Posted On: February 23, 2015 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Removing Stretch Marks Every week in my Beverly Hills practice I am presented with patients looking to improve the look of there abdomen. Sudden changes in the body size, such as during pregnancy, puberty, or weight gain can create stretch marks. During my consultation with most of these patients they explain that they have tried […]
Read MorePosted On: March 20, 2014 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient is an Indian female status post delivery of two children. Good candidate for combined augmentation mammoplasty procedure using high profile saline implants and a left vertical mastopexy with full abdominoplasty. The patient is three months postoperative. She has had augmentation with dual plane technique, placement of saline implant high profile, under the muscle, […]
Read MorePosted On: December 06, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patient in her preoperative photograph shows severe weight loss leading so significant skin laxity of the breasts, abdomen and hips. She lost approximately 120 pounds and underwent 10 months ago augmentation mammoplasty procedure using high profile saline implants over-filled; a formal mastopexy using the inferior pedicle Wise-pattern technique (breast lift anchor scar) and a full […]
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: April 19, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients after tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) procedure may present with multiple complications, one of which is a seroma. Seroma is a complication that may occur in up to 1 to 2 percent of abdominoplasties, especially large paniculectomies. In my opinion, in order to reduce this risk complication, it is important to drain the abdominal cavity. In […]
Read MorePosted On: March 26, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
STATUS POST MASSIVE WEIGHT LOSS The patient presents with significant weight loss, well over 120 pounds, leaving her with severe breast asymmetry, grade 3 ptosis, massive abdominal pannus, skin laxity with residual lipodystrophy of the iliac crest roll hips. The patient presented for breast enhancement, breast mastopexy and full tummy tuck procedure. The frontal views […]
Read MorePosted On: March 20, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
BREAST DYSPHORIA, INVOLUTIONAL ATROPHY AND ABDOMINAL LAXITY This patient presents with bilateral breast dysphoria, involution upper pole atrophy, abdominal rectus diastasis and lipodystrophy of the iliac crest rolls. Her before photo shows complete loss of fullness of the upper poles of her breast as well as lipodystrophy of a muffin top and a lower abdominal skin […]
Read MorePosted On: March 12, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
MULTIPLE BODY RECONSTRUCTIONS The patient presents with severe Baker IV capsular contracture, painful breast deformity with bilateral breast implants presented over 15 years ago by a different surgeon. She also has multiple abdominal wall hernias both epigastric and umbilical and incisional status post midline laparotomy for 11 ulcerations in her gastric region. The patient underwent […]
Read MorePosted On: February 02, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients often present to my office weekly in Beverly Hills, desiring abdominoplasty or tummy tuck procedure after having given birth to one or multiple children, as well as to significant weight fluctuation or weight loss after gastric bypass surgery. Determination must be made during the examination as to the extent of dissection required for the […]
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