About Our Rapid Recovery Program

Plastic Surgery Patients Can Count on Rapid Recovery

Most of our patients lead active lifestyles and desire as little downtime as possible following their procedures. Accordingly, Dr. Parker along with his team of trained professionals in Paramus, NJ, have developed a Rapid Recovery protocol to return patients back to full activity as quickly as possible after their surgery.

The Rapid Recovery protocol includes:

  • The use of limited incisions, minimally invasive procedures as much as possible, and medical tissue glue to speed wound healing
  • Short-acting anesthetic agents and anti-emetic medications to hasten the recovery from anesthesia
  • A tailored regimen of medications given before, during and after surgery to minimize postoperative pain, swelling and bruising
  • Three postoperative medical manual lymphatic drainage massages to reduce swelling and bruising as well as accelerate healing
  • Topically applied state of the art scar cream to help us deliver scars which are a imperceptible as possible swelling and bruising

Rapid Recovery Results

Our goal is to provide our patients with the best long term results we can as well as make the recovery after surgery as quick and pleasant as possible. Below, we show you what our patients look like shortly after surgery as well as their long term results.

Facial Plastic Surgery

Face and Neck Lift

This 68 year old requested Dr. Parker to improve the aging of her face and neck. The patient is shown two weeks and eight months after a face and neck lift along with conservative fat injections.

before and after images of facelift pre-op, two weeks post op and 8 months post op

Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Surgery)

This 60 year old asked Dr. Parker to perform an upper eyelid blepharoplasty. The patient is shown one week and seven months after surgery.

before and after images of eyelid surgery pre-op, one week post op and seven months post op

This 59 year old requested Dr. Parker to improve the puffiness of her lower eyelids. The patient is shown one week and five months after a lower eyelid blepharoplasty.

Eyelid surgery results one week post op and five months post op with rapid recovery

Rhinoplasty

This 19 year old requested improvement in the appearance of her nose. The patient is shown one week and seven months after a closed rhinoplasty.

six images showing rapid recovery from rhinoplasty pre op, one week post op then seven months post op

Brow lift

This 61 year old underwent an endoscopic brow lift as well as upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty. The patient is shown two weeks and five months after surgery.

Brow lift before and after photo showing recovery after two weeks post op and five months with rapid recovery

Neck Contouring

This 24 year old requested improvement in the contour of her neck. The patient is shown one week and four months following excision of subplatysmal fat, platysmaplasty and liposuction of the neck by Dr. Parker.

Neck contouring before and after photo showing recovery after one week post op and four months post op with rapid recovery

Otoplasty

This 26 year old patient asked Dr. Parker to bring her ears closer to her head so that they did not protrude. The patient is shown one week and one month after Dr. Parker performed an otoplasty on both ears.

Otoplasty before and after photo showing recovery after one week post op and one year with rapid recovery

Chin Augmentation

This 23 year old patient underwent an open rhinoplasty and chin augmentation. The patient is shown one week and 3 months after surgery.

Before and after photos of recovery after chin augmentation with rapid recovery, showing one week post op and three months post op

Lip Lift

This 72 year old very energetic patient asked Dr. Parker to perform a lip lift to help rejuvenate this area which has lengthened over time and makes the patient look older than she feels. The patient is shown one week and one month after Dr. Parker performed a lip lift under local anesthesia.

Lip lift before and after images with rapid recovery showing one week post op and one month post op

Buccal Fat

This 22 year old asked Dr. Parker to reduce the fullness in her cheeks. The patient is shown one week and five months after Dr. Parker performed buccal fat removal under local anesthesia.

Before and after images of Buccal Fat removal with rapid recovery showing one week post op and five months post op results.

Body Procedures

Tummy Tuck

This 46 year old requested improvement in the appearance of her abdomen and hips. The patient is shown two weeks and one year following a Parker Tummy Tuck along with liposuction of her hips.

Tummy Tuck results with rapid recovery showing two weeks and one year post op.

Body Lift

This 55 year old had an abdominoplasty performed by Dr. Parker several years ago. She returned asking him to perform a body lift to tighten the loose skin on her outer thighs and buttocks. The patient is shown one week and eight months following her body lift.

Body lift recovery results after one week and eight months post op with rapid recovery

Liposuction

This 55 year old requested liposuction of her abdomen and hips to improve their contour. The patient is shown two weeks and three months after SAFE liposuction of the patient’s abdomen (800 cc of fat removed) and hips (950 cc of fat removed from each hip).

Recovery results for liposuction with rapid recovery showing two weeks and three months post op

Thigh Lift

This 54 year old patient requested Dr. Parker to improve the fullness and laxity of her inner thighs following a 25 pound weight loss achieved with diet and exercise. The patient is shown one week and seven months after Dr. Parker performed liposuction of her inner thighs along with a crescent inner thigh lift.

Before and after image of a thigh lift with rapid recovery showing one week and seven months post op.

Arm Lift

This 63 year old asked Dr. Parker to tighten the loose skin on her arms which she attributed to years of sun worshiping. The patient is shown one week and ten months after Dr Parker performed a traditional brachioplasty, or full length arm lift.

Before and after images showing recovery times of arm lift with rapid recovery, one week and ten months post op

Bra Line Back Lift

This 46 year old asked Dr. Parker to improve the contour of her hips and back after lap band surgery 7 years earlier; she lost lost 70 pounds. The patient is shown two weeks and eight months after Dr. Parker performed a bra line back lift. 

Before and after images showing bra line back lift recovery after two weeks and eight months with rapid recovery

*Keep in mind that each patient is unique and your results may vary.

Using Rapid Recovery, our patients experience less down time. To see typical Parker Center results at both days and months after surgery, click to enlarge the patient images in the gallery below. Choose from the categories to sort patients.

Rapid Recovery Gallery

Rapid Recovery Before and After Photos

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