Phoenix’s medical hard-chamber HBOT & functional medicine center

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For Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Patients

Cut your recovery time in half. Heal flatter. Bruise less.

Phoenix's only dedicated perioperative HBOT and red-light protocol — calibrated to your specific procedure, coordinated with your surgical team, and designed to support healing on a surgeon's timeline.

Mean wound healing — facelift cohort: 13.3 days vs. 36.9 days in controls

Why HBOT and red light, before and after surgery

Surgical wounds fail when local oxygen drops below the threshold for collagen synthesis and immune function. We address that directly — pre-loading tissue with oxygen before the first incision, sustaining hyperoxygenation during the critical first week, then driving deep collagen remodeling with red light during the scar-formation phase.

Hyperbaric oxygen at 2.0–2.4 ATA

Pressurized oxygen dissolves directly into your blood plasma — bypassing red blood cells and reaching tissue your surgical incision has temporarily cut off from normal blood flow. Drives angiogenesis, fibroblast activity, and bactericidal neutrophil function at the wound.

Photobiomodulation (red light)

660 nm red light during the acute phase activates mitochondrial repair and reduces oxidative stress. 850 nm near-infrared added during remodeling penetrates deeper to support collagen crosslinking — the difference between a flat scar and a raised, visible one.

Tier 1 · Rhinoplasty

Look like yourself weeks sooner — not months.

A 13-session recovery protocol built for the nose. It drives down the bruising and swelling that hide your result, clears the "raccoon eyes" fast, and eases the airway congestion that makes the first weeks miserable — so the face in the mirror is the one you paid for, and it arrives sooner.

In controlled trials, red-light photobiomodulation significantly reduced bruising and swelling in the first two weeks after rhinoplasty — exactly the window when it shows most.

See the research behind rhinoplasty recovery →

Two therapies, every single visit — each working a different part of the problem

Hyperbaric oxygen

Saturates the healing tissue with the oxygen it needs to rebuild collagen and fight infection — the fuel a fresh surgical site is starved of.

Red light therapy — included every session

Calms bruising and inflammation at the surface early, then shifts to deeper wavelengths to help the tissue remodel as your nose settles.

Timed to your surgery. We start 3 days before to prime the tissue, hit hardest through the acute bruising-and-swelling window, then carry into the remodeling phase as everything settles.

What's included

13 hyperbaric oxygen sessions (60 min)$1,950
13 red light therapy sessions$650
Consultation & protocol designIncluded
À la carte value$2,600
Package price
$1,895
Save $705
Zero-interest financing available
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Or call (602) 864-0304 — book as soon as your surgery date is set.

Clinical protocol: 13 sessions over ~18 days · hyperbaric oxygen at 2.0 ATA, 60 min · red light 660 nm (acute) + 830 nm (remodeling) · pre-op start 3 days before surgery.

Tier 2 · Facelift & Breast Augmentation

Heal in a fraction of the time — and look recovered when it counts.

A 17-session protocol for procedures with broad skin flaps and higher metabolic demand. It drives oxygen into the tissue along your incision lines — where wound-healing problems begin — so bruising fades, swelling settles, and you look like yourself for the reveal instead of weeks later.

In a controlled study of facelift patients, those who received hyperbaric oxygen healed in a mean of 13.3 days versus 36.9 days without it (P<.001) — same procedure, same surgeon.

Neel et al., Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum, 2023

See the research behind facelift & breast recovery →

Two therapies, every single visit — each working a different part of the problem

Hyperbaric oxygen

Drives oxygen into the broad skin flaps a facelift or augmentation creates, supporting perfusion at the flap edges where wound-healing problems start, and fueling collagen and immune defense.

Red light therapy — included every session

Calms bruising and inflammation early, then shifts to deeper wavelengths to support smooth, even scar remodeling.

Timed to your surgery. We start 3 days before to prime the tissue, work hardest through the acute bruising-and-swelling window, then carry into the remodeling phase.

What's included

17 hyperbaric oxygen sessions (90 min)$3,400
17 red light therapy sessions$850
Consultation & protocol designIncluded
À la carte value$4,250
Package price
$3,095
Save $1,155
Zero-interest financing available
Book your free recovery consultation →

Or call (602) 864-0304 — book as soon as your surgery date is set.

