This one will be long, but if you read through it, you'll have a detailed description of what you're likely to find if you go to his clinic.
I went to Dr Golden for the first (and only) time back in August 2013. I wanted to have an acqua lipo done. I did my research on him first. I found that he was duly credentialed as he was supposed to be by all boards and associations related to his activity and that he hadn't many negative reviews on the web. So, I wanted an affordable service done fast - and that's what he was offering. Then, a few days later I was having my smart lipo done in an outpatient setting and, one hour later, I was going home.
The recovery was not painful at all, the incisions were tiny and didn't require stitches. The only thing that was not as they said it would be were the results: they said you'd see it immediately and it would keep on getting better within six weeks, but once you have the procedure done, you find out that definite results will show within six months, as any other lipo. At first I was concerned because initially I noted I had been left with a small bump close to my navel, but I couldn't focus on that for long, because two months later I got pregnant and my body changed completely.
Well, I put on 80 pounds in my pregnancy (the third one - I am 39) and shedding off the weight took its time. Just now, almost two years after giving birth, I'm finally wearing most of my pre-pregnancy clothes. The funny thing is that, although I'm back at my pre-pregnancy clothes, my body looks different, more proportional, leaner, and I'm not doing anything different than I've always done in my life: I'm exercising like crazy and watching my diet. That's it. But, bc my body format is pear shaped, no matter how skinny I got, my saddlebags and love handles (earned after my second pregnancy) would never go anywhere.
And that's where I asked Dr Golden to work on. I paid for 4 areas (stomach, tummy, love handles and saddlebags), but I got 5: his assistant (very nice) told me at the moment of the procedure that she would tell him to aspirate from the lower part of my butt as well, to make it rounder (a bonus!). But, with the pregnancy, no results could be seen or appreciated - until now!
What a surprise when I see that, after almost three years and 80lbs, my stomach is flat, my love handles are gone and so are my saddlebags!!! I can't stop looking at my new body. I love it!! The small bump close to the navel? Practically disappeared! My body looks proportional, lean, gorgeous.
So, would I recommend him? With the results I'm seeing now, I have to say I had an extremely successful experience. My pregnancy and extreme weight gain could have ruined it all, but it didn't! Would I do it again? I don't know, not because of his service, staff or skills, but because maybe now I'm less brave to have a "big" procedure done in an outpatient setting (his office), without the proper OR equipment. I mean, I don't know if they'd have been able to handle the situation if something had gone wrong. It's true that the only anesthesia I got were 5 valiums one hour before the procedure and local anesthetic that was injected with the saline solution before the aspiration. Did I sleep through it? Not entirely! Did I feel any pain? Zero!! So, my only recommendation would be for you to check if he has the proper equipment to handle you should anything go wrong (I don't remember if I did). Other than that? Yes, girl, GO FOR IT!! My body looks AMAZING even after a pregnancy, the cost was very affordable and I had no complications from it. You're going to love it!