Richard A Baxter, MD

I can not recommend Dr. Baxter enough. After living years of looking in the mirror and not seeing how I felt after losing 70+ lbs, I finally can look in the mirror, and the person I see is as beautiful as I feel on the inside. I had a breast lift, augmentation and a little liposuction in my abdomen area and couldn’t ask for better results. Not only is Dr. Baxter a true artist that has perfected his skill but he comes with a team of staff members that treat you like family. I had several consultations with many doctors prior to making my decision and the level of detail, care and education far surpassed all other consultations. The staff members and Dr. Baxter are genuine in listening to what you want your end results to look like and give honest feedback as to if your vision is reality and how best to achieve it. Dr. Baxter and his staff did an incredible job of explaining the procedure, what to expect, and the recovery process. There were no surprises except for my exceeded expectations and tears of joy when I saw the end result. Thank you so so much Dr. Baxter and staff for everything. Words cannot express enough gratitude for the life changing work and care that you and your staff provided. I will forever be in your debt!!!
Lindsey

There is not enough positive I can say about Dr. Baxter and his staff!
I have been insecure about my stomach and love handles since having children. Despite me working out and maintaining a healthy weight, I have always accumulated extra fat in the abdominal area. Over the course of three years I went to three separate consultations with Dr. Baxter, and after the third consultation finally worked up the courage to go through with the procedure.
The office staff and nurses were courteous and professional through several phone, email and in person conversations. They helped to ease my nerves and ensured every question or concern was addressed.
On procedure day the nurses talked me through every bit of the pre operative preparation and the anesthesiologist was AMAZING, everyone in the room made me feel completely at ease with the situation.
The results were quite noticeable right away and continued to improve over the course of the first two months. I did have concerns about some unevenness that I did address with Dr. Baxter at a post operative appointment and he agreed to a touch up procedure. I waited 6 months for my body to heal and just had my second procedure three weeks ago. The results are impressive! All of the unevenness is gone and my stomach looks like I have always wanted it to.
I am looking forward to wearing a bikini this summer without feeling insecure about my stomach because of the great work of Dr. Baxter.
Thank you to him and his staff!

I met Dr. Baxter in 2002 and after he reconstructed and corrected a prior breast augmentation (done by another surgeon) in 2003, I documented my experience in Oxygen Magazine. I have since been to Dr. Baxter for various other procedures including an implant replacement and have also accompanied family when they visited for consultations. Not only is Dr. Baxter an extremely skilled surgeon, but he also has a wonderful bedside manner and will only accept you as a patient if he feels that he can truly make a difference. He has no qualms letting you know if surgery is not a good option, or if he feels that your health or weight are not quite where they need to be in order to undergo surgery. My family and I have always appreciated Dr. Baxter’s honesty as he has his patient’s best interests at heart. One of my family members was advised that she did need to loose a bit of weight prior to undergoing surgery. The advice was delivered in a very compassionate and non judgemental way with the explanation that being over a certain BMI could lead to an increased risk of complications from surgery. We appreciated that Dr. Baxter wanted to minimize complications as much as possible even if it meant less business for him.
Dr. Baxter is surround by a wonderful staff. Lori, his patient coordinator, has taken care of me from my very first visit over ten years ago. She has been nothing but kind, compassionate and caring. Even though I am not local to Seattle I would never hesitate to travel there as I feel safest in Dr. Baxter’s hands.

I have been considering a Breast Augmentation and possibly some body contouring, but I wanted to talk to a doctor and see what options would be best for my body. I’d been struggling a bit with medications causing some weight gain.
After talking to a friend whom had augmentation with Dr. Baxter about 10 years ago and I thought I would contact this doctor as she spoke highly of him. I was hoping he would consult with me and we could collaborate and come up with a solution that would help with my body concerns.
In any case, I went to their website and submitted a request for contact. The next day I received an e-​mail from their «Patient Care Coordinator» whom asked me in, essentially, her initial contact my age, weight, and height. She stated that she was interested in my BMI.
When I told her that I was slightly (3 points) over the BMI she had mentioned in her Email she was looking for she basically responded with a message saying «No thanks, Good luck!».
So … BMI is sort of arbitrary. It’s a number calculated based on weight and height. It doesn’t account for body type, bone frame, muscle, or even the overall health of the individual. To make the call that I would be an inappropriate patient over the course of one E-​mail is extreme and made me feel that they are only interested in working with a certain type of person and the BMI question was simply a way of filtering their «undesirables».
I would suggest anyone contacting this doctor’s office to be wary. Things have apparently changed a lot over time.

