Posted On: September 07, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
TEXTURED VS. SMOOTH IMPLANTS Back in the 70’s and 80’s, textured implants were the most favorable implants used. They believed using a textured implant over the muscle reduces capsular contracture and scar tissue formation. This has been found to be true. However, in 2010, most of the time we place implants subpectorally in the dual […]
Read MorePosted On: August 03, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Pseudoptosis is basically a form of ptosis or skin laxity of the breast where the nipple areolar complex is above the inframammary fold; however, there is redundant skin. This is often seen with patients who have been breast feeding or some patients who have been pregnant. However, they have not had the nipple descend below […]
Read MorePosted On: July 29, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
STATUS POST COBALT RADIATION FOR NEUROBLASTOMA STOMACH LEFT ABDOMEN Below is the extremely interesting case of a patient who is now four weeks postoperative for augmentation mammoplasty as well as abdominal contouring as well as thigh liposculpture at six months of age undergoing radiation therapy for neuroblastoma of the gastric or stomach region. The patient […]
Read MorePosted On: July 26, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
It is unbelievable to me, seeing the number of revisions that I perform, that patients have no idea what implants they have received from past surgeons. Not only do they not know the manufacturer of the implants, they often do not know the volume in cc’s, the shape of the implant or whether they are […]
Read MorePosted On: July 22, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
MASS VERSUS IMPLANT EDGE Many patients present to Dr. Linder for breast revision surgery. They have concerns over “feeling something that is just not right” within one or both breasts. It is important to decipher whether there is a mass, lesion, scar tissue contracture or the implant edge that is leading the patient to this […]
Read MorePosted On: July 19, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
KELO-COTE INFOMERCIAL Because Dr. Linder performs so many surgeries where scarring is such a significant part of his procedures, including mastopexies, breast lifts, abdominoplasties and breast augmentations, reducing the scarring is absolutely a main necessity. The best product that we have used, certainly in the last decade, has been Kelo-cote or Bio Corneum. Kelo-cote is […]
Read MorePosted On: June 26, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to my office monthly for breast asymmetry repair. Patients are very unhappy with the appearance of their breasts, especially when one is significantly larger or a different shape and/or size then the other. In fact, breast asymmetry is a very commonly searched term on the internet. In general, breast asymmetry is associated with different size […]
Read MorePosted On: June 23, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
In our Beverly Hills practice we perform breast augmentations using high profile smooth round saline breast implants placed in the dual plane technique. The implants are placed half under the muscle and half over the muscle on the lateral half of the breast. The incision site that we prefer is under the areolar, called the periareolar approach […]
Read MorePosted On: June 10, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Because Dr. Linder’s practice is heavily involved with breast surgery, including breast augentation, breast revision, breast lifts and breast reductions, and having seen countless number of thousands of women and placed thousands and thousands of implants over the last 13 years, women have discussed with him their need for specifics in a bra. The specifics would include compression, comfort, […]
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