Cost of CELLULAZE

Brittany6755 sent you a PM Dr. B

Mine cost $7,200. My doctor quoted me 4 1/2 hours and they did a calculation which, based, on 4 1/2 hours, was $1,200 surgery room, $6,000 surgeon/fees. I arrived at the office at 7am, was marked up, shown to the surgical room (just another room in the medical office building) had the entire procedure and was getting off the table at 10am, 3 hours later. When I asked for a price adjustment they said I just did better than expected, i.e. they don't give refunds.

In short, if your doctor quotes a certain "time" for the procedure make sure to ask what happens to the price if it takes less time.

I must make this cost issue clearer. The CELLULAZE unit costs $250,000 retail. So monthly lease payments can approach $3,000. Plus the end user add in items. So the cost to do a CELLULAZE is expensive. Also a few of us are using 2 fibers per case, because we are treating large surface areas. Remember the Cynosure company is not just selling these units to "any" doc. So there will be limited choices to the treating docs in your area. Also beware of non approved docs advertising that they have the Cellulaze unit. Call Cynosure or go to cellulose.com as the ONLY authorize site to find certified Cellulaze doctors. This happen this afternoon a center in Palm Beach was stating in their website they have the Cellulaze. IT IS NOT A TRUE STATEMENT!! Cynosure and the Florida Board of Medicine are taking action against this center as I type. Regardsdr. B, MIAMI

It is very possible they MIGHT replace fiber but if they is some use in # of joules they would question if a replacement was warranted. In any terms there are real hard costs to preform cellulaze. Now done over 15 cases. By end of may will be in the twenties. Early results are above expectations but final appearance is after 3 months at a minimium. Just did very interesting cellulaze case. She will be posting her story on real self soon. Regards dr b

Yes and no. The Cellulaze fiber has only 40,000 joules loaded on it. So the watts in the Cellulaze unit is from 0 to 15 watts. The recommended dose is 10 watts or less at 25 hz for a 1,000 pulses or joules per 5cm x 5cm square. Thus 6 squares will use 6,000 joules of the 40,000 loaded on that fiber. So far for me I using over 20,000 per case at a minimum. But I have use 40,000 joules on one patient with very large areas. But the concept is to have extras available. Sometimes, this has happened to me a fiber or thermaguide does not operate properly. So it needs to be replaced. Thus the costs are real. For example you start using a 10,000 joules loaded fiber but you need 15,000 joules so another fiber is opened. Very costly. Just some info for you. Regards Dr. B

Thanks, this is helpful info for people to be aware of!

Out of curiosity, the back up Cellulaze fiber could be used for another procedure right? Its only actually used if the first one fails, is that correct?