I think everyone would answer “the results” obtained by using the fillers. More specifically, this means, the ultimate shape of the face and lips after the Radiesse, Perlane or Juvederm was injected.

In order to obtain the desired, aesthetic shape the plastic and cosmetic surgeon has to know what aesthetic shape is ideally attractive in a nam or a woman. Yes, they are different and no, we as plastic and cosmetic surgeons are not taught, during training, what is or is not a beautiful face because no-one until now has even defined what makes a face beautiful. Silly as it may seem, millions of people all over the world are undergoing plastic and cosmetic surgery procedures and treatments, including fillers to shape the face and lips without the understanding of what they are trying to accomplish…which is a more attractive face! Worse yet, the plastic and cosmetic surgeon may not have understanding of the same issue.

Fillers like Radiesse, Perlane and Juvederm Ultra XC are fantastic at augmenting and shaping the cheeks, chin, jawline and even the nose but if placed in the wrong place or in the wrong amount can create a mis-shapen face. Juvederm in the lips can give a beautiful, soft pouty look to the lips if done correctly but when it’s not…the result can be “fish-mouth” which is hardly attractive. So, the question remains: “how do you get the best, top results from your fillers?” Simple, choose a plastic and cosmetic surgeon that can show you he/she understands the aesthetics of facial beauty as outined in my new book which defines the subject “What’s Your Number….the palmer code”

If you want the “Best”, “Top” results, don’t have Rhinoplasty, Face Lift, Eyelid surgery, Rhinoplasty, Cheek Implants, Chin Implant, Breast Augmentation with Implants, Botox, Radiesse, Perlane, Juvederm or any other plastic and cosmetic surgery or procedure until you know what does and does not make your face more attractive.

Trust me, buying this book is the best money you’ll ever spend on yourself. The only way to get the “best”, “top” results is to follow the principles, of “What’s Your Number” and “The Palmer Code” describing beauty and its component parts. That’s what we have done in Beverly Hills (Los Angeles) and in London over and over for more than 2 decades. If a celebrity looks good after plastic and cosmetic surgery, these principles were follwed. When celebrity plastic surgery looks hideous, these principles were ignored.

Dr Francis Palmer
Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
“What’s Your Number..the palmer code.”

Just stepped out of the OR where I removed a small, button-style chin implant from a tall rugged-looking man. He came to me seeking a more augmented and defined chin then what he had obtained from the button chin implant that had been placed by another surgeon elsewhere.

This story illustrates my two basic principles of aesthetic plastic and cosmetic surgery, including Chin Implants.

Rule # 1: The Aesthetics of Beauty must be followed. In this case, the small button-style chin implant was not consistent with the aesthetics of beauty and was incapable of making his chin more rugged and masculine. In a word, the procedure, in my opinion, was doomed to failure, from a purely aesthetical sense, once that size and shape of chin implant was selected. At that point it didn’t matter how technically gifted the surgeon was or how much experience the sugeon had with chin implants….the patient’s appearance was not going to be improved, nor was this chin implant capable of increasing his “Number”.

Rule # 2: You, as the consumer have the responsibility of selecting the best, even the World’s best plastic and cosmetic surgeon that you can find…making certain that the surgeon follows the aesthetics of beauty in a way that will improve “Your Number”. Here are four simple steps. on how to choose your plastic and cosmetic surgeon, that will help you in your search.

Never, never and oh, did I mention never use price as your determining factor for sekecting a plastic and cosmetic surgeon to perform your plastic and cosmetic surgery procedure whether it’s a Chin Implant, Rhinoplasty, Face Lift, Breast Augmentation with Breast Implants, Lip Enhancement, Eyelid Surgery, Browlift, Cheek Implants, Tummy Tuck, Botox, Dysport, Radiesse, Restylane, Juvederm or Sculptra. Select your plastic and cosmetic surgeon as if you were a celebrity and you had to have the world’s very best.

Dr Francis Palmer
Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
“What’s Your Number..the palmer code.”

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I believe, that more than any other plastic and cosmetic surgery procedure…Cheek Implants must be just the right size and shape to create the proper aesthetic contour. If the Implants are to small, large, wide, thick or the wrong shape….the facial aesthetics will be off and the face looks odd and sometimes downright deformed. Hardly the naturally beautiful or handsome look you wanted to achieve.

When I see patients who have had, what I believe are, an incorrect size and or shape) Cheek Implants there always seems to be a lack of aesthetic understanding on the part of the plastic surgeon and the patient. In many cases, the Cheek Implants were placed in an ill-advised attempt to plump up and fill sagging facial tissues resulting in massively over-sized implants and a deformed face.

Here are my important take away points for anyone seeking Cheek Implants as a way to shape and improve facial appearance.

