Archive for March, 2010
Breast Revision, Bottoming Out Beverly Hills
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Bottoming out can be a significant problem with breast augmentation surgery. In fact, implants placed in a perfect subpectoral or dual plane pocket over time can bottom out. This can occur when patients either have increased skin laxity to their breasts, weight fluctuation and change or have poor inframammary fold support with underwire bras during [...]
Mommy Makeover Beverly Hills
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010This patient is an excellent candidate for combined augmentation mammoplasty procedure, abdominoplasty, as well as tumescent lipo-sculpting of hips and inner and outer thighs. The patient has had a cesarian section and has had delivery of three children. On breast exam, she has involutional upper pole atrophy, loss of complete fullness of her upper breast [...]
Immediate Postoperative Breast Augmentation
Thursday, March 25th, 2010In the thousands of breast augmentations and breast revisions, breast reductions and breast lifts that Dr. Linder has performed, he continues to address the compression and immediate postsurgical garment or dressings in a similar fashion. We do not use a surgical brassiere or any form of brassiere immediately after surgery in the operating room. Rather, [...]
International Patients Beverly Hills
Monday, March 22nd, 2010INTERNATIONAL PATIENTS -BEVERLY HILLS
The patient below presented from England for augmentation mammoplasty procedure using silicone gel implants. This patient is an elegant lady who desired moderate plus silicone gel implants through the periareolar approach in order to have some upper pole fullness and some narrowing along the lateral breast. Please see her “after” photographs with [...]
Postoperative Management Of Our Augmented Beverly Hills Patients
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Acute v. Delayed
In the Acute Phase or first six weeks postoperatively, Dr. Linder instructs his patients not to do any heavy lifting over five pounds to prevent bleeding and hematomas, as well as to refrain from aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Excedrin, Ibuprofen or blood thinning products which could cause clotting deficiencies.
Acutely, we also make every attempt [...]
Compression Garment Mechanisms Beverly Hills
Friday, March 12th, 2010Compression garments are used in a multitude of recovery procedures, status post plastic and reconstructive surgery. The garments include facial surgery garments, contour garments, as well as postsurgical compression garments which may include surgical brassieres with compression as well as girdles and binders for abdominal contouring as well as thigh liposuction and contouring procedures. The [...]
Device Identification Cards – Beverly Hills Breast Implants
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Both Allergan Pharmaceuticals (NATRELLE® Collection) and Mentor Pharmaceuticals (Johnson and Johnson) have saline and silicone implants that come with device identification cards within the implants. There are stickers located in the internal product packaging. The stickers should be placed on the cards that should then be given to the patients post-surgically. All patients should maintain [...]
Teenage Tranformation Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery
Thursday, March 4th, 2010The patient below presented to my office at the age of 18. She had lost well over half her entire body weight, over 140 pounds. She was left with massive amounts of hanging skin from her breasts and abdominal area. She had such a remarkable weight loss that she will be featured on CBS Early [...]
Breast Revision and Mini Abdominoplasty
Monday, March 1st, 2010COMBINATION PROCEDURE, BREAST REVISION AND MINI ABDOMINOPLASTY IN BEVERLY HILLS
The patient below presented to Dr. Linder from Beaumont, Texas. She was unhappy with the hardening and scar tissue as well as the appearance of her breasts. She had painful breast deformity with significant scar tissue and encapsulation of the pockets. The nipples were also significantly [...]