Posted On: September 16, 2021 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Placement of Breast Implants Saline or silicone implants may be placed in one or two planes, either the subglandular retromammary or the dual plane technique or subpectoral two-thirds under the muscle, one-third over. The majority of our patients with primary augmentation we prefer the dual plane technique, placing the implant behind the muscle along the […]
Read MorePosted On: February 10, 2021 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The video below indicates how a ruptured saline implant is removed. In my practice, I prefer to use the incisions that were previously made. If they are my patients specifically, the periareolar incision sites will be reused. If they were done through an inframammary approach, the inframammary incision is used. The incision is opened with […]
Read MorePosted On: September 25, 2020 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Whenever a patient presents with a ruptured implant, we highly recommend that the implant be removed and replaced as soon as possible. Ruptured saline implants are usually clinically obvious as one breast will be significantly smaller than the other. The crack or rupture can occur either from the shall itself, most commonly with textured implants, […]
Read MorePosted On: April 22, 2020 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients who present frequently for breast revision surgery to my Beverly Hills practice, is do to double-bubble deformity. By definition, a double-bubble deformity is when the implant is too high or superiorly retropositioned and the skin over-drapes the implant in an unnatural appearance. This can be fixed using several different techniques due to the extent and degree […]
Read MorePosted On: February 24, 2020 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Saline and silicone implants can be placed either in the subpectoral (below the muscle), dual plane, or subglandular (above the muscle) position. The plane of dissection normally depends on each woman’s chest wall anatomy. For the majority of women, we do prefer to place the implants with the dual plane technique, where the implant is two-thirds under and […]
Read MorePosted On: November 12, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Dr. Linder was presented a patient from out of town wanting to remove her silicone breast implants due to autoimmune issues. After listening to her concerns and examining the elasticity of her breasts, her and Dr. Linder agreed that she would benefit from having a breast lift along with removing the implants. The video below shows […]
Read MorePosted On: September 18, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The tubular examples show patients who underwent breast augmentation and breast lift surgery by a different surgeon with unsatisfactory results. Both of these patients had breast lifts that were performed with inadequate amounts of skin removed as well as with implants placed in the malposition. As a result, these patients have required total breast reconstruction […]
Read MorePosted On: August 19, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Many people decide to exchange their breast implants during their life. Whether it is because of a complication due to scarring around the capsule of an implant (capsular contracture), the collapse of the upper pocket (bottoming out), malpositioning or rupture of an implant, or personal preference, there are numerous reasons someone would choose to undergo […]
Read MorePosted On: July 10, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
CAPSULECTOMY Patients present for capsular contracture, severe, every week in my Beverly Hills practice. What exactly is the capsule that forms around an implant? Any time a prosthetic device is placed in the body, i.e., hydraulic shunts into the brain, heart valves, aortic valves, mitral valves, prosthetic hips or any other form of internal foreign material, […]
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