Posted 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, […]
Read MorePosted On: June 10, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
There are many reasons why women decide to undergo secondary breast elective breast revision or reoperation. These include capsular contracture, improper initial placement of the implant, rupture of the implant (silicone or saline), bottoming out of the implant, or double bubble deformity implant placed in a pocket superiorly retropositioned with overlap of skin or simply a decision to make a […]
Read MorePosted On: May 17, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Case Study #1 This is an excellent example of a reconstructive patient with ruptured silicone gel textured implants and an isolated capsule from the parenchyma of the breast. This is a 72-year-old Russian patient presenting from the USSR with specifically severe ruptured silicone Baker IV capsular contracture and a double-bubble breast deformity.Upon entering into the breast pocket, […]
Read MorePosted On: April 26, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to my office weekly for breast revision surgery. Cleavage is an important determinant and final result after breast augmentation procedures. The patient in the photos underwent augmentation mammoplasty procedure by a different surgeon with obviously poor cleavage. This was done through the transaxillary approach in which the parasternal attachments of the pectoralis major muscle […]
Read MorePosted On: April 10, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
There is often great confusion regarding when to replace saline and silicone breast implants, especially when associated with ruptured breast implants. Please view this specific page for greater details pertaining to removal and replacement of ruptured saline, silicone, Dow Corning, Becker implants, double lumen, polyurethane implants, and gummy bears. Saline Implants With respect to saline implants, […]
Read MorePosted On: February 25, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The female patient presented is 58 years of age and requested to have a breast revision. During the examination, I confirmed that she had capsular contracture (scar tissue) around the implants and required a breast lift to achieve her exceptions. Her previous surgery was performed less than a year ago by a non-board-certified plastic surgeon […]
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