Posted On: June 19, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
FDA APPROVAL On June 14, 2013, Mentor approved its form of a gummy bear silicone gel implant, similar to the 410 highly cohesive Allergan silicone gel implant. These implants are now approved by the FDA and are for women 22 years of age and older for augmentation as well as reconstructive use. The FDA approved […]
Read MorePosted On: May 15, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
HIGH PROFILE REPLACEMENT AND INFERIOR PERIAREOLAR LIFT The patient presents with bilateral laterally displaced implants with a deflating left saline implant. The patient desires to have high profile fuller implants that are narrower and also to bring the nipples lower due to severe bottoming out, right side greater than the left. She is a perfect candidate […]
Read MorePosted On: April 26, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
SECONDARY AUGMENTATION MASTOPEXY The patient presents from Brazil. Large implants, low profile, silicones were placed above the muscle, subglandular. She has developed severe grade 3 ptosis and will do well with a secondary augmentation mammoplasty with style 45 silicone 500 cc extra high profile silicone gel and a complete formal mastopexy using the inferior pedicle […]
Read MorePosted On: April 02, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
SILICONE GEL IMPLANT, A NATURAL LOOK The patient presents with bilateral breast dysphoria, loss of upper pole fullness of her upper breast, excellent candidate. Patient will do well with a style 15 silicone gel placed in the dual plane technique through a periareolar approach. Her preoperative photos show loss of upper pole fullness of her breast. […]
Read MorePosted On: February 22, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
ALLERGAN ACADEMY®, Awards this Certificate of completion to: Stuart Linder, MD for completing Allergan’s NATRELLE 410 Certification Program on 2-22-2013. The mission of ALLERGAN ACADEMY is to educate through a unique forum that reinforces product knowledge, encourages practice innovation and allows for the exchange of new ideas.
Read MorePosted On: February 21, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Yesterday Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) announced that the company has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) to market the Natrelle® 410 Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone-Filled Breast Implants for use in breast reconstruction, augmentation and revision surgery. Below is the information released by Allergan, Inc. IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) today announced that the company has received approval from […]
Read MorePosted On: January 29, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient presents with bottoming out of her right breast implant after six years post-surgery with different surgeon, as well as ruptured left saline implant. The patient below has multiple components to her diagnosis, including a deflated left saline implant, asymmetry to the breast and significant bottoming out of the right breast with the implant […]
Read MorePosted On: December 26, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
High profile saline implants are excellent implants for women who are considering an augmentation mammoplasty procedure in order to gain fullness, volume, increased AP projection and reduce the lateral fullness or matronly appearance associated with low profile implants. The following examples are all women with high profile saline implants that in similar perspectives have increased AP fullness; […]
Read MorePosted On: October 28, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Yesterday, I had the privilege of removing Dow Corning silicone implants that were now 48 years old; in fact, several years older than me. As expected, this was an extremely time-consuming and difficult surgery, as the silicone implant material had calcified over the last 35 years due to disintegration of the shall of the implant […]
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