I’m two months post –op and stunned by the fabulous work performed by Dr.Baxter. I’m so happy with the way my breasts look now, even two months post surgery. Dr. Baxter exceeded all expectations by an order of magnitude. This is truly the best plastic surgeon I’ve ever met, (literally out of hundreds), and by far, the best results I’ve ever gotten (out of tens of doctors). I will never go to another plastic surgeon as long as I live .Came in with a truly horrific result from another dr. I had no breast tissue at all on my right side. I had little skin left to work with, extremely deep scarring, and most reconstructive surgeons thought it was so bad that most of my consults refused to take on my case for even the largest amountsof money. I often described my old right breast (pre Dr. Baxter), to others as «what it might look like if your breast was macheted off by a blind person». Whereas my friends thought the scarring and mishapen lump on my right side prior to Dr. Baxter’s miracle work insisted that it, «looked less like the result of a hatchet, because it was so jagged and irregular, and more like id suffered from a terrible shark attack».
There aren’t enough words in the English language to describe how amazing Dr Baxter and his entire staff performed in my case in terms of surgical skill, patient sensiitivity/​consideration/​treatment, complete lack of pain, riddiculously fair pricing, patient office materials, patient follow-​up care and consistency and permanence of the most beautiful, subtle and natural results. Anyone who forgoes putting their case in Dr. Baxter’s miracle hands and instead substitutes ANY other doctor, will really regret their decision. I m a super beauty junky, having gone to other surgeons In San Diego, Santa Barbara, Beverly Hills, South Carolina, New York and even Brasil without ever wit nessing surgical results better than his.

My main concern was deformities and capsular contractures aka «CC». My first consultation I saw I think her name was Robin, she and Dr Baxter assured me that CC’s and other deformities were VERY rare. I decided to go along with my final consultation before surgery in which I pay and finalize everything, I asked Robin why the surgery was so expensive in hopes that she would answer with «because we’re the best» but instead she was VERY VERY RUDE and said «WELL I THINK ITS A LITTLE TOO LATE FOR YOU TO BE ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE THAT» should have been a RED FLAG. 8 months after surgery I got a CC in my right breast and Dr. Baxter confirmed it and come to find out ROBIN the same nurse that told me CC’s were rare had MULTIPLE CC’s which she failed to tell me before. Everyone there is fake and just there to make $, they told me what I wanted to hear changing in each situation, I will never trust another plastic surgeon because all they want is $ they don’t care about you at all. I had bad vibes about this office from the start, everything the staff said seemed very rehearsed. I thought I’d be getting what I paid for but instead I paid double for a botched surgery and have to pay $ 4k to fix it!
yeah he spent time with me, yeah I liked the fact that he is on realself etc. but in the end I regret going to him sorry

I highly recommend Dr. Baxter to anyone who is considering getting plastic surgery.
Dr. Baxter was recommended to me by a friend, who had her procedure done with him years ago. When I had my consultation with him, I immediately knew that I was going to go with Dr. Baxter and his staff. Everyone was very professional, answered the million questions I had for them, set realistic expectations and provided me with honest opinions and answers. And most importantly, they made me feel comfortable and trust that I was in good hands.
I had my surgery last week and now in the «recovery stage.» I feel great and absolutely love the results. My fiancé, family and friends are extremely impressed and I am thrilled and very very happy with how everything turned out!
Every appointment and every contact I had with Dr. Baxter and his staff, has been amazing. Robin (nurse) has been awesome at providing me with reassurance that everything (from the pre-​opp, the surgery to the post-​op appointment) was going to be okay. And everything has been great~
Thank you Dr. Baxter and staff!
Definitely best plastic surgeon in the N. West!

