Nip This Tuck That

+�-�Tag this one under ” Buyer Beware”…+�-� Had lunch with the Beverly Hills area Restylane sales rep at a very trendy sushi restaurant and during our conversation he mentioned that bootleg Restylane was found in the US.+�-� Now for those of you unfamiliar with Restylane, it’s a great soft tissue filler that’s injected into facial folds and wrinkles.+�-� It can also be used to plump up the lips.+�-� It’s been approved for use, here in the US, for about 1 year and we do a large volume of Restylane Injections in our office.+�-� I personally think it’s a great product.+�-�+�-�

+�-�Bootleg Restylane apparently is being sold to doctors in the US from sources other than the company that has the distribution rights.+�-� I know our office frequently receives faxes offering Restylane, Botox and other injectable products for amazingly low prices.+�-� We have never felt comfortable buying these products from any company other than the company reps.+�-�

+�-�You may recall a similar incidence with Botox in Florida where Botox was obtained from a source other than Allergan, the company that distributes Botox in the US.+�-� Several people became ill and after an investigation, the Botox used was not up to snuff.+�-� How does this happen and how can you protect yourself from it happening to you or someone you love?+�-� The best way, is never use price as a deciding factor when getting soft tissue fillers or any plastic & cosmetic procedure.+�-� By doing so, you may be falling prey to doctors that will buy these materials from other sources in order to cut costs.+�-� Remember, if it sounds too good to be true…it probably is!+�-� So what was in the bootleg Restylane that the company discovered.+�-� Well my sources tell me that it was in an identical box to the real Restylane but contained liquid silicone.+�-� Yikes!+�-� Be sure to ask+�-�your doctor where he/she obtained the Botox or Restylane and be sure to go to well kown reputable physicians for your Botox, Restylane, Radieese or Collagen injections.+�-� Pay the going rate for these services and you should be OK.+�-� It doesn’t matter if you’re interested in Botox, Breast Augmentation, Rhinoplasty, Blepharoplasty, Forehead Lift, Face Lift, Cheek Augmentation, Chin Augmentation, Lip Augmentation, Rdiesse Injections+�-�or a Tummy Tuck…do not choose your Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon based on price.+�-� Experience, aesthetic vision and expertise are the proper means by which to judge and select your plastic and cosmetic surgeon

Dr. Francis R Palmer, III

+�-� March 8, 2006:+�-� I have been doing Botox Injections to soften lines around the mouth for over 10 years.+�-� It really+�-�works on those nasty vertical lip lines…you know the ones that seem to get worse every year and defy ever treatment know to mankind.+�-� You’ve tried Lasers, chemical peels and a whole host of srcubs, creams and lotions and nadda…the lines are still there!+�-� Botox is a modern day miracle and when used properly, can soften these stubborn lip lines without making you face look like it’s enetering the next ice age.+�-� Can this be true?+�-� Trust me it is!+�-�

The right amount of Botox at the right dilution….shhh..I have my own secret dilution that+�-�I have used for years and the lines soften right before your eyes.+�-� If that’s not magic then I don’t know what is.+�-� We have patients that have to fly here from across the country because we are one of the very few that can treat their lip lines.+�-� Yes, it smarts for a second…I mean it is an injection albeit with a very small needle but the discomfort is well worth it to rid yourself of these unsightly lip lines.+�-� So if you have+�-�lip lines..don’t get a Laser or Chemical Peel but consider Botox as an option.+�-� The effects last about 4-6 months…not bad for a 2 minute treatment and no downtime!+�-� PS there is a limit to the amount of Botox that we can use around the mouth and sometimes we need to treat additional lines after 1 month for a better aesthetic result.

Botox+�-�can also used to soften lines around the nose before or after a Rhinoplasty!

After your Botox Treatment use a skin care regimen that builds collagen in your skin for a further improvement in the texture and appearance of your skin including the area around the mouth.+�-� My new Cosmeceutical Skin Care company Francis R Beverly Hills+�-�offers numerous products that I developed to smooth, soften and rejuvenate your skin.+�-� Why not have skin as beautiful as celebrities?

