Have You Heard About the Liposuction Revolution?

Dr. Yoho (while NOT performing liposuction) and friends

There is a new device that we have had for several months that has revolutionized our ability to extract fat in a safe, even fashion. This instrument is a mechanical device which rotates 360 degrees in each direction every second. And this motion is safe and makes the liposuctionist's ability to extract fat in an even, rapid fashion much better. 

Our experience with this has been all positive. We've never had any significant complications. We seem to be cutting our times down by about 25 or 30 percent, which helps the patient because they receive less anesthetic and therefore are not as groggy after the case. Having them get in the compression garment sooner is a big advantage because the tissues don't have time to get swollen. 

There is nothing else different about how we do the procedure; we use the same local anesthetic and the same sedation techniques we describe in our other blogs, and the operation by the surgeon mimics identically the stroking that is necessary in the older technique. 

We would like you to come in and we can show you this device and tell you more about how it has improved our liposuction results in practice.

The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

We believe our Fractionated CO2 laser, the SmartXide DOT is absolutely fantastic and many of the experts in the field have said that it’s a huge advancement in laser technology. 

The technique is that the laser sprays tiny treatment areas—literally, many tens of thousands of them onto the face with each treatment.  It leaves bridges of normal skin in between the treated areas which are very tiny and which allow the face to regenerate in a very natural fashion.  The treatment takes about fifteen minutes. 

We have had great results with people of all different skin types; and particularly with moderate, intermediate skin types such as Hispanic and Middle Eastern skin types.  The color improvement can be marvelous.

Please come in for your free consultation as soon as you can so you can get your laser treatment lined up.  We offer free sedation if you have a driver--and your experience will be a very pleasant and relaxing one; furthermore, you won’t even remember the procedure!!!



Fractional Laser Improves Skin Color Irregularities in Previously Laser-Damaged Skin

Gorgeous getaway--Dr. Yoho vacation photo

We have a patient who had a prior laser procedure on her neck and had irregular pigmentation where there were some white areas and some darker areas. This individual had this problem for over ten years and had tried all kinds of things, including the Fraxel laser treatment, which is another wavelength than the fractional CO2 laser, even though the names sound very similar. 

With a couple of fractional CO2 laser treatments with our SmartXide DOT laser, all of the skin on her neck evened out to a healthy tan color and the “splotchiness” went away. We think that these fractional CO2 treatments stimulated the pigment in the areas that were lighter and also took away pigment in the areas that were darker. It just has a very nice quality of evening the skin texture and color and making a much more pleasing and youthful finish on the skin. It has been quoted to be one of the biggest advances in laser technology we've had in the last 15 years by at least one famous dermatologist, and we believe this is true. We have more or less abandoned use of the other treatment modalities for light and intermediate depth peels because the fractionated laser works so well. 

We only charge $750 for a full-face laser treatment and a bit more for face and neck and chest. Many of the dermatology offices charge twice this. We use this as an accompanying treatment in many of our surgeries and the patients really appreciate their results.

Did You Know That the Upper Pelvic Area of Female Anatomy Has Different Standards of Beauty in Different Cultures?

In certain South American cultures, the area below the belly and above the vagina is deemed very beautiful if it’s plump and even a little over weight by most American standards. Certain people and certain cultures like this area bigger, and fat transplant can accomplish this if you think that your area is too thin.

For the most part, however, American women like this area liposuctioned when we liposuction the rest of their trunk area or torso. We do this as a matter of course unless there are other requests.

We occasionally come across someone who has a different standard of beauty and for these people fat transplant is not appropriate.

So it’s entirely up to you. We can change your body the way that you think is best by either fat transplant or liposuction. Please come in for your consultation to see just what we can do for you.


All the best,


Robert Yoho, M.D.