Asymptomatic patients with textured implants over 10 years old have silent pathology. Imaging by a specialist is essential—even without symptoms.

Understanding the Impact of Breast Implants

Danielle Valoras, MPAS, PA-C, has spent the past eight years focused exclusively on understanding the systemic and structural impacts of breast implants. She's treated hundreds of women with implant-related illness, consulted with experienced plastic surgeons, reviewed pathology from explanted devices, and tracked the research as it emerges.

She's distilled all of that into a comprehensive 5-hour Master Class that provides the clinical depth practitioners need to:

  • Recognize breast implant illness
  • Assess its impact
  • Guide their patients toward recovery

This class will give you new insight into a patient population with stubborn mystery symptoms and change how you approach their care.

COURSE FEATURES

What You'll Learn in This Master Class

5 modules covering the mechanism, assessment, and treatment of breast implant illness

1

Mechanisms of breast implant illness

Understand how implant placement impacts nerves and lymphatics. Learn the immune cascade triggered by silicone leaching and why both saline and silicone implants pose identical risks.

2

How to Recognize Breast Implant Illness

Learn the symptoms that mimic thyroid disease, autoimmune disorders, and fibromyalgia. Understand why asymptomatic patients have silent pathology.

3

Red Flags and Dangerous Misdiagnoses

Identify markers for breast implant-associated lymphoma and other malignancies. Understand why textured and older implants require urgent assessment.

4

Clinical Assessment That Actually Works

Learn proper physical exam protocols for implant patients. Understand which imaging to order—and why mammography is not the answer.

5

The Foundational Treatment Approach

Discover why explant with total capsulectomy is the gold standard. Learn the foundational triad: nutrition, mitochondrial support, and drainage pathway support.

6

Why Surveillance Matters

Learn FDA surveillance guidelines and the importance of baseline imaging. Develop a systematic approach to protecting your patient population from silent disease progression.
 
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
 

Danielle Valoras, MPAS, PA-C

Danielle Valoras, MPAS, PA-C, has spent the past eight years focused exclusively on understanding the systemic and structural impacts of breast implants. She's treated hundreds of women with implant-related illness, consulted with experienced plastic surgeons, reviewed pathology from explanted devices, and tracked the research as it emerges.

She's distilled all of that into a comprehensive 5-hour Master Class that provides the clinical depth practitioners need to:

  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the systemic and structural health impacts of breast implants
  • Recognize and differentiate breast implant illness and implant-associated complications
  • Assess patient risk, symptom burden, and clinical significance using structured, evidence-informed frameworks
  • Guide patients through informed, multidisciplinary, and recovery-oriented care pathways
  • Recognize breast implant illness
  • Assess its impact
  • Guide their patients toward recovery

This class will give you new insight into a patient population with stubborn mystery symptoms and change how you approach their care.
 
COURSE CONTENT
 

 
Course Session Information
 

This 5-hour recorded Master Class is structured around five comprehensive modules, each building on the last to provide a complete clinical understanding of breast implant illness.
 
SESSION 1
 

The History, Construction, and Health Impact of Breast Implants

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Understand the history of breast implants and current regulatory safety concerns.
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Learn implant shell composition and why gel bleed occurs from day one.
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Recognize documented health impacts: autoimmune disease, systemic symptoms, and malignancy risk.
 
SESSION 2
 

Guided Dissection and Anatomical Impact

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Understand how implant placement impacts surrounding breast anatomy and structures.
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Identify how implants affect critical nerve networks and resulting structural dysfunction.
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Learn how the lymphatic system is disrupted by implants and the systemic consequences.
 
SESSION 3
 

Clinical Assessment of Patients with Breast Implants

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Develop a clinical assessment protocol for implant history, type, and risk factors.
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Master physical exam techniques to identify capsular contracture and other disease markers.
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Understand which imaging to order (ultrasound, MRI, mammography) and why.
 
SESSION 4
 

The Lymphatic System and Silicone Migration

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Understand lymphatic anatomy and how silicone particles migrate throughout the body.
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Learn how silicone migration triggers immune activation and persistent inflammation.
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Recognize lymphatic congestion and support drainage pre- and post-explant.
 
SESSION 5
 

Defining and Treating Breast Implant Illness

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Define breast implant illness, understand its symptoms, and recognize the high misdiagnosis rate.
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Learn why total capsulectomy is the gold standard and why partial removal fails.
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Master the foundational treatment approach: nutrition, mitochondrial support, and drainage pathways.
 
SESSION 6
 

Pre- and Post-Explant Protocols and Long-Term Patient Support

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Understand comprehensive pre-explant assessment and preparation
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Learn post-explant recovery protocols, including lymphatic support, scar tissue management, and nutritional strategies
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Develop long-term patient monitoring strategies and know when to refer to a specialist

What's Included in the Course

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5 comprehensive recorded modules (5 hours total)
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Lifetime access (for subscribers) or 3-month access (for single-course purchasers)
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Downloadable slide decks and resource materials from each module
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Breast implant illness fact sheet
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Breast implant illness symptom tracker
Online course available beginning:
February 21, 2026

 
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This Course ($395 Value) Includes:
   
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Comprehensive strategies for one a prevalent health disorder
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Learn functional medicine management strategies
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Help patients identify the source of their symptoms
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Support patients through the post-explant healing process
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