1. Cheek Implants must be subtle in shape and size….they should enhance not overwhelm the face.

2. Not everyone is a good candidate for Cheek Implants and this is based on the actual shape of your existing cheek bones.
The entire cheek bone should have an ideal aesthetic shape, as outlined in my new book “What’s Your Number…the palmer code. However, it’s quite common for one or both cheek bones to have sections that are ideally shaped and parts that are not. When the majority of the cheek bone is properly shaped, adding a Cheek Implant is likely to make the cheeks and face appear to broad or large and this is something that obviously should be avoided. In that case, fillers like Perlane, Radieese or Juvederm Ultra Plus can be injected to fill and enhance just the deficient segment of the cheek. This is a temporary solution but one that is highly effective and avoids disfiguring the face.

3. When using Cheek Implants, a little augmentation goes a long way.

When augmenting the cheeks with Cheek Implants, using a subtle implant makes the cheek and the entire face attractive…but once the implant is even slightly to large, small or thick…the cheek and the face appear deformed. “A little is good, more is terrible.”

4. Not every Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon is comfortable using Cheek Implants.

Just this week we had a person contact us via e-mail to say she visited a well known plastic and cosmetic surgeon about possible cheek implants to which the surgeon gave a less than supportive opinion about the merits and benefits of using Cheek Implants to improve the facial appearance. This position, with which I completely disagree should make that patient realize she must seek another plastic and cosmetic surgeon who believes in Cheek Augmentation with Cheek Implants.

Cheek Implants can, will and do alter the facial skeletal shape and as such may be daunting to some plastic and cosmetic surgeons…it’s OK, not everyone has to perform every type of plastic and cosmetic surgery procedure. You do need to find a plastic and cosmetic surgeon that does many Cheek Augmentations with Cheek Implants and who gets a consistently great aesthetic result with Cheek Implants. Why would you go anywhere else?

5. You always, always, get what you pay for.

The best, the top Cheek Implant surgeons will charge accordingly. Beware of discount prices as these may indicate a surgeon with little or no experience.

6. Do be open to adjunct procedures along with your Cheek Implants.

If the tissues of the face and or neck are loose and have sagged, Cheek Implants should never (in my opinion) be used to lift these tissues as this requires an implant that is very large, thick and aesthetically incorrect. When used in this scenario, the Cheek Implant is inconsistent with a naturally youthful and beautiful face. Instead you may wish to tighten, lift and remove excess fat and skin for a face that is shapely and more attractive using our “Palmer Celebrity Facelift.” Think of this as re-draping the tissues over the improved cheek structure once the Cheek Implants have been placed.

Of course Rhinoplasty, Eyelid Surgery, Breast Augmentation with Breast Implants, Botox, Browlifts, Tummy Tucks, Chin Implants and Lip Enhancements can also be done at the same time as Cheek Augmentation.

7. Celebrities are no stranger to Cheek Implants.

I’ve seen numerous pictures of celebrities before and after their alleged plastic and cosmetic surgery and they may have had Cheek Implants to fill and shape their cheeks.

Dr Francis Palmer
Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
“What’s Your Number..the palmer code.”

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I designed The Palmer Celebrity Facelift is to have the following features, that in my humble opinion, make it highly effective at making the face look more naturally youthful and beautiful.

1. Small incisions that are about 20% the size of those used in traditional Face Lifts.

2. No incisions inside the hairline, as found in traditional Face Lifts, which eliminates the risk of loosing hair from the incision.

3. Limited tissue dissection that decreases potential swelling, bruising and recovery time.

4. SMAS muscle layer tightening by elevation, trim and re-suturing. (I believe that this is more effective than merely folding or suspending the SMAS which could come undone allowing the SMAS to re-sag.)

5. Ability to tighten and remove excess skin.

6. Contouring the Cheeks with Cheek Implants or filler (Radiesse or Perlane).

7. Shaping the face by decreasing excess fat in the NLF or lower face.

8. Removal of excess fat and skin from the neck using a small incision under the chin.
9. Takes 1 1/2 hours not 5, 6, 7 or more hours that’s required for traditional Facelifts.

10. Far less surgery time means way less anesthesia.

11. Because the surgery time is only 1 1/2 hours, other procedures like Breast Implants, Rhinoplasty, Eyelid Surgery, Cheek Implants, Chin Implant, Abdominoplasty, Arm Lifts, Thigh Lifts or Buttock Lifts can be performed at the same time.

11. Can be performed under a local anesthetic.

The combination of all of these factors allows the Palmer Celebrity Facelift to give you a natural, youthful and attractive face. The Palmer Celebrity Facelift creates a look that is aesthetically pleasing….not the wind-swept, overly-pulled, Joker look that we’ve all seen on celebrity faces in magazines and in the news.

