Posted On: October 27, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The female patient presented is 30 years of age and comes from the Los Angeles area. She was requesting a primary breast augmentation and was wanting to look very natural. After she explained her desires, we selected Allergan’s moderate-plus saline breast implants with the right breast implant having 340cc and the left breast implant having […]
Read MorePosted On: October 06, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Today I operated on a breast revision patient who had 28-year-old ruptured silicone Dow Corning implants. On MRI, it was determined that the patient had both extra and intracapsular rupture of the implant. As a result, these were probably chronic ruptured implants for many, many years. What has happened is the implants have ruptured and the silicone […]
Read MorePosted On: September 17, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
I was presented a 55 year old patient with with a ruptured Dow Corning silicone breast implant. During the consultation we discussed her goals and outlined the approach to achieve her breast revision and enhancement. For the left breast we selected 425cc silicone high profile gel implant. The right breast we selected 400cc silicone high profile gel implant. As […]
Read MorePosted On: September 02, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
I was presented a patient who, after pregnancy, developed a Baker 4 capsular contracture to her breast. When any type of breast implant is inserted, the body naturally forms a protective lining around it. This is referred to as the capsule or tissue capsule. This happens in everyone whether the breast implant is smooth or […]
Read MorePosted On: July 10, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient presents a left ruptured breast implant along with a double bubble deformity, which means the implant has risen and the skin now over-drapes the breast. To correct the left breast I down sized the implant using a 320cc high profile saline implant and used the circus-areola technique (also known as the benelli procedure) which […]
Read MorePosted On: June 17, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The preoperative photo to the left indicate the patient has Pectus Carinatum Deformity. Pectus Carinatum is a congenital anomaly of the sternum (anomaly congenitally is often referred to as a pigeon chest). I performed a breast augmentation to this 27 years old patient by placing subpectoral implants in the dual plane technique using 306cc moderate plus silicone gel implants. I […]
Read MorePosted On: June 10, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Reasons for Breast Augmentation Revision Breast augmentation surgery involves the insertion of implants to enhance the size, shape, and projection of a woman’s breasts. This procedure generally leaves patients feeling beautiful, confident, and comfortable in their new bodies. However, complications or concerns may arise that need to be corrected by a secondary surgery. Breast Size […]
Read MorePosted On: April 26, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present with severe painful breast seromas, status post blunt trauma. The patient in this example is a 34-year-old African-American female presenting with severe blunt trauma to the right breast. Notice on her preoperative photo the right breast is approximately 60% larger than the left with superior retroposition of the implant, massive swelling, asymmetry and […]
Read MorePosted On: March 26, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient below was requesting a primary breast augmentation procedure. The patient also wanted to have a natural-appearing breasts and after listening to her expectation we selected 320 cc high profile saline implants. The periareolar incision site was performed and the implants were placed using the dual plane technique. Her breasts appear to be quite natural and the […]
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