Posted On: August 10, 2020 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Before having breast augmentation, each patient must determine how they want their breast to look. This determination should be based on your body type and lifestyle. Once this has been understood, you can then express your goals and desires with Dr. Linder. With those expectations, along with a physical exam, breast measurements, and an examination […]
Read MorePosted On: February 06, 2020 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients often present for nipple reduction. This is a procedure where the patients present with nipple hypertrophy. Symptoms of nipple hypertrophy can include pain, excoriation, rash, embarrassment, psychological and self-esteem issues. It can also be difficult to wear clothing due to enlargement of the nipple with exposure. Excoriation, rashes and irritation of enlarged nipples also have been seen in […]
Read MorePosted On: February 13, 2018 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Nipple enlargement or nipple hypertrophy is a result from developmental enlargement of the ducts (lactiferous), which converge and form a branched system connecting the nipple to the lobules of the mammary gland, commonly called milk ducts. This can present in men and women; however, it is most common in people of Asian descent. There is […]
Read MorePosted On: February 21, 2017 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
This patient presents from Missouri, having had three operations for her breast enhancement. She has consistently had problems, including right breast double-bubble breast deformity with superior retropositioning of the implant and skin laxity of the lower pole. Also, there is severe bottoming out of the left breast where the implant is placed too low. She underwent a vertical […]
Read MorePosted On: September 15, 2016 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The effects on the nipple from breast augmentation, breast revision, breast lift and breast reduction can be significant. They can include loss or gain of increased sensitivity to the nipple areolar complex. The nerve supply is the 4th lateral intercostal nerve that supplies the nipple areolar complex coming from the side of the chest around the muscle, the peck major, and underneath the […]
Read MorePosted On: May 10, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient below presents with a 125-pound weight loss after a laparoscopic banding procedure leaving her with severe asymmetry, grade 3 ptosis (right breast significantly larger than the left with asymmetry), a significant abdominal pannus, skin laxity, rectus diastasis and lipodystrophy of the hips. The patient is now two months postoperative with 500 cc high […]
Read MorePosted On: November 28, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The above patient presents with significant nipple hypertrophy, left breast greater than right as well as hypoplastic breasts. She is a good candidate for augmentation mammoplasty procedure using high profile smooth round saline implants in the dual plane technique through a periareolar approach and a left nipple reduction reducing the left nipple through a superior pedicle flap. The inferior […]
Read MorePosted On: April 12, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
GIGANTOMASTIA SURGERY: BREAST AMPUTATION WITH FREE NIPPLE GRAFTING The patient below is a 48-year-old female presenting with massive gigantomastic breasts/breast hypertrophy, 40KK breasts, with symptoms of severe back pain, neck strain, grooving around the shoulder blades and coracoid aspects of the shoulders, including ulnar neuropathy, rashes and ulcerations of the breasts due to poor circulation […]
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