Beverly Hills Cheek Augmentation with Implants or Radiesse & Perlane.
around lunchtime of July 29th, 2008The Cheeks can be augmented and their shape imroved aesthetically by using Cheek Implants ( I prefer soft silastic ones…no screws or fixation sutures) or with various materials that are injected into the skin over the cheek area. Of the latter, I like Radiesse or Perlane because I have found it to highly predictable and effective in allowing me to shape the cheeks. I also use Radiesse to shape the chin and jawline.
A few days ago a patient came from Dubai and mentioned that I was referred in Dubai as “the guy who does Radiesse to shape the face”. I found this flattering that I would be so regarded in a city that I have never visited. I felt compelled to mention that I like Radiesse because it works in my hands and accomplishes what I want to d aesthetically on the face…and that’s to make a male face more angular and ruggedly handsome while making a female face soft, feminine and youthful in appearance. I have no financial stock in the company that makes or markets radiesse…although they should at the very least thank mean for all the free advertising I do for their product…including an appearance on ABC’s “The View” where I had a Radiesse patient as well as my new “Celebrity Face Lift”….but that’s another story. Rdaiesse works and in my opinion works quite well but so does perlane and Botox and restylane and i endorse all of those products as well.
In my almost 20 years of performing plastic and cosmetic surgery here in beverly Hills and London, I have always strived to get the very best and most out of every plastic surgeical procedure: Face Lift, Breast Augmentation, Rhinoplasty, Blepharoplasty, Tummy Tuck, Lip Augmentation, Liposuction, Cheek Augmentation, Chin Implant Surgery, Browlift, Otoplasty…whatever instead of accepting whatever limitations those procedures had to offer. The same can be said about the soft tissue fillers like radiesse, perlane and Even Botox. I embrace the ones that I believe work and I don’t use or endorse the ones I think don’t work or have unwanted complications….silicone, artecol just to mention two. That’s how all top, best, plastic and cosmetic surgeons should feel whether you are a celebrity having plastic surgery or just one of we mere mortals. This is my opinion and other plastic and cosmetic surgeons may have another opinion.
Read more about Beverly Hills Cheek Augmentation with Cheek Implants here: http://www.drfpalmer.com/CheekImplants.html
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Dr. Francis R Palmer, III
Dear Dr. Palmer,
I am 41 and thin (5′6.5″, 107 lbs) and as I have gotten older my cheeks have lost volume. I have high cheekbones but the area adjacent to my nose has become flattened. I do not have any “jowls” or deep nasolabial folds, so it appears to be less of a gravity affect and more of a loss of fat volume. How do you determine whether a filler or an implant is more appropriate for this problem?
Thank you for your time and advice,
Liz
Liz :: 4 days, 23 hours after
Liz,
It sound like you’ve made the determination. The only issue is which type of filler and what overall shape your cheeks should be. I like Radiesse or Perlane and have a specific shape that I like female cheeks to have that makes the face appear, soft, feminine, youthful and attractive.
You can contact my staff for further info at 310-652-9583 or at drfpalmer1@aol.com
Dr. Francis R Palmer, III
drfpalmer :: 1 week after
Dr Palmer,
Not to put you on the spot, but what would be different about me coming to you (from the midwest) versus me seeing someone local for Radiesse? Obviously there is some expense for me to travel to Beverly Hills, but would do it if my results would be best.
Liz
Liz :: 2 weeks, 6 days after
Hey Liz,
That’s a fair and reasonable question. There is no magic in the Radiesse itself. The magic is in the eye of the plastic and cosmetic surgeon that knows where to place the Radiesse and most importantly, where not to place it so that your cheeks look feminine, soft, natural and youthful. Hey if it were easy, everyone would do it…but they can’t. I’ve had patients come to me after having Radiesse injected elsewhere and their faces looked odd and mis-shapen. Worst of all it will stay that way for 12-18 months. We have many patients that fly here to beverly Hills for us to inject Radiesse and then fly home to Europe, The Middle East, Asia and all over the US the same or next day. But at the end of the day, you have to decide if the trip to see me is worth it to you.
Dr. Francis R Palmer, III
drfpalmer :: 3 weeks after
Dr Palmer,
I like your answers. Clearly the more you do, the better you get at it. I am sure you are far more experienced than the doctors in the midwest where plastic surgery is nowhere near as prevalent as in Beverly Hills. Two more questions for you (sorry to be such a pest):
1. Approximately how many Radiesse injections for cheeks do you do per week?
2. How long after a primary closed rhinoplasty should I wait before having Radiesse?
Thanks again,
Liz
Liz :: 3 weeks, 3 days after