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.
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 Recovery Package
A 13-session, 18-day protocol designed for the lower vascular demand of nasal procedures. Resolves "raccoon eyes" and nasal airway swelling fast — so you can breathe and look like yourself sooner.
Tier 2
Facelift & Breast Augmentation Recovery Package
A 17-session, 21-day protocol for procedures with broader skin flaps and higher metabolic demand. Facelift is the most extensively studied aesthetic procedure for HBOT — clinical results are unambiguous.
Tier 3
Abdominoplasty Recovery Package
A 22-session, 26-day protocol with 5 days of pre-operative oxygen loading. Abdominoplasty has the highest complication rate of any elective cosmetic procedure — this protocol targets the biology behind those complications directly.
Tier 4
Reconstruction & Flap Surgery Recovery Package
A 25-session, 29-day medically coordinated protocol — designed for the highest-risk tissue survival scenarios. Free flaps, nipple-sparing reconstruction, and complex reconstructive cases. Requires daily coordination with your surgical team.
This protocol requires coordination between surgical and functional medicine teams. Please have your surgeon contact us before your procedure date is scheduled.
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Selected outcomes from peer-reviewed clinical literature on perioperative HBOT and photobiomodulation.
13.3 days with HBOT vs. 36.9 days in controls (p < .001). Same procedure, same surgeon. Case-control study, n=19.
Zero surgical site infections and zero necrosis events across 296 consecutive patients receiving perioperative HBOT.
21 days in HBOT cohort vs. published benchmark of 28–42 days for standard recovery.
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.
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.
Call (602) 864-0304 Book a free consultationDr. Kilcup Functional Medicine & Hyperbaric Center · 7016 N 27th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85051