Hi everyone! I have had this unremovable tire around my waist since I was 14. I got hard core into the gym throughout highschool because of it. It would always get smaller, but my arms and legs would have to get hideously skinny from all the dieting and exercise before the tire or «muffin top» would completely go away. I got married 2 years ago to a Coastie who always makes me feel beautiful but the muffin top still bothered me. So, I saved up my money. We were stationed in Seattle last year and I kept my ear out for recomended plastic surgeons for liposuction in the area. The 2 names that repeatedly popped up for quality of work AND affordability were Jourdan Gottlieb and Richard Baxter. I went to a consult with Dr. Gottlieb and was NOT impressed. They said I could pay $ 5,500 for the procedure — but I would have to be AWAKE through it!!! (NO WAY) And when I showed disappointment with that they said «Oh, well anesthesia is exensive, so if you want to be ASLEEP through surgery, you will have to pay $ 1,500 MORE!» (like its some kind of luxury!!!) They assured me the ‘awake’ surgery was only ‘uncomfortable’ not painful. And that I would be able to feel things going on but not much.’, UHM… Id rather not feel anything… thanks! Many people in my family have had plastic surgery for one thing or another and they have NEVER been asked to stay awake during a surgery to save the office money on anesthesia! –sumpn’s up! ANYWAY– for various reasons I decided if I could have a $ 500 military discount-​I would get my surgery done there — BUT NOPE– they wouldn’t honor that. (even though they had given it to others in the past) So guess what? I went to Dr Baxter! His office was clean and the staff were down to earth and friendly. He didn’t act ‘too busy’ to meet with me and answer all my questions’. He listened well. I decided to get my surgery there. His total charge was $ 4,500— AND I got to be completely ASLEEP through the surgery! immagine that! Funny, Im sure Anesthesia is just as expensive for Dr. Baxter as it is for everyone else… Interesting how his patients don’t have to charge an arm and leg to be asleep through surgery. Quite a more reasonable deal than the $ 5,500 AWAKE surgery Gottlieb wanted me to have! PLUS — – EVEN AFTER ALL THAT– Dr. Baxter gave me a $ 300 Military discount!!! Now THATS someone who isn’t desperate for cash! I was so pleased with his Staff. And Dr. Baxter is so charming and friendly-​also handsome! My muffin Top is gone! My new shape is wonderful! Things couldnt have gone more smoothly! GO TO DR. BAXTER!!! He knows what hes doing! They REALLY care about you there and you will be SO happy– without emptying your bank account!

Best plastic surgeon out there in my opinion! I went to 2 other consultations before seeing Dr. Baxter and I am soooo glad I did! I immediately liked the feel of his office (very clean, modern but not pretentious), his staff were very accommodating and made me feel comfortable and most importantly, Dr. Baxter did! My mom even went to see him for an eye lift after I saw him! Amazing results and a great experience. He’s also more affordable then a lot of the Dr.‘s in the DT Seattle area, I’m assuming maybe because of overhead. Love him and will definitely go back!

I highly recommend Dr. Baxter for cosmetic surgery. He and his staff are very professional, kind and supportive. He gives honest answers and sets realistic expectations, and has a great deal of skill and experience. He really listens to what you want, and does not push to sell you on anything. I consulted him after reading so many glowing reports in the KING 5 «Best of the Northwest» poll, which he later won. He did a great job!

I cannot believe I’m the first to write a review for Dr. Baxter! I was more than impressed with his office and his office staff when I met them more than two years ago. I went to him because I had witnessed his work in the Oxygen magazine for fitness competitors and had also received several recommendations from friends and my own clients as well. I am more than happy with the result of his work. He even made a revision for a previous (less than suitable) procedure. I recommend Dr. Baxter if you or someone you know would like to feel better about some aspect of their appearance.