Dr. Linder's Blog
Posted On: July 10, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Revision, Uncategorized
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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Posted On: July 03, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Lift, Breast Reduction
Patients often ask us as plastic surgeons upon consultation, “Do we need a breast reduction or should we have a breast lift performed?” This of course is associated with the amount of breast tissue which is both glandular and fatty tissue versus the amount of breast skin and skin laxity that the patient has. An […]
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Posted On: June 25, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Lift, Mommy Makovers, Tummy Tuck
This patient is a 39-year-old Asian female presenting for a mommy makeover after having her second child through cesarian section. Her breasts show involutional upper pole atrophy, loss of fullness of her breasts with significant skin laxity and sagginess. Her left breast is significantly “saggier” than the right. The patient gave me permission to perform […]
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Posted On: June 18, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Liposuction, Tumescent Liposuction Technique
Tumescent liposuction technique is considered to be one of the gold standards of liposuction surgery performed by board-certified plastic surgeons in the United States as well as throughout the world. Tumescent simply means to place fluid and specific substances or medications within the fat cells. This process shrinks capillaries, which helps to hydrate, reduce bleeding, […]
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Posted On: June 14, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Bra Bulge, Breast Augmentation, Breast topics
I evaluated a 25-year-old female who was unhappy with not only the size of her breast but also its shape, which was due to her slight tubular breast deformity that caused a poorly defined inframammary fold. In other words, there was no fold along the bottom of the breast, and the flattening of the lower […]
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Posted On: June 10, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Augmentation, Breast Implants, Breast Reconstruction, Breast Revision, Plastic Surgery
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 […]
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Posted On: May 30, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Body Sculpting, Breast Augmentation, Gynecomastia, Liposuction
Before and after photos are an excellent way to understand and help clarify expectations when determining the type of plastic surgery procedure one may be considering. For the past 20 years in my practice, I have recognized the benefit of before and after photos and have been honored to have thousands of my patients choose […]
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Posted On: May 17, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Implants, Breast Revision, Implant Removal, Ruptured Implant
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, […]
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Posted On: May 14, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Body Sculpting, Breast Augmentation, Breast Lift, Plastic Surgery, Tummy Tuck
These examples show female patients who have had significant fluctuation in their weight associated with pregnancy, breastfeeding, and massive weight loss. As a result, they have undergone a combination surgical procedures like breast augmentation with breast lift surgery, breast augmentation with tummy tuck surgery, and breast reduction surgery. These women are excellent examples to how […]
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