Posted On: March 03, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The below example shows patient is a 34A. Good candidate for augmentation mammoplasty procedure. She is 19 years old. Patients under 22 by FDA regulations should undergo saline implant augmentation rather than silicone. At this time high profile saline implants placed in the dual plane technique, two-third under, one-third over and laterally will yield an […]
Read MorePosted On: February 07, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to us weekly with needs, including breast augmentation and breast lifts. At times they need combination procedures and at times we will only perform one or the other and stage the second surgery. When a patient arrives in consultation, it is absolutely vital that the Board Certified Plastic Surgeon clinically judge, measure the inframammary folds […]
Read MorePosted On: December 06, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Recently, Giuliana Rancic, host of E-Hollywood Network, announced that she has breast cancer and she will now undergo double mastectomy. As a breast specialist, I know how important it is to consider every possible mass and lesion as a possible cancer. In fact, I believe frequently even negative mammograms can lead to false readings in […]
Read MorePosted On: November 08, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients often present with loss of upper fullness of their breasts, referred to as involutional upper pole atrophy as well as severe skin laxity or referred to as grade 3 ptosis. These patients do well with implants placed as well as a mastopexy or skin removal and raising of the nipple areolar complex at the […]
Read MorePosted On: November 01, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient to the left is an excellent example of a patient who has involutional upper pole atrophy, loss of upper pole fullness of her breasts, slight droop of the nipple areolar complex with grade 1 ptosis. This patient is an excellent candidate for high profile saline implants in order to regain upper pole fullness […]
Read MorePosted On: October 14, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
We see patients who present with implants from the Dow Corning era. Those are implants placed well over 20 to 35 years ago. These implants are obviously no longer allowed on the market. The company is no longer producing these implants. The Dow Corning implants were smooth shelled implants that had a Dacron patch on […]
Read MorePosted 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 […]
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