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Whether you are here in Beverly Hills, across the US or around the world, you should take a look at our “Palmer Celebrity Facelift” which just may be the World’s Best Face Lift.

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.”

An american doctor who had his license revoked in 2003 was posing as a top American Plastic Surgeon in Dubai. This bogus physician was operating on people on his kitchen table.

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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Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery “Tip of the Day”: The best facelifts in the world are here in the US.

Is our “Palmer Celebrity Face Lift” the best facelift in the US and the world? It might just be for the following reasons:

1. If your time is valuable to you: then our “Palmer Celebrity Face Lift” offers you a truly fast and easy recovery allowing you to fly home after just 3 days in stark contrast to other more traditional face lifts that would require 7-10 days. This is based on my design of this facelift to have limited tissue dissection and much smaller incisions…all of which mean quicker healing with less bruising and swelling.

Whether you a CEO, COO, Celebrity, Socialite, in the public eye or just aren’t interested in prolonged telltale signs of you having a facelift….this may be the solution for you.

2. If you want the smallest incisions without compromising the aesthetic results: The Palmer Celebrity Facelift represents a 21st century advancement in plastic and cosmetic surgery designed to be less invasive with smaller incisions. After 15 years of performing more traditional facelifts, I designed The Palmer Celebrity Facelift to accomplish similar aesthetic results of tightening the SMAS muscle layer, shaping the fatty tissue and removing excess skin…however, because there is less tissue dissection, there is less bruising, swelling and therefore a more rapid recovery. This all fits in with the fast pace of modern life. Who has the time to have a swollen, bruised or lumpy face for months and months that can occur with the more invasive, traditional facelifts?

3. If you do not want the over-pulled, wind-swept or distorted “joker” look that other types of facelifts can create: Above all else, The Palmer Celebrity Face Lift is designed to give you a more youthful, beautiful face in a natural and attractive manner adhering to the sound aesthetic principles I founded and outlined in my new book “What’s Your Number….the palmer code”. Contrary to popular belief, beauty is identifiable and therefore reproducible…you just need to know my secrets.

Do not let people, beauty experts or plastic and cosmetic surgeons tell you that beauty is esoteric…because if that’s true how can you have plastic and cosmetic surgery to make you more attractive in a predictable manner? Does it work sometime and not others….is that something that you’re interested in having? Of course not, if you’re having surgery on your face or body to improve your appearance, you’d like to be sure that you will indeed look better, not worse, after the surgery. The principles in “What’s Your Number…the palmer code can help you do just that.

4. If you want excess skin removed, you need some type of incision placed in the skin: Do not fall prey to claims that Lasers or some other light technology will shrink inches of skin from your face…it can’t and won’t. That level of technology does not currently exist….that’s still a decade off or more in the future. The promise of hooks, threads and other devices placed under the skin to lift and tighten, in my opinion, is also a poor second option to making a well-hidden incision in the skin, lifting/trimming/tightening the SMAS muscle and then excising the 2 or 3 inches of excess skin…as The Palmer Celebrity Facelift does.

Is the Palmer Celebrity Face Lift the best facelift in the US and the world? I believe that it is and could be the gold standard by which all other facelifts are judged.

People from all walks of life and all parts of the world have discovered the many benefits of the Palmer Celebrity Face Lift and its popularity is growing by leaps and bounds as people discover this remarkable Face Lift is typically performed in 90 minutes or less and can even be done without general anesthesia. Until we can take a pill at night, while we sleep, that makes us younger and more attractive…the Palmer Celebrity Lift is the closest thing to the fountain of youth in my humble opinion.

The Palmer Celebrity Face Lift on TV and in the news.
Dr Francis Palmer
Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
“What’s Your Number..the palmer code.”

I have been performing Face Lifts for almost 25 years and I have seen the evolution from the Face Lifts in the mid 80′s that just pulled the face back until it looked like an alien creature more than a youthful version of a human being. Then came the 90′s with the more is better mentality in life and plastic surgery…so, the faces were pulled even tighter at ever increasingly deeper tissue levels causing many months of swelling and healing, yet something very basic was still missing…in my opinion.

