Posted On: January 23, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients from all over come to Beverly Hills to have their breast reduction performed with Dr. Linder. The breast reduction procedure involves removing skin, fat and glandular tissue. The normal breast is composed of 50% fat and 50% glandular tissue. When patients have an excessive amount of fat, breast tissue and skin, they may have bilateral breast […]
Read MorePosted On: December 10, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to me with significant laxity of their breasts after breastfeeding their children or significant weight loss. The question is to whether to do implants with a lift versus implants alone. It is very evident, as in the example below, that the implant with the lift has given this patient the greatest upper pole […]
Read MorePosted On: November 08, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Three major FDA-approved companies, Allergan, Sientra and Mentor, have now provided us with their three-year rupture rate for both primary augmentation and revision augmentation. Primary augmentation for Mentor, N=551 with 0.5%, revision augmentation, N=146, 7.7% and Sientra breast implant three-year rupture rate, N=1,115 for primary augmentation with 2.5% andN=362 for revision augmentation, 0.0%. Finally, for Allergan silicone-filled breast […]
Read MorePosted On: October 28, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Yesterday, I had the privilege of removing Dow Corning silicone implants that were now 48 years old; in fact, several years older than me. As expected, this was an extremely time-consuming and difficult surgery, as the silicone implant material had calcified over the last 35 years due to disintegration of the shall of the implant […]
Read MorePosted On: October 09, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
October, 2012 Because a portion of my practice deals specifically with breast augmentation, breast revision and breast reconstruction, the month of October is an extremely important month for us. Breast cancer is considered the second most common breast cancer found in women after lung cancer. One out of 8-1/2 women worldwide will develop one form […]
Read MorePosted On: October 01, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient presents with increasing painful breast deformity associated with scar tissue contracture after pregnancy. The double-bubble deformity is a reasonably common problem that I see throughout the month. These patients presents with severe encapsulation of the upper fold of the implant causing superior retroposition of the implant and a droopiness of the skin leading […]
Read MorePosted On: September 17, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Some patients may present with grade 1 or 2 ptosis, which may be lifted internally by maintaining a pocket of perfect dissection. When pockets are made overly enlarged such as lateral dissection, implants will often go lateral to the side and may have poor cleavage final results as well as increasing skin laxity and sagging. […]
Read MorePosted On: September 13, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients who undergo breast revision surgery must realize that by having a secondary, tertiary or having had multiple surgeries in the past, that the original components and anatomy of the breasts have been manipulated and therefore an absolute perfect or normal result may not be possible. Patients must have realistic expectations. When revealing a patient’s […]
Read MorePosted On: August 01, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
For the majority of my breast reduction surgeries performed weekly, I perform my reductions using the inferior pedicle Wise-pattern technique. The inferior pedicle technique removes tissue from the inner and outer sides of the breast and above the inferior pedicle superiorly. After removing the medial and lateral dermoglandular wedge, the inferior pedicle is raised superiorly […]
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