Clinical protocol: 17 sessions over ~21 days · hyperbaric oxygen at 2.0 ATA, 90 min · red light 660 nm + 830 nm · pre-op start 3 days before surgery.

Tier 3 · Abdominoplasty

The highest-complication cosmetic surgery — and the protocol built to change the odds.

A 22-session protocol with 5 days of pre-operative oxygen loading. Abdominoplasty carries the highest complication rate of any elective cosmetic procedure, because tension and undermining choke the blood supply at the incision edges. This protocol targets that oxygen deficit head-on — before the incision is ever made.

In a 356-patient study, pre-operative hyperbaric oxygen cut post-abdominoplasty complications from 32.6% to 8.4% (P<.001).

Friedman et al., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open, 2019

See the research behind tummy tuck recovery →

Two therapies, every single visit — each working a different part of the problem

Hyperbaric oxygen

Loads the tissue with oxygen before surgery and drives perfusion to the incision edges after — the exact zone where abdominoplasty wound failures begin.

Red light therapy — included every session

Supports scar remodeling toward a flatter, softer result. In a controlled split-scar trial in abdominoplasty patients, the red-light-treated side showed significantly better scar quality at six months.

Timed to your surgery. Five days of pre-operative oxygen loading, then intensive support through the high-risk early healing window, with a scar pliability check at day 21.

What's included

22 hyperbaric oxygen sessions (90 min)$4,400
22 red light therapy sessions$1,100
Consultation, protocol & scar pliability checkIncluded
À la carte value$5,500
Package price
$3,995
Save $1,505
Zero-interest financing available
Book your free recovery consultation →

Or call (602) 864-0304 — book as soon as your surgery date is set.

Clinical protocol: 22 sessions over ~26 days · hyperbaric oxygen at 2.0 ATA, 90 min · red light 660 nm + 830 nm, 10–15 min · pre-op start 5 days before · scar pliability check day 21.

Tier 4 · Reconstruction & Flap Surgery

When tissue survival is on the line, oxygen is the recognized standard.

A 25-session, medically coordinated protocol for the highest-risk scenarios — free flaps, nipple-sparing reconstruction, and complex reconstructive cases. When a flap's blood supply is threatened, tissue can be lost, forcing revision or reconstructive failure. Skin-flap necrosis after nipple-sparing mastectomy has been reported in up to 43% of cases. This protocol is built to protect at-risk tissue, and is coordinated directly with your surgical team.

Hyperbaric oxygen for compromised flaps and grafts is a recognized indication of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. In one series of ischemic, at-risk grafts and flaps, 90% were salvaged with hyperbaric oxygen — and the earlier it begins, the better the odds.

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society; Bowersox et al.

See the research behind reconstruction recovery →

Two therapies, every single visit — each working a different part of the problem

Hyperbaric oxygen

Raises oxygen in tissue whose blood supply is threatened — buying a compromised flap time to establish circulation and blunting the reperfusion injury that kills marginal tissue. Delivered at higher pressure (2.4 ATA) for these demanding cases.

Red light therapy — included every session

Supports wound healing and scar quality across the full course of recovery.

Coordinated with your surgeon. We begin before surgery where possible and provide intensive support through the critical early survival window, working directly with your surgical team on timing.

What's included

25 hyperbaric oxygen sessions (90 min)$5,000
25 red light therapy sessions$1,250
Consultation, protocol & surgical team coordinationIncluded
À la carte value$6,250
Package price
$4,595
Save $1,655
Zero-interest financing available
Book your free recovery consultation →

Or call (602) 864-0304 — have your surgeon coordinate with us before your procedure date is set.

Clinical protocol: 25 sessions over ~29 days · hyperbaric oxygen at 2.4 ATA, 90 min · red light 660 nm + 830 nm, 10–15 min · pre-op start 5 days before · surgical team coordination throughout.

What the published research shows

Selected outcomes from peer-reviewed clinical literature on perioperative HBOT and photobiomodulation.

Facelift mean wound healing Nasser et al., Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2023

13.3 days with HBOT vs. 36.9 days in controls (p < .001). Same procedure, same surgeon. Case-control study, n=19.

