Tongue Base Reduction

This is a procedure often used in combination with other procedures when a patient is in the operating room.  The most common method used by Dr. Jerome Vener and Dr. Alen Cohen in Los Angeles to treat a large base of tongue is to use coblation. In this procedure, radiofrequency energy is used via a coblation wand to target 3 to 4 points within the base of tongue and subsequently shrink them.  The results are seen over months as the tissue heals and scars causing some reduction in bulk.