Posted On: February 21, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The below patient presents with severe breast endomorphic build, notice the thick chest wall muscle as well as the pectus excavatum with the slight asymmetry and droop after massive weight loss. The patient presents to the operating room where we reconstructed her with 450 cc style 45 extra high profile silicone gel implants in the […]
Read MorePosted On: February 09, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Dr Linder, ~Perfect~ “Having all the required or desirable qualities or characteristics to be as good as it is possible to be! flawless.” They say “Nothing is Perfect” but I have to disagree. My breast augmentation from start to finish was nothing less than Perfect! From the very 1st conversation with your office, I knew […]
Read MorePosted On: February 07, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to us weekly with needs, including breast augmentation and breast lifts. At times they need combination procedures and at times we will only perform one or the other and stage the second surgery. When a patient arrives in consultation, it is absolutely vital that the Board Certified Plastic Surgeon clinically judge, measure the inframammary folds […]
Read MorePosted On: December 22, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
There are four degrees of ptosis that exist as standard with the American Board of Plastic Surgery Classification. Grade 1 is at the level of the inframammary fold. Grade 2 is where the nipple is below the inframammary fold between 1 and 2 cm. Grade 3 is severe skin laxity where the nipple areolar complex […]
Read MorePosted On: November 29, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
TUBULAR BREAST DEFORMITY BREAST ASYMMETRY – SEVERE The below case is a patient who is 20 years old, presenting with severe tubular breast deformity on the left with severe breast asymmetry and right breast ptosis. To reconstruct this young lady’s breasts in order to create a normal appearance, requires both different volume implants as well […]
Read MorePosted On: November 22, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
DOW CORNING RUPTURED CASE 2 The above patient presents with silicone gel implants placed 34 years ago. These are ruptured silicone gel implants that had been placed over one-third of a century ago. The patient left the implants in and has now noticed increasing pain. An MRI shows intra and extracapsular ruptured silicone implant and […]
Read MorePosted On: November 08, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients often present with loss of upper fullness of their breasts, referred to as involutional upper pole atrophy as well as severe skin laxity or referred to as grade 3 ptosis. These patients do well with implants placed as well as a mastopexy or skin removal and raising of the nipple areolar complex at the […]
Read MorePosted On: November 01, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient to the left is an excellent example of a patient who has involutional upper pole atrophy, loss of upper pole fullness of her breasts, slight droop of the nipple areolar complex with grade 1 ptosis. This patient is an excellent candidate for high profile saline implants in order to regain upper pole fullness […]
Read MorePosted On: September 28, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Dr. Linder was excited to see patients in Las Vegas over the weekend. Patients most often arrive for breast reconstruction and revision surgery. One of the consultations was with a patient specifically with severe scar tissue contracture with the left implant elevated superiorly and hardening with Baker IV capsular contracture and pain. These can easily […]
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