Discount on Injectable Fillers

Now, with a Gilt City deal, you can get a voucher worth $100 toward a 1 mL treatment with Restylane or a related product for $49. Limit 3. Or for $149, you can purchase a $300-off voucher toward a 2mL treatment. Los Angeles cosmetic surgeon Dr. Robert Yoho is participating in this Gilt City deal. His full service surgical center in Pasadena also houses a medical spa with highly trained and experienced technicians. The offer must be used by the end of September (see terms and restrictions on the Gilt City page), so make your appointment now.

Restylane is a kind of filler that is made of hyaluronic acid. If that sounds scary, don’t worry—hyaluronic acid mimics a natural bodily chemical. It is also mixed with a small amount of a local anesthetic called lidocaine. The injections are usually easily tolerable—some people report a virtually painless experience. After the injection, there is very little in the way of downtime or recovery. You might see a little redness, but you should be able to resume normal activities very quickly. This treatment is very well-tolerated.

Another advantage is the soft, natural appearance of the fillers. Restylane stays soft under the skin, so that the injectable doesn’t result in lumps or stiffness. It is also longer-lasting than older fillers. Restylane can last a year or longer. Dr. Yoho and his staff have found that, by using a little extra filler, the effect can last for up to two years.

These fillers are used to plump up moderate to severe folds and wrinkles. They are commonly used around the mouth, but are also sometimes used to plump up the cheeks or even to fill in brow wrinkles. Dr. Yoho and his staff have obtained excellent results with these fillers. If you are worrying about facial lines making you look older, call our Pasadena office for your appointment and get your discount voucher.

Big Buttocks Are In Fashion

Cosmetic surgeons keep hearing about weekend house parties where unknown substances are injected into buttocks. We also hear stories from hospitals and other physicians that, due to this practice, terrible problems with chronic infection have occurred.

There is much speculation about what is being injected. Some think people may be buying breast implants, and injecting the silicone from them into the buttocks with no sterilization. Unfortunately, the silicone in breast implants is a thicker silicone and has a high risk of infection when injected into human tissue in large quantities. To be used safely, this type of silicone needs to be encased in the capsule that surrounds a silicone implant. We have seen several cases of people who had large, firm, tender, red buttocks that looked very unnatural, and were apparently injected with some sort of foreign substance. I was concerned that if I biopsied the area, the whole buttock area would become infected.

There are other injected filler substances that, while legal in other countries, have caused a lot of infection and inflammation in many patients. When the patient shows up in the U.S., we have to deal with it. In some cases, these foreign doctors don’t even document what they are actually using, perhaps because they suspect that the sort of permanent filler they’re administering is really a magnet for infection. We have seen some of these cases in our clinic. They are not easy to treat.

Buttock implantation is also being performed using firm implants that are designed for this purpose. However, the ones I’ve seen look unnatural. The top part of the buttocks often sticks out, and the implant does not adequately support the bottom buttock. It may be painful to sit on and may come through the skin by itself. Additionally, it needs a large opening for placement which ends up leaving a significant scar.

My experience and opinion is that the only reasonable way to improve buttock shape, contour and size is fat transplantation. We do this nearly every week at New Body Cosmetic Surgery and we have many, many happy and satisfied patients. Complications are rare. The procedure can be repeated more than once at intervals of 3 to 4 months. Just the right amount of fat should be transplanted, for if too much fat is placed, infection and other problems are more likely to occur. The buttock size and shape can progressively be improved. And liposuction in the areas around the buttock—the outer thighs and hips—also helps the appearance of the buttocks. If the patient gains back a little bit of the fat that was suctioned away after the procedure, the fat may go to “desired” places like breasts and buttocks, and the overall shape may be enhanced.

Dr. Yoho’s Approach to Facial Rejuvenation

A family vacation moment, nothing to do with facial fillers!

One of the fantastic things that has happened with facial cosmetic surgery is the introduction of “hyaluronic acid” fillers, including Juvederm® and Restylane®. These fillers can help make a 45- or 50-year-old face look 10 or 20 years younger in some cases. The wife of a friend of mine recently was looking so fantastic that I had to ask her why, and she said she’d had 14 syringes of Restylane® placed in her face over the last 9 months. She looked like she was 27 and she is in her late 40s! The Restylane® had replaced the facial fat loss that she had undergone as a natural aging process, and because she had been using excellent skin products as well, she didn’t need a facelift or anything more aggressive than filler. Her lips were naturally full without being overdone and her cheeks, brow area, and the sides of her face all looked very youthful.

We also like facial implants, particularly cheek and chin implants. These are essentially permanent fillers. The facial lifting that these two implants produce is exceedingly natural in most cases and is more and more being used by Hollywood for virtually all of the actors and actresses.

We believe that the facial fillers, which are reputed to last only a year, last much longer if larger volumes are used. Our pricing is reasonable and we encourage our patients to have a consultation for facial fillers. If you use less (at least 5cc’s) many times a more temporary result is produced although it can still be very attractive.

We (as is standard practice) do face lifting along with eyelid surgery, facial fillers, and facial skin resurfacing. When multiple procedures are desired, all of these procedures are typically done at once in one procedure to produce the best possible result. We use local anesthetic plus our unique sedation process to give you the most comfortable experience during the procedure.

While the facial fillers have very minimal recovery, the other procedures of course do require more “downtime” and we will counsel you individually about your needs during your visit to Dr. Yoho’s office.