Archive for December, 2009
CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE BEVERLY HILLS
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Breast Revision: Capsular Contracture
What is capsular contracture? Capsular contracture is simply scar tissue hardening around implants in which the patient can have severely disfigured and painful breasts. We see this every week, as Dr. Linder specializes in breast revision surgery, seeing patients both in his Beverly Hills office as well as in Las Vegas.
Capsular contracture [...]
HOLIDAY PLASTIC SURGERY in BEVERLY HILLS
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009HOLIDAY PLASTIC SURGERY
No better time than the holidays to undergo your cosmetic surgery procedures. Dr. Linder operates throughout the holiday season from Christmas to the New Year. This is an extraordinarily busy time for plastic surgeon, but it is an excellent opportunity for patients to recover, as many patients have vacation and holiday leave during [...]
Aerolar Reduction Beverly Hills
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Aerolar Reduction
Areolas can be reduced in size when they are greater than 4.2 cm. In general, as Board Certified Plastic Surgeons, we vary the range of nipple areolar complexes from 3.8 to 4.4 cm in size, often associated with the proportionality of the woman’s breast and figure. We use 4.2 cm cookie cutters or 42 [...]
RUPTURED SALINE IMPLANTS BEVERLY HILLS
Monday, December 14th, 2009Whenever a patient presents with a ruptured implant, we highly recommend that the implant be removed and replaced as soon as possible. Ruptured saline implants are usually clinically obvious as one breast will be significantly smaller than the other. The crack or rupture can occur either from the shall itself, most commonly with textured implants, [...]
BREAST REVISION, DOUBLE-BUBBLE
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009BREAST REVISION, DOUBLE-BUBBLE DEFORMITY
Patients who present frequently for breast revision surgery to my Beverly Hills as well as Las Vegas practice, present with double-bubble deformity. By definition, a double-bubble deformity is when the implant is too high or superiorly retropositioned and the skin over-drapes the implant in an unnatural appearance. This can be fixed using [...]
Former Miss Argentina dies after plastic surgery
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009COMPLICATIONS AFTER PLASTIC SURGERY LEADS TO DEATH OF MISS ARGENTINA
Three days ago, on Nov. 29, 2009, the former Miss Argentina died. Now, it’s evident as reported in the news that her recent and tragic death resulted from complications that developed after she underwent a cosmetic surgery procedure. According to multiple reports, Solange Magnano was 37 [...]