+�-�Francis R. Palmer, III MD

March 7, 2006: I saw the lady that had+�-�the Tummy Tuck+�-�yesterday…see that post…for her first post-op visit.+�-� She has 2 bulb drains+�-�under the skin over the abdomen to remove any excess blood and serous fluid. These typically remain in for 3-4 days after the surgery.+�-� She’s also wearing an abdominal binder. It’s like a girdle that goes across the abdomen and gives some compression to the surgical area.+�-� She’s slightly bent over…we pulled and removed excess skin and patients usually can stand upright at about 1 week after the surgery.+�-� The muscles are a bit sore…we tighten them along the entire abdomen…that’s what gives the nice tight flat appearance to the abdomen after the surgery.+�-� But all in all she looks fantastic and she’s going to be thrilled.+�-�

+�-�Saw some consults+�-�for Tummy Tucks, Breast Augmentation, Face Lifts, Revision Rhinoplasty, Lip Augmentation, Blepharoplasty, Cheek Implants, Chin Implants, Brow Lift, Botox Restylane, Juvederm+�-�and Radiesse injections to scuplt the face without implants.+�-� They want what the celebrities get…natural beauty.+�-� You can read all about all of these procedures on my surgery website (sorry I’m still new at the HTML code for hyperlinks)

http://www.drfpalmer.com

I’ll share+�-�all of these prcedures, with you,+�-�over the coming days and weeks.+�-� But for now, feel free to read all the material that+�-�I have written on the subject and take a look at some of the before and after photos.

+�-�Celebrities are getting facelifts, Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation+�-�in post-production!

Now I don’t want to burst any+�-�bubbles so close to Hollywood’s big night but it seems that the celebs are getting a liitle help in the digital realm.+�-� That’s right, yours truly, the good doctor, has administered more than a little help to some celebs images using $250,000 computers at a post production visual effects house.+�-� This is a kick…I use my Palmer Beauty Principles +�-�to make the images younger and more attractive…best part is there’s no bleeding, bruising or recovery time.+�-� This will be the wave of the future in TV and Movieland and you heard it here first!

The technology allows the stars faces and bodies to show effects of Botox, Radiesse, Cheek Augmentation, Rhinoplasty, Face Lifts, neck Lifts, Blepharoplasty, Browlift, Liposuction, Breast Augmentation, Tummy Tuck, Lip Augmentation and skin Care….basically all similar results tahn if the celebrities had actually and recently undergone all of those procedures.+�-� How cool is that!

+�-�Dr. Francis R Palmer, III

Am I the only one that wonders what happened to all the plastic surgery makeover shows?+�-� They seem to have fallen off the planet despite very favorable ratings?+�-� Well it’s going around the rumor mill that lawsuits filed by, less than thrilled, makeover recipients may be the cause.+�-� I have mixed feelings about this if this turns out to be true.+�-�+�-�Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeons make no guarantees implied or otherwise (we do our+�-�best each and every time)+�-�and the people did get an awful lot of surgery for free…they did look better…so what’s their beef?+�-� Do you think this is right that they then turn around and want what?+�-� Money on top of free surgery?+�-� Seems no insiders are+�-�talking, so I guess we may never find out for sure.+�-� It’s a shame that a few people are able to completely eliminate you from seeing these types of shows.+�-�

There may be a revamped rendition of these shows in the near future using some C and D list celebrities looking to jump start their career after having Rhinoplasty, Facelift, Breast Augmentation along with some Botox, restylane, Radiesse for Cheek Augmentation and for sure some lip augmentation with Alloderm or Juvederm.+�-� Should be interesting.

I feel that the more information that you, as a consumer, can obtain…the better you are at making the correct decisions when you want to improve your appearance.+�-� It’s human nature to want to look good.+�-� I just want you to make the right choices.+�-� In my experience, the number 1 reason that people are unhappy after plastic & cosmetic surgery procedures is the fact that the wrong procedure was done aesthetically.+�-� This is a very complicated issue but read my Palmer Beauty Principles+�-� and+�-�How To Choose Your Plastic Surgeon+�-�for some really good basic information.

