Nip This Tuck That

Tuesday 2/28/06:+�-� Debugging both websites+�G��-�aargh, what a pain.+�-� Skin care website+�-�+�-� http://www.FRBH.Com has an old version on the servers and the plastic surgery site http://www.drfpalmer.com has broken contact links+�G��-�.who said this was the golden age of communication?+�-� It+�G��G��s not enough to be a well trained plastic & cosmetic surgeon, I have to be a techy as well+�G��-�.I don+�G��G��t think so.+�-� No offense to the techies+�G��-�.they+�G��G��re seriously way smarter than I am when it comes to the internet, computers and html code.

Spoke with my agent.+�-� The one sheet for the new show looks good.+�-� Hope it works out+�G��-�that will be exciting!+�-� Shooting for another show +�G��+�Pop Culture+�G��-� is scheduled this Thursday with the British film crew.+�-� The show is slated to begin airing this June.+�-� I guess it+�G��G��s just part of the biz anymore.+�-� I have to be camera ready.+�-� Truth is, I+�G��G��m a bit of a ham and really enjoy all of it.+�-� Man, I can remember, the first time I had a TV camera stuck in my face+�G��-�talk about freaky.+�-� It+�G��G��s amazing how you just get used to it and calm down with experience.+�-� I try to always have fun with whatever show or film crew is here+�G��-�.the biggest thing for me to remember is to just relax.+�-� The last thing I want is to be a stuffy Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon because that+�G��G��s just not me.+�-� I+�G��G��m the guy next door+�G��-�just with 10 years training and an emotionally charged high pressure job that I totally love.

Testing prototypes for the hand held device+�G��-�+�G��-�+�G��-�sshh, this one+�G��G��s a secret.+�-� More later.+�-� PS, it+�G��G��s amazing!+�-� No, this has nothing to do with the think tank project mentioned in Monday+�G��G��s post.+�-� It+�G��G��s a different project.

Saw the patient we did a Browlift, nasolabial fold micro-liposuction and used Radiesse to fill out her cheeks using my +�G��+�Palmer Beauty Principles+�G��-�+�G��-�she looks almost 10 years younger.+�-� I am so happy for her+�G��-�she+�G��G��s thrilled and so am I.+�-� This is so cool!+�-� After 16 years, I still get excited to see my patients more beautiful and attractive.+�-� Thank you Lord for giving me the privilege to make people happy!

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

This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many pages like this one or sub-pages as you like and manage all of your content inside of WordPress.