Straight talk from leading plastic surgeon, Dr. Thomas Francel

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Exposing Bad Plastic Surgery and the Secret to Avoiding It came out in 2024, giving prospective plastic surgery patients a frank look at why bad outcomes happen and how to avoid them. Straight Talk About Looking Your Best followed in 2025, answering the question the first book posed: Now that you know what to avoid, what do you look for?

Together, they give any patient the knowledge to make confident, informed decisions at any stage of their aesthetic journey.

A third book from Dr. Francel is in progress.

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Straight Talk
About Looking Your Best

Your Guide to Skin Rejuvenation and Plastic Surgery

Thomas J. Francel, MD, FACS

Nearly nineteen million aesthetic procedures are performed in the United States every year. Patients search for guidance on Google, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Much of what they find is inaccurate or designed to sell them something.

Straight Talk About Looking Your Best gives you what no search engine can: the organized knowledge of a board-certified plastic surgeon with thirty-five years of experience and approximately 10,000 operations. It walks you through the full range of aesthetic improvement, from choosing the right daily skincare routine to selecting a surgeon who will actually listen to you. Whether you are curious about Botox, considering a facelift, or somewhere in between, this book will help you get the best return on investment of your time and your money..

Real Patients.
Real Decisions.
Real Outcomes.

Both books follow real patients through their full journeys, from first frustration to final result. In Straight Talk About Looking Your Best, seven patients are introduced in the opening pages and tracked across all twelve chapters. Their decisions—and the outcomes that followed—illustrate every principle in the book.

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Reviews

  • "As an international leader in plastic surgery, Dr. Francel draws from a vast practical knowledge and a wealth of experience in all fields of reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery. His second book is a testament to how plastic surgeons continue to innovate and the book stands as a professional landmark reference for reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery."

    Renato Saltz, MD, FACS, FICS

  • "Dr. Francel 's work will go a long way in curtailing bad plastic surgery. This book belongs in the hands of and read by any women or man contemplating plastic surgery and on the shelves of all physicians practicing plastic surgery. "

    Foad Nahai, I\ID, FRCS, FRCST

  • "Dr. Francel addresses the nuances of plastic surgery which is both an art and a science. Dr France} constantly stresses that plastic surgeons must visualize and craft results which appear natural and harmonious with each patient's unique features."

    Greg Evans, MD, FACS

  • "In this his second book, Dr France} brings us a practical and insightful guide that empowers patients with the knowledge they need before pursuing both non-surgical as well as surgical procedures."

    Gerard Piniello, PA-C

  • "Throughout my year of fighting cancer, you have been the one constant physician who has helped to educate and inform my husband and myself as we made those tough decisions along the way. You were always there to help us talk through the decisions that had to be made and supply feelings along with the hard facts. Thank you for all that you have done for us and we wish to help do the same for other terrified patients."

    Gina and Steve

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Exposing Bad Plastic Surgery and the Secret to Avoiding It

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.

Dr. Francel draws on more than thirty years of experience to explain exactly why bad plastic surgery happens and how to avoid it. Candid, authoritative, and written for the patient rather than the industry, Exposing Bad Plastic Surgery provides readers the foundation they need before they ever walk into a consultation.

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