Patients travel from all over the US, London, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Kuwait, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, Russia and all around the world for this facelift not only because of the aesthetic benefits of how their faces will look but for the 3-day recovery. Most patients fly back home 3 days after their Palmer Celebrity Facelift….there’s no need to avoid air travel for 10-14 days as is required for traditional Facelifts. If you don’t need all that surgery, dissection, larger incisions that can take months for you to heal, then why have it? You may want to check out what the media says about “The Palmer Celebrity Face Lift” and it’s creator Dr Francis R Palmer. Watch Dr Francis Palmer present his groundbreaking Palmer Celebrity Lift on ABC’s “The View”.

In the last several weeks, I have have had numerous patients that presented with quite a bit of excess fatty tissue in their face. The excess fat was all over the face including the neck such that there was very little shape in the face. The premise of The Palmer Celebrity Facelift is to create a natural, youthful and attractively contoured face. In order to accomplish that goal, the fat must be removed and re-shaped. Something that may not be done in traditional Facelifts.

Dr Francis Palmer
Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
“What’s Your Number..the palmer code.”

What was the lure for these innocent victims to have a completely inexperienced person cut them open? The oldest one around…A CHEAP PRICE. This is a tragedy as these people will no doubt spend countless thousands of dollars to correct the damage that was done and in some cases it may never be fixed or look right.

How many times must this type of disaster occur before the public wakes up and realizes that price has no business as the driving factor in who performs your plastic and cosmetic surgery procedure: whether it be a Face Lift, Rhinoplasty, Eyelid Surgery, Cheek Implants, Chin Implant, Breast Augmentation, Tummy Tuck, Arm Lift, Buttock Lift, Botox, Radiesse or Perlane. There is no substitute for experience and talent in a plastic and cosmetic surgeon and you will pay top dollar for the best US plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon…however, “you get what you pay for”..as this article sadly illustrates.

About once a year I am contacted by a Hospital, Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Clinic or businessman wishing to have me consult and perform plastic and cosmetic surgeries in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and the UAE including Dubai. In fact coincidentally, I received just such a communication by e-mail yesterday. For almost a decade, I traveled to London and performed consultations and plastic and cosmetic surgery procedures as an overseas consultant, so I am well versed with the theory of importing the top, the best US (American) plastic and cosmetic surgeons to go to the middle east. The trouble is, the time required to go such distances and the time it takes away from my practice here in the US (Beverly Hills).

Instead, I believe that the patient is much better off making the journey to the top, the best US plastic and cosmetic surgeons. I remember telling quite a few international patients that if given the choice of one of us being tired after the journey, “who do you think it should be, the patient or the plastic and cosmetic surgeon.” Everyone of these patients said ” The patient because I want my plastic surgeon fresh and alert.” Right answer!

We have patients that travel from all over the world to have plastic and cosmetic surgery here with us in Beverly Hills. If you want the top, the very best that the US (America) has to offer, you will have to travel. Whatever the cost, it will surely be less than what these poor people will spend for corrective surgery after trying to save money with this bogus physician and there’s no way to place a price tag on their pain and suffering.

Having said all that, I’m not saying that when I am sent a private 747 by a super wealthy patient who’s flying me to their location with adequate compensation and a fully staffed and equipped hospital or clinic that I would decline to go. I have made many such special arrangements for royalty, business tycoons, socialites and celebrities and will continue to do so. We frequently have 3-5 international patients at our Beverly Hills clinic at any given week and we are used to making their journey here easy and as effortless as possible and have for many years.

Dr Francis Palmer
Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
“What’s Your Number..the palmer code.”
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Having trained with some of the world’s best plastic and cosmetic surgeons, here in Beverly Hills, I finished in 1990 and eagerly began practicing what I had been taught in the preceding 10 rigorous years. After just a few short months, it was obvious to me that the Face Lift techniques were aesthetically inadequate. In other words, these Face Lifts pulled the face and neck, tightened tissues and removed excess skin but the faces didn’t appear soft, natural and more attractive in many cases. To say the least, I was greatly disappointed and wondered what on earth I was going to do now.

Being a true Virgo, in nature, I made up my mind to learn what I needed to do what it was I wanted to do…make people more attractive in a highly consistent and reliable manner. I studied beautiful female and male faces until I identified a pattern. Inconspicuous at first, I adopted these patterns to my face Lifts and got astonishing results. Encouraged, I repeated this over and over again until they became part of my thinking, patient evaluation and surgical techniques.

