Straight Talk About Looking Your Best
Your Guide to Skin Rejuvenation and Plastic Surgery
Dr. Thomas J. Francel
Since Exposing Bad Plastic Surgery came out, patients want to know what to look for, not just what to avoid.
This book is the answer.
Inside the Book
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Humans have sought aesthetic improvement since recorded history. Understanding that context puts your own desires in perspective.
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How to identify what is really bothering you and whether a cream, a needle, or a surgeon is the right answer.
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Which products are worth your money, and why cosmetics manufacturers spend up to 75 percent of their budget on advertising.
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About one-third of “medical spas” have no legitimate board-certified medical director. This chapter tells you what to ask and what good answers sound like.
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Why “Best Of” lists are manipulated, why online reviews can be gamed, and the one credential that is absolutely non-negotiable.
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Every procedure Dr. Francel has performed a minimum of 200 times, explained plainly across three dedicated chapters.
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What a successful result looks like over time, and what to do when something has gone wrong.
Straight Talk About Looking Your Best follows real patients from their opening consultation all the way through to their final results. Their stories cover the full range of aesthetic medicine (skin, face, breasts, body) and the full range of human experience that brings someone into a plastic surgeon’s office in the first place. Reading their journeys, you will recognize yourself somewhere.
“We can make pretty— but we can’t make beautiful. Beauty comes from inside. What we can do is help the outside reflect what’s already there.”
Exposing Bad Plastic Surgery
and the Secret to Avoiding It
Dr. Thomas J. Francel
Dr. Francel covers the full landscape of how bad plastic surgery happens, from the psychological pressures that push patients toward poor decisions, to the credentials gap that allows underqualified providers to operate, to the questions every patient should ask before they commit to anything.
Exposing Bad Plastic Surgery does not spare the industry. Board certification, facility standards, the manipulated ranking systems patients rely on—all of it is examined honestly.
“Whether due to a poor choice of surgeon or a procedure that was never right for the patient in the first place, bad plastic surgery happens more than it should. Knowing what to look for is the best protection you have.”