Dr. Francis R Palmer, III

Well the Oscars were full of glitz and glitter as the modern day royalty ( our celebrities ) strutted their stuff down the red carpet.+�-� I, for one, still noticed some beauties that seem to have missed the news that the severely skinny, “I only eat lettuce for meals” look is unattractive.+�-� I thought that movement had undergone a justly deserved timely demise.+�-� Who thinks that is a good look?+�-� Worse, what type of message is this giving our children that idolize these young actresses?+�-� Does anyone think we, as viewers are fooled?+�-� We can tell that something is wrong when their bodies are so thin that their heads appear huge.+�-� Who’s propagating this look?+�-� Are casting directors, producers, agents insisting that these poor women starve themselves to look+�-�thin and more thin?+�-� I say enough is enough.+�-� I am an expert in beauty and I am telling you that this IS NOT ATTRACTIVE!+�-� Period!+�-� Sorry, I had to get that off my chest.

OK.+�-� Now+�-�for the beauty part of+�-�Hollywood’s biggest evening.+�-� Reese Witherspoon is just plain adorable…but Charlize Theron scored a 99 out of a possible 100 points using+�-�my Palmer Beauty Principle+�-�scale.+�-�Wow, she looks amazing.+�-� She may have been the most attractive woman at the Oscars.+�-� Winner Rachel Weisz scored solidly in the 90′s and was looking especially cute.+�-� Keira Knightley also scored a 99 out of a perfect 100 and is drop dead gorgeous.+�-� Full round cheeks, beautiful eyes/eyebrows and full plump lips.+�-� The top three aesthetic beauty features of the face that will make you a knockout!+�-� Speaking of knockouts, how beautiful did Jennifer Anniston look Sunday.+�-� She truly is an American Beauty.

Just to be clear, when evaluating the faces and bodies of Celebreties, Royalty, Socialites or anyone els, it doesn’t matter whether the features are from Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery (Cheek Implants, Rhinoplasty, Breast Augmentatuion, Lip Augmentation, Chin Implant, Radiesse Injections, Botox, Restylane, FRBH skin care products+�-�or a Facelift) or that they are from God.+�-� I only care that they are there or they are not!

Dr. Francis R Palmer, III+�-�

Friday 3/3/06: Man oh man+�G��-�let+�G��G��s call the last couple of days +�G��+�Plump, Fill and Freeze+�G��-�. It seems that the whole world was here getting Restylane, Collagen or Radiesse to their lips, various folds, lines and wrinkles. I put enough Botox in faces to single handedly raise the price of Allergan stock (Allergan is the company that makes Botox for the US). There+�G��G��ll be a whole lotta smooth and plump faces for the Academy Awards this Sunday+�G��-�.Botox like all of Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery is an art, so if you see someone with that frozen +�G��+�I+�G��G��ve had to much Botox look+�G��-�+�G��-�we didn+�G��G��t do it! I+�G��G��ve been doing Botox for almost 12 years+�G��-�and it+�G��G��s totally slick and amazing, but like all things, you can have too much of a good thing and look bad! Think Quality not quantity and you should do fine. Robyn, my wife has a Masters in Nursing and also does Botox and soft-tissue fillers like Restylane, Collagen and Radiesse+�G��-�In fact she does most of it since I+�G��G��m usually in the OR doing surgery. However, we both use my own special dilution formula and method of doing injecting the Botox.

The most popular Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery treatments, pre-Oscar night, remain Botox to smooth out lines around the mouth+�G��-�you know those nasty little lines around the lips that seem to defy treatment. Botox in the right spot+�G��-�and no more line. Yes, it+�G��G��s really that easy. Restylane or Collagen in the Lips give a very sexy pouty look that never goes out of fashion+�G��-�.seems everyone on and off the +�G��+�Red Carpet+�G��-� wants that very attractive look for this very special night in +�G��+�tinsel town+�G��-�. Let+�G��G��s not forget the nasolabial folds+�G��-�.these are the folds that go from the edge of the nostril down to the corners of the mouth+�G��-�.Restylane in these can literally soften the entire face and make you look years younger. The stars have known this secret for about+�G��-�an eternity and there was a whole lotta plumping and filling before the Academy Awards this year like all the years past.

