All About The Total Makeover

Robert Yoho, MD playing with his daughter

Generally, facial procedures are done “all in one.” In other words, facelifts, eyelids, cheek implants, chin implants, noses, and laser resurfacing are often performed at the same time. This has been the traditional approach and is felt to be reasonable by the medical community. 

 However, the “total body makeover” where all this facial work is done and then breasts and liposuction are all performed together we think represents an extreme risk. One of the problems with this involves anesthesia time, which increases the problems with blood clotting and other medical issues related to the anesthesia. Surgeries over a couple of hours to us seem relatively unreasonable, although sometimes our facial surgery or breast lift will extend three hours or a little more.

So beware of the “total makeover.” We think that it’s easier for you and makes more sense to approach these things stepwise, thus getting to know the quality of your surgeon and the quality of the results bit by bit.