Get a Gilt City Deal for Discounts on Injectable Fillers

Look younger with Restylane or related injectable fillers. Purchase a current deal available on Gilt City: pay $49 for a voucher that will get you $100 off of a 1 mL treatment of Restylane (limit 3). Or pay $149 for a $300 voucher toward a 2 mL treatment. Vouchers can be used at participating spas, including the medical spa of Dr. Robert Yoho, located in Pasadena. Dr. Yoho says that the results obtained from noninvasive treatments like fillers are mostly dependent on the skill of the medical aesthetician, rather than the product. So make sure you are using an experienced and highly qualified technician.

These fillers (Restylane and related products) are hyaluronic acid fillers. They are used to fill in and smooth lines and folds of moderate to severe levels. Mainly, they are used around the mouth to fill in the lines that draw down the lower face as we age. For example, many people develop lines that run from each corner of the mouth down to the jaw on either side of the chin. Also known as marionette lines, these can really interrupt the smooth look of the face and are quite aging. The other major use for Restylane is in the lines that curve around the outside of the mouth from nose level almost to the chin. These are the “laugh lines” or “parenthesis” lines. Those with fair skin might notice that these first look red, and then become wrinkles as they age.

Restylane fillers can plump out wrinkles as described above, smoothing the appearance of the skin. In addition, some technicians can use them to fill the cheeks and even in the brow area. The good thing about hyaluronic acid fillers in the hands of a skilled technician is that the filler remains soft and smooth. Older types of fillers such as collagen can appear hard or even form lumps under the skin, so that there is a big tradeoff between getting rid of wrinkles or looking natural. Hyaluronic acid leaves a softer, smoother effect that can last for a year or more. They can even be dissolved if you don’t like the results.

Please call our office to schedule an appointment today. The Gilt City deal must be used by September 30. See the terms in the deal for other specifics.

Am I A Surgical Candidate?

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You are a surgical candidate if a number of things come together. First of all, you have to be psychologically ready for a surgery. Sometimes these things are stressful and sometimes they’re not, but you have to be willing to undergo the stresses of the possible complications for any of these given surgeries, however unlikely they are. Most cosmetic surgeries are comfortable and their post-operative recovery for most people is very modest, however. 

Second, you need to have good physical characteristics for the surgery that you desire. The doctor will help you understand just what kind of result you are likely to expect. For example, a woman with medium-sized breasts and a lot of breast tissue can get spectacular results with breast implants in most cases. A woman with long, skinny breasts sometimes needs reconstructive surgery and some of these surgeries come out better than others. Liposuction works very well for people with a lot of fat just under the skin surface, but doesn’t work at all for people with fat underneath the muscle wall. 

Of course, you need to be able to afford the procedure, and you need to be able to take the time off. If you are too busy to take the time off, many of the noninvasive procedures we do can, over time, make improvements that are as significant or nearly as significant as the invasive procedures. For example, our fractionated laser repeated several times can produce a fantastic result, and if you stay out of the sun and use Fallene sunscreen from drugstore.com (for example) and Retin-A over a year or two, you can get a fantastic result that rids you of wrinkles and really in many ways is as good as the invasive procedure which requires the two-week recovery and the possibility of more complications. 

Fillers can approximate a facelift for the right individual, replacing the fat and restoring the contours and form of the aging face to a younger contour, and when performed in conjunction with Botox and the resurfacing modalities, can be spectacular indeed. But the noninvasive procedures, remember, can be easily as expensive as the invasive procedures and require coming back to the office a lot.