Posted On: November 07, 2024 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Case Study 1 I evaluated a female who was looking to have a body contouring makeover. During the consultation, she stated she wanted to have her abdomen, hips inner and outer thighs shaped. During the examination we identified that her abdomen between the breast bone and the belly button was weakened. After confirming this with a general surgeon […]
Read MorePosted On: April 03, 2023 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
2 Minute Read: Many patients are confused about the difference between a tummy tuck, abdominoplasty, and panniculectomy. All three of these are very similar operations. In fact, abdominoplasty is simply the medical term for the better-known tummy tuck. This procedure removes excess skin after undermining the abdominal wall and tightening and plicating the rectus sheath […]
Read MorePosted On: February 02, 2023 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Every week, patients come to our office for abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) consultations. These patients are evaluated for single versus double-stage abdominoplasty surgical procedures. In general, women with significantly large abdominal pannus require two-stage surgeries. Is Two-Stage Abdominoplasty Right for Me? All patients are evaluated during their consultation to determine whether or not they are a […]
Read MorePosted On: June 02, 2022 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Interestingly, not a lot has changed over the last 30 years on tummy tuck surgery. The gold standard is still a lower abdominal C-section-like scar which is extended all the way to the hips bilaterally. Notice this patient preoperatively has significant abdominal wall laxity, skin laxity and her muscles have been pulled apart, called rectus diastasis. […]
Read MorePosted On: April 05, 2022 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients requiring panniculectomy surgery show up weekly to my Beverly Hills office. The majority of these patients have had significant weight loss, some well over 150 pounds or half their entire body weight. A significant proportion of these men and women also have had gastric bypass surgery, including Roux-en-Y, weight loss procedures and now the […]
Read MorePosted On: November 20, 2020 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to my practice weekly for body sculpting and total body makeovers, including breast implants, breast lifts and tummy tucks. These mothers have often had multiple pregnancies and have had significant weight fluctuations associated with the pregnancy. This patient is a very typical example of a women who has gained over 70 pounds with […]
Read MorePosted On: October 21, 2020 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
We perform abdominoplasty and tummy tuck procedures weekly in our Beverly Hills Surgery Center as our patients undergoing complete mommy makeover reconstruction, including augmentation, breast enhancement, mastopexy, body lipo contouring and abdominoplasty. The perfect tummy tuck requires multiple steps during the surgical procedure. The first step includes the incision site being made near the inferior position above […]
Read MorePosted On: September 05, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients often present for large panniculectomy surgery, requiring multi-stage operations in order to obtain the perfect result. Large paniculectomies are performed on patients with a large abdominal pannus. These patients are instructed well prior to their original surgery that they will probably need a second surgery in order to perform secondary excision of dermoglandular tissue […]
Read MorePosted On: June 25, 2019 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
This patient is a 39-year-old Asian female presenting for a mommy makeover after having her second child through cesarian section. Her breasts show involutional upper pole atrophy, loss of fullness of her breasts with significant skin laxity and sagginess. Her left breast is significantly “saggier” than the right. The patient gave me permission to perform […]
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