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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Our “Palmer Celebrity Face Lift” continues to amaze even me..it’s creator. The much smaller incision, limited tissue dissection and concentration of shaping the Cheek area….truly gives the face a more natural beauty and youth in a fraction of the time it takes to perform the larger, traditional Face Lifts. That in and of itself would be enough but after 20 years of performing Face Lifts here and in the UK, I designed “The Palmer Celebrity Face Lift” to offer something every bit as amazing as the results….a recovery time that’s measured in hours and days, not weeks or months like the more invasive traditional Face Lifts. We send our patients back home…to all over the world and across the US on the 3rd post-op day versus 10 days minimum required when we did traditional Face Lifts.

So, if you want to look 10 years younger, with smaller incisions, less bruising and swelling all with a recovery in a few days….this amazing and highly effective Face Lift is for you. The surgery takes 90 minutes or less but don’t confuse this surgery with a mini lift , thread lift or many of the other so-called Face Lifts that say that offer less recovery. The Palmer Celebrity Face Liftdoes lift, trim and re-sutures the SMAS muscle layer just like the much more invasive traditional Face Lifts…something these other lifts typically do not do making them not much more than skin only lifts.

In my opinion, the SMAS must be cut, trimmed, elevated and re-sutured…not merely picked up using threads, sutures or other suspension methods that merely fold the SMAS. When these suspension methods weaken and break…the SMAS just falls back and once again sags.

When you’re looking to improve your appearance with Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery…get the best, top plastic and cosmetic surgeons performing the most effective techniques with the most experience regardless of where you have to travel. God gave you one face and it’s out there everyday for the world to see…you are worth it. Why not be celebrity gorgeous just like the top celebrities when they have wonderful plastic surgery.

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

Plastic Surgery Blog “Tip of the day”: the Cheeks make the face appear young, old, male, female, attractive or less so. In a word, WOW…Cheeks have more influence over how attractive you are than any other facial feature…not the eyes or nose as is widely believed.

As a Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon for over 20 years, I have spent my career making people, from teachers to royalty and heads of state, more attractive. I have learned that the Cheeks are the most aesthetically important facial feature in defining just how attractive you really are. A fact that unfortunately seems lost on many patients and surgeons alike in the field of aesthetic plastic and cosmetic surgery as witnessed by the wide, swollen, sometimes mis-shapen faces we see on TV and the tabloids stories of celebrity plastic surgery.

As people strive to look their very best, I believe that an aesthetic analysis of their cheeks should be the first priority when looking to make any face more attractive. For women, the cheeks should be full and round to give the face a soft, feminine and youthful appearance. For men, the Cheeks should be more narrow adding angularity and a more ruggedly handsome, chiseled look to the face.

Ideal female Cheeks

Ideal male Cheeksarrow shows a more narrow cheek shape.

These principles are discussed in greater detail in my new book defining beauty “What’s Your Number…the palmer code.”

Now that we have defined the proper cheek shape for men and women, let’s take a look at ways that you may be able to achieve the ideal shaped cheek.

1. Cheek Implants are a permanent way to alter the shape of your cheeks in a precise and consistent manner. One word of caution “do not try to use implants that are too large and over power your face as these will make the face appear odd and mis-shapen.” Cheek Implantation must use subtle but aesthetically correct shaped implants in order to achieve balance and harmony with your other facial features. These can be done alone or in concert with a Face Lift when loose skin and tissues are an issue.

2. Fillers like Radiesse and Perlane can be used to shape the Cheeks….the procedure is performed as an office treatment and takes just a few minutes. Perlane seems to last about 9 months and Radiesse 12 months, after which it must be repeated. The good news is that using these shaping fillers, any cheek can be made more attractive as the injections can be modified to fit any shape, size and configuration of cheeks. I have to remind you however, that there’s no inherent magic in these fillers and if they are injected in the wrong amount or in the wrong place, the cheeks can and will appear deformed…and will remain so for many months unless something is done to get rid of the material. All of this can be avoided by knowing what shape your cheeks should be and avoiding injections that don’t seem likely to give you that shape.

***these fillers can also be used to shape the chin, jawline and even the nose (Rhinoplasty).

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

If you are like most people, you want to look your very best which, in simple terms means, a naturally, beautiful face…one that appears more youthful and attractive. When Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery accomplishes this goal, the results are truly inspired. In my opinion, this should be the primary goal of all aesthetic plastic and cosmetic surgery treatments and procedures. If it doesn’t make you look better, than why do it?

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.”

Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery “Tip of the Day” from Beverly Hills Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon, Dr Francis Palmer.

The Wall Street Journal had a story about Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery today….Breast Augmentation with Breast Implants is now the most popular plastic surgery procedure or at least it was in 2009. This is from data collected by one of the three organizations of surgeons who perform plastic and/or cosmetic surgery procedures like Breast Enhancement/Augmentation , Face Lifts and the like.

Liposuction was dethroned as the most popular, most commonly performed, plastic surgery procedure and was actually down about 17% from the previous year. The article also noted, which we have discussed here numerous times in the past, the increasing trend towards less invasive procedures. This was my motivation behind creating our minimum incision Face Lift the “Palmer Celebrity Face Lift” which was featured on ABC’s hit TV show “The View”. Botox and fillers like Restylane, Radiesse and Perlane remained popular.

Rhinoplasty was mentioned only in passing but according to my calculations, of published data from all three surgical groups who perform plastic and cosmetic surgery, remains the top or one of the top plastic surgery procedures performed year after year.

It is true that Breast Augmentation is popular and Silicone Breast Implants have gained popularity since the FDA lifted their restrictions some time back. I have seen two sets of patients that are interested in Breast Augmentation with Breast Implants. The first group are young women who have small breasts and would like the size and or shape improved. Silicone Breast Implants are available for women 22 years of age or older. Younger women would need to use Saline Breast Implants.

The second group of women interested in Breast Augmentation are those who have had children, or are older and wish to regain a more aesthetic breast size and shape using Breast Implants. These women may also need some form of Breast Lift along with the Breast Implants. I believe that all Breast Implants should be placed below the muscle which offers an additional layer of tissue above the Breast Implant.

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

Here’s Today’s Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Tip:

The day after the Academy Awards with all the gorgeous and handsome celebrities on the red carpet it’s natural for our thoughts to turn towards our own self improvement through plastic and cosmetic surgery treatments and surgical procedures.

If you are looking to make yourself more attractive, be sure that you understand what facial features are the most important from an aesthetic point of view. According to my new book that defines and identifies beauty, there are three top facial features in a beautiful or handsome face. The Cheeks, Eye Area and the Lips.

Of these three features, the Cheeks are the most aesthetically important and should be considered in all cases of facial rejuvenation, where the goal is to look naturally youthful, as well as younger faces where the goal is a more beautiful face. This should be the main focus of any plastic and cosmetic surgery procedures, treatments or surgery. From Botox, Restylane, Perlane, Radiesse, Cheek Implants, Face Lifts, Eyelid Surgery or Lip Enhancement/Augmentation.

Face Lift techniques that overlook shaping the cheeks to a naturally, youthful shape miss the mark, in my opinion, as they leave the face over-pulled, windswept or otherwise unnatural in appearance. I have found in over 20 years of performing Face Lifts, that tightening and removing just the right amount from the face combined with shaping of the cheeks either with fillers like Perlane and Radiesse or with Cheek Implants gives the face a youthful, natural beauty that is otherwise not achievable. This was my inspiration for creating our “Palmer Celebrity Face Lift”.

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

The Palmer “Celebrity Lift” is a minimum incision Face Lift that’s combined with aesthetic shaping of the face. This 90 minute, minimum invasive, procedure has the SMAS lifting of the much more invasive, older types of Face Lifts but can be performed with or without anesthesia. The recovery time is measured in hours…not days, weeks or months because the procedure is less invasive. In fact, most patients travel back home to Asia, Europe or across the US in as little as 3 days following the Face Lift procedure.

The Celebrity Face Lift is often combined with a reduction of the fatty tissue within the nasolabial fold (NLF) the accumulation of which occurs with facial aging. Further facial refinements are accomplished by improving the cheek’s volume and shape. Male cheeks are made to be more angular, while women’s cheeks are converted to a softer, more rounded shape in the front of the face. The shape of the chin and jawline may also be addressed. Facial shaping can be accomplished using Fillers like Radiesse or Perlane and/or with Cheek and/or Chin Implants. The Lips can be made fuller using Restylane, Juvederm or my favorite lip implant (Alloderm Sheets). Botox can be used to soften lines of the forehead, Crow’s Feet or around the mouth for the finishing touches.

The result is a face that appears youthful, more attractive and the opposite of the dreaded over pulled, wind swept appearance.

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