Aesthetic surgical cohort outcomes Calderon-Villar et al., PRS Global Open, 2024

Zero surgical site infections and zero necrosis events across 296 consecutive patients receiving perioperative HBOT.

Abdominoplasty return-to-work time Calderon-Villar et al., PRS Global Open, 2024

21 days in HBOT cohort vs. published benchmark of 28–42 days for standard recovery.

Rhinoplasty bruising and edema Rhinoplasty LED-PBM RCT, PMC 2025

660 nm photobiomodulation, 10 minutes 3× daily for 14 days — significant reduction in bruising and swelling at weeks 1 and 2; improved wound healing sustained at 1 month.

Post-abdominoplasty scar quality Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2018

Double-blind controlled trial — significantly improved scar quality at 1 and 6 months on PBM-treated vs. untreated side (p < 0.05, Vancouver Scar Scale and POSAS).

Have a surgery date scheduled?

Pre-op sessions begin 3–5 days before your surgery. Call as soon as your date is confirmed — timing is what makes this protocol work.

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Dr. Kilcup Functional Medicine & Hyperbaric Center · 7016 N 27th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85051

Frequently Asked Questions

What patients ask before they book

Honest answers about timing, sessions, surgeon coordination, and what to expect — so you can decide whether HBOT belongs in your recovery plan.

When should I start HBOT — before or after surgery?

Both, ideally — but the bigger window is after. Best results come from 1–3 sessions in the week before surgery to prime your tissue with oxygen, then beginning post-op sessions within 24–48 hours of your procedure when swelling and inflammation are at their peak.

This is why we ask you to call as soon as your surgical date is confirmed. The earlier we know, the easier it is to schedule your pre-op sessions and reserve your post-op slots before our chambers fill up.

Will HBOT actually reduce my swelling and bruising?

Yes, and the clinical data is unusually strong for an adjunct therapy. In a published facelift study, patients receiving HBOT showed a 35% reduction in bruising compared to controls — same surgeon, same procedure.

A separate facelift study measured mean wound healing time at 13.3 days with HBOT versus 36.9 days without. Most patients notice visibly reduced swelling within the first 3–5 sessions.

How many sessions will I need for my procedure?

The answer is procedure-specific, not generic. Our packages are built around clinical protocols matched to surgical trauma level:

Face lift or breast augmentation: 17 HBOT + 17 PBM sessions ($2,295)
Reconstructive plastic surgery: 25 HBOT + 25 PBM sessions ($3,495)

Sessions run 60 minutes each, typically daily for the first 7–10 days, then tapering. Your exact protocol is finalized during your clinical consultation, which is included in every package.

Will my plastic surgeon approve this? Do you coordinate with them?

Yes — and a growing number of Phoenix-area surgeons now recommend it. HBOT is non-invasive, doesn't interfere with surgical medications or anesthesia, and is increasingly part of standard recovery protocols at premium aesthetic practices.

We're happy to communicate directly with your surgeon's office, share our protocol details, and time your sessions around their post-op instructions. If your surgeon has questions, have them call us at (602) 864-0304.

What does a session feel like — is it claustrophobic?

Our chambers are FDA-certified steel hard chambers with viewing windows — not the cramped soft chambers you may have seen elsewhere. They're large enough that you can shift positions and move around comfortably during your session. You can look out, watch a screen, listen to music, or simply rest.

You'll feel a sensation in your ears as pressure increases, similar to an airplane descent. We coach you through clearing your ears, and most patients are fully relaxed within the first 10 minutes. Even patients who arrive worried about claustrophobia are typically fine once they see the chamber and feel how much space they have.

Does insurance cover this, and what are my payment options?

Insurance does not cover HBOT for cosmetic surgery recovery. HBOT is only covered for a narrow list of conditions like diabetic wounds and radiation injuries. We're transparent about this so you can plan accordingly.

What we offer instead: package pricing that saves $680–$880 versus per-session rates, and 0% interest financing for 12 months with no credit check required. For most patients, this works out to under $200/month.

Still have questions?

Call us and talk to our team directly — no gatekeeping, no sales pressure.

CALL (602) 864-0304