And that’s the take home message here. The best, the very top plastic and cosmetic surgeons are just like the best in any field. They are the innovators, the ones that ask “why” or “why not” when confronted with perplexing and complicated issues. I don’t perform any one surgical technique accepting the aesthetic limitations it provides…instead, I modify the available surgical procedures to accomplish the desired aesthetic effect for each and every patient I touch. It’s my responsibility. It’s my calling. It’s what I do for a living. I make people more attractive in a highly predictable manner whether it’s Breast Augmentation, Rhinoplasty, Eyelid Surgery, Cheek Implants, Botox, Radiesse, Perlane or our “Palmer Celebrity Face Lift.” If Celebrities can look amazing…so can you.

Francis R Palmer III MD
Creator & Author: “What’s Your Number…the palmer code”
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Trick is to find the least invasive plastic and cosmetic surgery treatment and or procedure to accomplish this goal. For unwanted lines and wrinkles, clearly Botox and now Dysport, as well, both deliver fast and highly effective results with almost no downtime or recovery. Follow this line of reasoning, our “Palmer Celebrity Face LIft”, uses a much smaller incision, with limited tissue dissection all resulting in a naturally, youthful and beautiful face with a recovery that’s measured in hours instead of weeks and months like traditional Face Lifts.

Rhinoplasty can be modified to meet similar goals by using a retrograde tip technique that’s minimally disruptive to the tissues over the nasal tip resulting in a more rapid recovery time. Other plastic and cosmetic surgery procedures can be modified with an eye towards a quicker recovery including Eyelid Surgery, Browlift, Cheek Implants, Chin Implants, Lip Enhancement using Alloderm Implants, Breast Implants for augmentation and enhancement,Radiesse Injections, Tummy Tucks and Buttock Lifts. As you do your research on any plastic and cosmetic surgery procedure you’ll find that the very best, most talented and experienced plastic and cosmetic surgeons are always improving on how they do things…their surgical techniques evolve to accomplish the primary goal: Achieve a more youthful, naturally beautiful appearance with as little bruising, swelling and down-time as possible.

Dr Francis Palmer
Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
“What’s Your Number..the palmer code.”

Below is a picture of how aging effects the face. Arrows are used to show the direction of facial tissue sag.

Aging face and Neck

The Palmer Celebrity Face Lift uses much smaller incisions, than traditional Face Lifts, that are contoured around the front and inside of the ear. Unlike traditional Face Lifts or Mid Face Lifts, no incisions are placed inside the hairline, in front or in back of the head, thereby eliminating the risk of hair loss or unsightly scars inside the hair.

The Palmer Celebrity Face Lift does elevate, trim and lift the SMAS muscle layer along with trimming excess skin which may not be done with a thread lift or suture lift procedure. The Palmer Celebrity Lift goes a step farther still by shaping the cheek area into a more naturally, youthful appearance by adjusting facial fat and using fillers like Perlane and Radiesse. Cheek Implants can also be used when a permanent augmentation is desired.

In the picture below, arrows on the face represent the direction of lift.

Arrows show direction of tightening

The result is a naturally more youthful and attractive face….the antithesis of the old “wind swept”, “over pulled” faces where the tissues are just pulled and distorted. The Palmer Celebrity Face Lift is evolved and in my opinion represents the Face Lift of the future…right now, today. I’m sure that the top Celebrities know the best plastic surgeons are the ones who’s techniques evolve and continue to provide the very best with the least amount of scarring, swelling, bruising and recovery time. Watch Dr Francis Palmer present his ground breaking Palmer Celebrity Lift on ABC’s hit TV show “The View”.

Dr Francis Palmer
Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
“What’s Your Number..the palmer code.”

1. Each patient seeking any of these treatments or procedures is an individual with individual wants, needs and expectations.

2. Every patient will start from a different aesthetic point…“Number“…or you can think of it as a level of attractiveness that makes them unique.

3. Plastic and Cosmetic surgeons use different variations of treatments and surgical procedures to accomplish the desired aesthetic results and even when they would do things exactly alike (I believe this to be highly improbable if not close to impossible) their level of skill, training and experience will still vary and thus effect the ultimate outcome.

Given all these variables, I do not believe that you can look at any one celebrity or “pseudo-star” and judge plastic and cosmetic surgery as an industry or movement. Nothing more than a frank discussion of that particular patient, that particular outcome and that particular surgeon would be accurate. In my 20 years as a Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon I have seen wonderful results and I have turned many patients away for their unrealistic expectations or aesthetic requests. I feel that it is the ultimate duty of each and every patient to learn what is required for them to make an educated decision about their appearance and how to effectively improve it when and if they so desire. Do not let any plastic and cosmetic surgeon do a procedure or treatment on you that you do not understand and agree with the planned aesthetic goal. Not aesthetically astute? Learn more about “Your Number”.

Dr Francis Palmer
Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
What’s Your Number…the palmer code book

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Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
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