Posted On: October 07, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient below presents with a significant amount of skin laxity with her low profile implants which she desires to have replaced for upper pole fullness and narrowing of the lateral breast. The patient presents with breast dysphoria due to the flattening appearance of her low profile saline implants placed by a different surgeon through […]
Read MorePosted On: October 01, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient presents with severe breast deformity with a double inframammary fold due to inadequate release of the parasternal attachments of the pectoralis major muscle as well as bottoming out of her bilateral breast. Her reconstruction required bilateral open periprosthetic capsulectomy, circumferential open capsulotomy, removal and replacement with high profile saline implants and release of […]
Read MorePosted On: September 13, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient’s preop photo shows a patient with multiple problems associated with her breast augmentation procedure. On the right it is notable that she has a double-bubble breast deformity with a severe Baker IV capsular contracture. Notice the implant is raised superiorly and the skin is over-laying inferiorly. This will require an open capsulectomy, removal […]
Read MorePosted On: August 19, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
This patient has an out-of-state augmentation mammoplasty performed by a different plastic surgeon. The patient is unhappy with the appearance of her breasts, the severe scar tissue contracture of the right breast with a ruptured left saline implant and the position of the nipple areolar complexes. She has severe pain in the right breast with […]
Read MorePosted On: July 04, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient below is a 28-year-old African-American female presenting with severe Baker IV capsular contracture, implant malposition, scar tissue, hardening with grade 3 ptosis. Patient is an excellent candidate for total breast reconstruction which would include bilateral open periprosthetic capsulectomy, circumferential open capsulotomy, removal and replacement with style 68 high profile Natrelle 200 cc saline implants […]
Read MorePosted 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: March 12, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
MULTIPLE BODY RECONSTRUCTIONS The patient presents with severe Baker IV capsular contracture, painful breast deformity with bilateral breast implants presented over 15 years ago by a different surgeon. She also has multiple abdominal wall hernias both epigastric and umbilical and incisional status post midline laparotomy for 11 ulcerations in her gastric region. The patient underwent […]
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