Scared of Needles But Want the Benefits of a Cosmetic Specialist?

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We are specialists in “scaredy-cat” patients. Are you afraid of needles? Dr. Yoho has special techniques to make your experience in surgery or even a minimally invasive procedure as painless as possible. For example, he has a method where he starts an I.V. using a very tiny needle and a tiny amount of local anesthetic and almost no pain is perceived by the patient. Before the local anesthetic is put into the skin, he scratches the area in order to fool the nerves and most people feel nothing at all.

Also, many “non-invasive” procedures are performed with just numbing cream placed on the face. Dr. Yoho believes that all of his patients should have a chance to go to sleep briefly if they wish, and accordingly, offers his “non-invasive” patients no-charge sedation for their procedure. Of course, they need to be accompanied by a person who can drive them home, but they generally feel fine within 15 minutes of waking up, because the sedation medicine is so short acting.

Additionally, we use a special Botox needle that most people can’t feel. It’s a 32-gauge needle, which is smaller than was ever available a few years ago. By pressing the fingernail into the area to be injected, the nerves again are fooled and often the patients feel no injection for the Botox.

About Breast Implant Warranties

For all patients that have had Mentor implants within the last ten years: you can switch to saline whether you have a deflation or not, and all you have to do is pay $300 for each implant to go from saline to silicone, which are over the muscle and much better. They’ve come out with a new silicone implant that’s made of gel and FDA-approved and people have had a great success with it.

Allergan implants are a little different, and you can call our office and give us your information. If you are ten years out, you still get $1,200 or $2,400 if you upgraded. And they will replace one side, possibly two.

But you’re more than welcome to call our office at 626-585-0800 and ask us about the warranties on the implants, because many people are coming up on the ten-year cutoff.

How Much Does It Cost For My Facial Procedures?

Moment from a great family vacation (not related to facial surgery).

Many people desire correction of one or two facial problems, such as a very weak chin or saggy eyelids. However, traditionally and very reasonably, when we work on a face, we often will correct all the defects in one appointment. This can include facelift, eyelids, skin resurfacing with peeling, and Botox and filler. Additionally, in most patients facial implants are very helpful, especially in older patients who have lost their fat volume.

Although we price our facelifts at $4,999, we’re willing to do whatever is appropriate for your face for $10,000. This includes all the above treatments, with the exception of nose surgery, which is a whole other specialty and a separate operation, in our view. We will evaluate you and do whatever is appropriate and whatever procedures you agree to have for this price. We think this is reasonable because the typical facelifts are at least $7,500. Facial implants range from $2,500 to $7,000 for one area and the peels can be $800 to $4,000. Eyelids range from $2,500 to $5,000 for uppers and the same for lowers.

We always use our sedation technique with a single agent and our patients don’t have to undergo general anesthesia. They have a reasonably comfortable experience with any nausea or problems afterwards being extremely rare. This is all included in the above pricing scheme.