Posted On: August 10, 2009 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient below presents status post delivery and breastfeeding for six months. The patient presents with severe Baker IV capsular contracture on the left with a Baker III on the right. The red 2 x 3 cm area above the 12 o’clock position of the left nipple is associated with severe tissue damage atrophy and […]
Read MorePosted On: July 27, 2009 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Recently, we’ve seen an increased number of breast revision surgical patients here in Beverly Hills. These patients present with a multitude of problems, including severe encapsulation with Baker IV capsular contractures, double-bubble breast deformities, malpositioning of the implants, ruptured silicone and saline implants with painful breast deformities and a multitude of other problems. These patients […]
Read MorePosted On: July 20, 2009 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
BREAST IMPLANT INFECTION, STATUS POST DENTAL WORK WHAT TO DO NEXT A case was presented to me a couple of days ago as an acute emergency. Description of the case includes a patient who underwent silicone gel augmentation approximately 20 years ago in the submuscular pocket. She had dental work approximately three months ago and […]
Read MorePosted On: June 17, 2009 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
BREAST AUGMENTATION COMPLICATIONS/HEMATOMA, HOW TO AVOID IT When patients undergo breast augmentation or breast revision surgery, especially when implants are placed behind the muscle, there is always risk for a bleeding or hematoma to occur. As a result, in Dr. Linder’s practice he prefers that patients 1) do not take aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Excedrin, Ibuprofen […]
Read MorePosted On: May 22, 2009 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
In general, patients who undergo formal mastopexies or the inferior pedicle Wise-pattern scar or breast reduction using the similar approach will have scarring which can never be completely predictable. Realize that scarring can be associated with hypertrophic, keloid, widespread, hypo or hyperpigmentation. We inform patients both in verbal as well as written consents of the […]
Read MorePosted On: May 20, 2009 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients who present to me for revision breast reduction surgery have often already undergone breast reductions, through the years have had weight fluctuation, often weight loss and/or involutional atrophy of the breasts associated with pregnancy or breast feeding. They now present for breast augmentation to regain fullness and reduce the involutional upper pole atrophy of […]
Read MorePosted On: May 08, 2009 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Dr. Linder is pleased to be filming on Fox News Las Vegas on 05/07/2009. The first two episodes will be associated with: 1) Las Vegas Breast Revision Surgery, which will emphasize which patients are candidates for breast revision surgery, the type of procedures that we perform, what a woman should do when she has a ruptured […]
Read MorePosted On: May 04, 2009 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to me for breast revision surgery weekly from all over the country. They are concerned that obviously a breast implant has ruptured. This is obviously much more noticeable with a saline than a silicone implant. Saline implant ruptures can either be slow or quickly and usually over a several week period the breast […]
Read MorePosted On: April 12, 2009 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patients present in consultation with many questions, which include “How much cleavage will I have?” Well, a woman’s cleavage post-surgical depends on several variables: Anatomy: If the muscles are laterally displaced and attached to the ribs or costochondral ribcage laterally, then in order to maintain some muscle coverage, it may be impossible to yield […]
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