The patient underwent a formal breast lift and abdominoplasty or panniculectomy procedure approximately two months ago.  Her postoperative photos, as you can see, show excellent elevation of the skin.  Her nipple areolar complexes were made smaller to approximately 5 cm (they were 12 cm preoperatively).  She also has an excellent abdominoplasty result showing the entire roll of skin is gone.  This will reduce her weight of tissue causing her back pain.  As well, the rashes and dermatitis are now permanently resolved.  The patient could not be happier.  She and her mother are absolutely delighted with the results.  We are excited to have this patient featured next month on national television.

Pre-Op and Post-Op Photos

The mini-abdominoplasty was perfect in this situation in that she did not have enough skin laxity to perform a full tummy tuck; however, I could bring the skin down, tighten the rectus sheath, plicate the rectus muscle and lipo sculpture the hips to give her a cleaner, smoother appearance and narrow the hips as well.  Notice, in her postoperative photo she has softer breasts, the nipple areolar complex is now central within the breast itself rather than inferiorly positioned as well as the cleavage is enhanced and she has more natural upper pole fullness. 

The abdominal area shows nice contouring of the lower abdominal.  The pooch is pretty much resolved and gone and the hips are much smoother.  The patient is extraordinarily pleased.  In fact, the following testimonial from the patient indicates her thoughts from her surgery.

“I live in Texas and found Dr. Linder on the internet. I called his office and spoke with Adriana the office manager. She was amazing and answered all my questions. I then scheduled a phone consult with Dr. Linder. I immediately felt comfortable and at ease with Dr. Linder and scheduled and appt. to meet with him. Always looking for an excuse to visit California, I flew out to meet with him. Afterwards, I was confident that his expertise and wisdom concerning breast revision surgery would give me great results. I scheduled my surgery and was amazed with the results. I experienced very little pain or discomfort and had excellent care by Dr. Linder post op. I am very pleased, this is my 3rd breast surgery and in the words of my husband, he says my breast look “magnificent”. We are both very happy. Thanks to Dr. Linder and his surgical staff for a wonderful experience.”

 According to the USCA, nationwide, only 1.4% or one in 70 of the previous 2009 Award recipients qualify to win the 2010 Award.  The USCA Award recognizes local businesses throughout the country that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their Local Community and Business category.  These are companies that enhance positive image of small businesses through services to their customers and the community.  They also submitted a Press Release which is posted on the USCA website.

Once again, I am thrilled to have received this distinguished Award for the second year in a row from the United States Commerce Association.

BEVERLY HILLS STYLE

The below example shows a patient who has undergone breast augmentation with high profile silicone gel implants from Allergen Pharmaceuticals.  Notice how the high profiles or tapered implants, reducing the lateral flattening and matronly appearance of the breast which allows on her postoperative photo to keep and maintain a sleek physique. 

This is a World Class body builder who desires to obviously look as thin as possible in the upper third of her body; however, desires upper pole fullness.  Implants were placed in the subpectoral dual plane technique using the periareolar approach with high profile cohesive silicone gel implants.  The high profile implants have more AP projection, less lateral width and therefore allow for a more full appearance with less lateral fullness.

A fascinating article was written by Ethan Rouen, entitled “Vacationing for a New You” in the February 15, 2010 issue of “American Way,” an American Airlines magazine.  This interesting article indicates, Travelers to Beverly Hills for Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery.  Both Dr. Linder and Dr. Robert Kotler, facial plastic surgeon, are the focus of this article which indicates that patients fly worldwide to have specialists operate on their faces and bodies.  In fact, Beverly Hills has been considered by many to be one of the meccas in the world for cosmetic surgery.  The magazine specifically details Dr. Linder’s website as well as the international link indicating that patients have flown in from over 40 states and 23 countries to have plastic surgery with Dr. Stuart A. Linder.  Dr. Robert Kotler has similar statistics and has patients who have had rhinoplasty surgery with him from all over the world.  This is an honor to be mentioned and have an article written about our practices in Beverly Hills with the American Airlines magazine, American Way.

This patient is a 60-year-old healthy female who desired to have liposuction of her midriff area, abdominal area, hips, flanks, as well as her inner and outer thighs.  She is an excellent candidate.  She underwent tumescent liposuction procedure under general anesthesia with approximately 2.2 liters of aspirate fat removed with a 3 mm triple lumen Mercedes cannula.  She has worn an abdominal binder and girdle for six weeks for compression therapy and now has an excellent result.  Please note her testimonial below.  Also, review her before and after photographs showing good skin retraction after surgery, even at the age of 60.

Dear Dr. Linder,

You Made a difference.

I sincerely would like to thank you for taking care of my liposuction needs. I am on top of the world with happiness and a renewed self-confidence.

Sincerely,

J. M.

Los Angeles, California

Dr. Linder is humbled, thrilled and thankful to all the viewers who voted him for Best of L.A. TV after being nominated for Best Plastic Surgeon, Beverly Hills/Southern California.  The Best of L.A. TV winners were introduced on January 31, 2010 on KCAL 9, displaying many categories, including dentistry, salons, spas, healthcare, etc. 

Once again, I am humbled by this and thankful to all the viewers and those patients of mine who were kind enough to vote for me for this honorable award.

On February 3, 2010, Dr. Linder was interviewed by ABC News per Robert Holguin regarding surgical implants, the possible next terrorist threat.  Articles from British newspapers have shown the possibility of terrorists planning attacks from Britain with bombs inside their bodies to foil new airport scanners. 

An operation by M15 has uncovered evidence that there may be a new terrorist attack by placement of surgical bombs inside women’s bodies.  Explosives such as PETN could be placed in a plastic sack or implant and placed in the body and closed in the usual fashion.  This could be ignited by a hypodermic syringe, according to Britain reports, by injecting TATP through the skin into the explosive sacks.  Reports have shown that tests on real planes have shown that even a small amount of explosive material could create a small tear in a fuselage, leading to catastrophic failure.  If an implant was loaded with explosives, it could be detonated with a hypodermic syringe by injection of another chemical through the skin into the sack.  According to Australian security experts, the best way to detect these new kinds of implanted explosives is with a very old fashioned, but highly effective detection method, the nose of a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog.

Pre- Op and Post-Op Photos

The next example is a patient who underwent augmentation mammoplasty and lipo-contouring of her inner and outer thighs and hips.  The patient presented with having had three children, loss of upper pole fullness of her breasts and desired to have her breasts filled in again.  Saline implants were then placed in the dual plane technique, under the muscle through a periareolar approach with high profile saline implants.  We were able to regain her beautiful fullness, keep her narrow on the side and give her excellent cleavage.  She had a gynoid appearance, the lower third of her body disproportionately larger than the upper and middle third upper body.  Her liposuctioning was accomplished using a Klein needle infiltrator to infiltrate tumescent fluid per the tumescent technique and approximately 1 liter of fat was removed of pure aspirate.  A small 3 mm triple lumen Mercedes tip cannula under direct one atmospheric vacuum suction pressure under general anesthesia.  The localized deep fat deposits were removed from the anteromedial and the posterolateral thighs as well as the infragluteal folds.  You can see a nice reshaping of the lower third of her body more to match the upper middle third.  However, her natural curve was maintained.  Suctioning was only performed in the localized deep fat deposit areas for two reasons:  1) to prevent contour deformity and surface irregularity of the skin; and 2) to allow her to maintain her natural contour shape.  Postoperatively, her gynoid appearance is significantly reduced with more proportionality of the upper mid and lower third of her body.