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.

Dr. Yoho Performs Pure Local Anesthetic Liposuction Too

Dr. Yoho on the edge

Although most of our patients like some sort of light sedation, we can do breast augmentation, liposuction, and eyelid procedures with pure local anesthetic. We often will give a relaxation pill prior to this, but local anesthetic does the job, and if you’re a calm and relaxed individual who doesn’t want any intravenous medicine, we’re certainly happy to help you using the pure local anesthetic liposuction technique. A few of our patients choose this method, and we can make you perfectly comfortable with it. It does take a little bit of talking during the procedure and hand-holding, but pain isn’t a significant problem at all; in fact, most of our patients have no pain and are able to go home almost immediately after the procedure is complete. Please let us know if this is what you want and we’ll be happy to oblige you.