Posted On: October 03, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
October 2011 Because my practice is so focused on body sculpting of women, including a high emphasis on breast augmentation, breast revision, breast reduction, breast and breast reconstruction, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is extraordinarily important and close to my heart. I see patients every day in the operating room where I remove tissue and send […]
Read MorePosted On: September 15, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Over 300,000 breast augmentations were performed in 2007. Breast enhancement has now become one of the most common elective surgeries performed in the United States. Dr. Stuart Linder’s plastic surgery practice has become a destination for breast enhancement surgery. His practice specializes in cosmetic breast augmentation procedures. Approximately 90 percent of Dr. Linder’s cases are breast enhancement […]
Read MorePosted On: August 26, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
In general, shaped implants in the past, such as anatomical implants or the Style 468 Anatomical McGhan Implants, Dr. Linder no longer favors. The problems with those implants are they can shift and rotate which will therefore lead to a severe deformity in appearance of the chest as well as increased scar tissue can form […]
Read MorePosted On: July 28, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
With the recent studies from the FDA in June 2011, findings indicated that women need to replace their saline and silicone implants on the average between 8 and 10 years. Also, there are risks associated with rupture and scar tissue contracture over time. These are specific concepts that we describe to the patients during the […]
Read MorePosted On: July 07, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Right double-bubble left bottoming out The preop photo shows the patient presenting from Missouri, having undergone three surgeries to correct the severe deformity of her breasts. The patient presently presents with a double-bubble deformity on the right breast with the implant on the right superiorly retropositioned, as can be seen on her preoperative photograph. She […]
Read MorePosted On: June 24, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
On June 22, 2011, the updates included silicone breast implants are mostly safe. The most important considerations that they determine are that the silicone and saline implants are safe; however, these implants are not lifetime devices and that they must be replaced and on the average, 8 to 10 years. The studies have shown 40 […]
Read MorePosted On: May 10, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Sternal chest wall deformity or Pectus Carinatum Deformity is associated with a pigeon chest appearance, associated with deformity and protrusion of both the ribcage and the sternum. This anomaly congenitally is often referred to as a pigeon chest. There is bowing outward externally of the chest wall. It usually occurs as a solitary abnormality that may be associated with […]
Read MorePosted On: April 22, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
ALLERGAN, STYLE 15, PROS AND CONS Style 15, Allergan/Natrelle silicone gel implant, is a very natural breast implant. It is a moderate plus profile silicone gel, not too narrow and not too wide. Advantages include a very natural appearance. Please see photograph to the left of a 371 moderate plus silicone gel Allergan implant placed in a […]
Read MorePosted On: March 10, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Over the next 12 months, another 500 or so women from around the world will be sporting larger breasts-breasts that are perfect as far as the human eye can discern. These women will have one plastic surgeon to thank for their enhanced cleavage, Stuart A. Linder, MD, FACS, who is thought to operate the single […]
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