Nip This Tuck That

+�-� 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

Now that I wrote a bit about the Oscars and the Celebs…..it’s time for me to go earn my keep.+�-� I’m off to the OR to do a Tummy Tuck for a lovely woman who hates the excess skin on her abdomen.+�-� After several kids, the abdominal muscles+�-�are loose (no amount of sit ups will ever tighten them back up) and there’s quite a bit of excess skin to be removed.+�-� It should be about+�-�+�-�2 1/2 -3 hour surgery.+�-� Also seeing consults for Breast Augmentation/Enhancement with Breast Implants, Rhinoplasty, cheek Augmentation with Radiesse Injections or Cheek Implants+�-�and Facelift.+�-� Psst, maybe a celebrity or two.+�-�+�-�

Read more about Abdominoplasty here:+�-� http://www.drfpalmer.com/Abdominoplasty.html

Read more about Cheek Augmentation with Cheek Implants here:

+�-�http://www.drfpalmer.com/CheekImplants.html

Read more about Cheek Augmentation with Radiesse Injections here:+�-�

http://www.drfpalmer.com/radiesse-injections.html

Read more about Breast Augmentation here:+�-� http://www.drfpalmer.com/BreastAugmentation.html

Read more about Rhinoplasty here:+�-� http://www.drfpalmer.com/Rhinoplasty.html

Read more about Facelifts here:+�-� http://www.drfpalmer.com/FaceLift.html

+�-�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+�-�

Monday 2/27/06: Well here we are. The inaugural launch of a glimpse into my life+�G��-�.wow, no pressure. I have so much that I want to share with you, that I don’t know where to start.+�-�+�-�Hopefully, I can give you some insight into what it+�G��G��s like to be me. Christian, family man, father of 2 teens (please pray for me), artist, writer, aspiring TV Star (that+�G��G��s an entire story in itself) and the gatekeeper to my patients beauty+�G��-�their identity+�G��-�an awesome responsibility that I take very seriously. I believe that a truly gifted Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon must have: The Eyes of an Artist, The Hands of an Angel and The Heart of a Lion. The artist must know how to make you more attractive. The Angel treats your tissue gently and with respect. The Lions Heart gives me the strength to hold someone+�G��G��s identity in the palm of my hands and allows me to cope with this awesome responsibility. Welcome to my world! I am wrestling with my son one moment and the next, I am laying open the face of a 45 year old lovely woman who wants nothing more than for me to make her look more attractive. She has a loving family that cares deeply for her and wants only the best for her+�G��-�and the pressure mounts!

I was contacted by another talk show wanting to do a makeover. The woman, for the makeover, had lost a great deal of weight, had a ton of surgery elsewhere for sagging skin +�G��+�everywhere+�G��-� and still wants to look better. This breaks my heart, but she+�G��G��s never going to look good and I+�G��G��m not sure that another tummy tuck, thigh lift or arm lift will make a significant difference. The tough part is breaking the bad news to the patient, who desperately wants to look normal, and to the TV Show Producer, who wants to put together a dramatic show. I feel badly, but I think I+�G��G��ll have to pass on this one.

Robyn, had me look at numerous photos from potential patients, from all over the world, asking for plastic and cosmetic surgery via e-mail. I am still amazed at how many hundreds of e-mails we get each day. It floors me every time I think about the number of these initial contacts that wind up having surgery with us. I never imagined this would happen. Not in my wildest dreams. I wrote the original material for the website over 8-9 years ago just as a way for people to get a sense of who and what I was. Maybe, that+�G��G��s why it works? It+�G��G��s like speaking with me+�G��-�only from the comfort of your house computer.

Saw a very hip woman, doctors wife, in her late 50+�G��G��s who hasn+�G��G��t done any plastic surgery to this point in her life+�G��-�she+�G��G��s looking for a little +�G��+�spruce up+�G��-� and wanted to speak with me about Contour Threads

Thread Lift This is always an interesting conversation. Patients don+�G��G��t want any incisions but are amazed when I go through the logic of that means +�G��-�no skin is removed as well+�G��-�. She finally realized that one of my custom Minilifts Face Lift with lower Bleph Blepharoplasty was the ticket. She+�G��G��s going to look amazing+�G��-�..7 years younger+�G��-�what a cool job I have.

Assisted on a Rhinoplasty this afternoon. The patient wanted the bridge of her nose built up, so we used a dorsal solid silastic (silicone) implant. I personally would have asked the patient to consider using Radiesse. Radiesse would have been done as an office treatment with a simple skin injection. No surgery, no anesthesia, no recovery and the material lasts up to 2 years. Not my decision however. That+�G��G��s what makes Plastic Surgery an art and not cookbook+�G��-�the way each surgeon looks at each individual patient and decides what to do or not do. No 2 decisions will ever be completely alike.

Drove down to Irvine to review the prototype device for the think tank group. If this thing works, the way we think it will…we are going to make a whole lot of people very happy. I am hired by an East Coast think tank that brings emerging new technologies to physicians and the public in the field of Plastic Surgery and beauty. The latest project is nothing short of remarkable+�G��-�.sorry, can+�G��G��t share anymore at this time+�G��-�.confidentiality agreements+�G��-�stay tuned!

Dr. Francis R Palmer, III