The British film crew was here yesterday afternoon and it was a really cute piece. A young (in her mid twenties) aspiring actress was here to have me evaluate her appearance and share with her what Hollywood looks for in a female superstar. Of course, I used the Palmer Beauty Principles and gave her sound solid advice on how she could be star quality beautiful. I can+�G��G��t promise, of course, that she+�G��G��d get movie or TV role but she definitely would be more attractive. I suggested improvements in the Top three areas that I refer to as the +�G��+�one-two-three Beauty punch+�G��-�+�G��-�the shape of the cheeks, eye area and lips+�G��-�..explained in detail in my Palmer Beauty Principles. The producer asked me if anyone had ever approached me to do a reality show about my family+�G��-�.My daughter is almost 18 and has an amazing voice written and recorded several original song with a producer that worked with the band Maroon Five, my 15 year-old son has a recurring role on a Nickelodeon sitcom called +�G��+�Unfabulous+�G��-� and my wife is intelligent, strong and beautiful+�G��-�+�G��-�I laughed and said yes+�G��-�a couple of producers were actually working on that show idea as we speak.
That doesn+�G��G��t include the Doctor 90210 shoot or the new show that is being proposed for future development+�G��-�..sometimes I get dizzy with all my irons in the fire. But I am a Vigo and in particular a Virgo Dragon. I am the most happy when I have many, many projects and I thrive being able to juggle them all! Have a great weekend and be sure to watch the Academy Awards on Sunday. Hey, while you+�G��G��re at it+�G��-�tell your kids to tune into Unfabulous at 7:30 Sunday on Nickelodeon and you might see my son. Ciao!

Thursday 3/2/06: Yikes!! A busy day today.+�-� The British film crew is coming this afternoon+�G��-�time to get my TV face on.+�-� Remember, I promised myself always to have fun doing these shows.+�-� I am curious what the aspiring actress will look like and what she+�G��G��s going to ask me to do for her to improve her appearance?+�-� I+�G��G��ll fill you in on Friday.

Saw a consult yesterday afternoon after a full day in the OR.+�-� She was almost 50 and says she dates men that are 35.+�-� She asked for my advice in ways that she could look younger.+�-� A reasonable request.+�-� After taking a look at her, I recommended removing the excess skin of the lower eyelids, a minilift and some Botox to soften the vertical lines around her mouth.+�-� It always amazes me that people feel that the eyes make them look more or less attractive.+�-� My Palmer Beauty Principles show that they eyes make you look tired, when aged, and not tired when there are no excesses of skin or fat around the eyes+�G��-�but they don+�G��G��t have the aesthetic power to make you more attractive per se.+�-� She+�G��G��ll look almost 10 years younger after those procedures with about 1 day recovery.+�-� Until that pill+�G��-�you know the beauty pill that we take once a year to make us look 25+�G��-�.until that pill is developed+�G��-�these simple procedures are the best way to take years off of your face.+�-� When combined with Radiesse to re-shape the cheeks into a more youthful position+�G��-�.you can get real beauty enhancement.

Saw a woman this morning that has loose skin of the face and neck+�G��-�allot of loose skin, but she absolutely doesn+�G��G��t want a Facelift+�G��-�I+�G��G��ll come up with some custom version of a minilift with direct excision of the neck skin from an incision under her chin with some Radiesse+�-� to build up her cheeks+�G��-�add some micro-lipo of the nasolabial fold fat and whoala +�G��-�.she+�G��G��ll look almost 10 years younger.+�-� Making people more attractive is a joy!+�-� Over the past 16 years, I have accumulated a large number of plastic and cosmetic surgery procedures at my disposal+�G��-�but I tend to view these procedures as tools+�G��-�.tools that I can modify, mold and evolve to do the aesthetic things that I want to do rather than take the inherent limitations of what the procedures would give me.+�-� I think it+�G��G��s a frame of mind really.+�-� I see a patient.+�-� I am presented mentally with that image of the patient aesthetically.+�-� My mind then uses the Palmer Beauty Principles within seconds to see where the features could be made to look more ideal, as this is the key to true beauty!+�-� My mind then scrolls through the menu of possible procedures picking the right one for the job.+�-� Sometimes when I am presented with a tough case+�G��-�.I just let it stay in my subconscious and the solution comes to me when I+�G��G��m driving home or reading the paper.+�-� How cool is that.+�-� That+�G��G��s why I blog+�G��-�..I have this vast amount of knowledge and experience that I want to share with you+�G��-�why?+�-� So all of you are armed with knowledge on how you can make yourself more attractive if you, or a loved one, ever has the desire to do so.+�-� That+�G��G��s why I write articles, books, and try to teach something useful to consumers each time I appear on a TV show+�G��-�no matter the subject.
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