Eat Right. Live Right. Feel Right!

Physician's Plan Medical Weight Management helps clients lose and maintain weight successfully with the help of qualified medical practitioners. Our programs treat the whole person by combining the principles of nutrition, exercise physiology, pharmacotherapy (ethical medications), and behavior modification; all in a caring and compassionate setting.

We have also found that as our clients lose weight, they start to look at other ways to feel better about themselves. That's why we offer additional services such as laser, facial aesthetics, and cellulite reduction.

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Online Store: CarbEssentials - The Easy Way to Eat Right

For your special dietary needs, we recommend CarbEssentials. CarbEssentials is a chain of retail stores and an online store where you can find a world of nutrtional items hand-selected by Dr. Powell and taste-tested by his family, staff and Physician's Plan patients. Shop from the ease of your home computer for the highest quality nutrition.
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SkinMedica®

SkinMedica, Inc. is an aesthetic and pharmaceutical company focused on developing, acquiring and commercializing products that improve the appearance of skin and treat dermatologic conditions and diseases.
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HydraFacial™

The “HydraFacial” treatment is the newest advance in non-laser skin resurfacing. HydraFacial is the only hydradermabrasion procedure that combines cleansing, exfoliation, extraction, hydration and antioxidant protection simultaneously, resulting in clearer, more beautiful skin with no discomfort or downtime.
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Botox Photo

Botox®

Botox® can remove years and improve the appearance of moderate to severe frown lines and lines between the brows in people ages 18 to 65.
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Restylane facial wrinkles treatment

Facial Aesthetics - Restylane® Dermal Filler

Restore volume and fullness to the skin with Restylane® for the treatment of facial wrinkles and folds. Now approved in the U.S., Restylane® has been used in more than 3 million treatments in over 70 countries. We also offer Volumalift®, the most advanced techniques in non-surgical facial enhancement using Restylane®.
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Radio frequency treatment

Renew and Tighten Your Skin

We have two of the latest non-surgical skin tightening technologies on the market.

Titan™ skin tightening by Cutera uses an infrared light source to tighten skin and reverse the signs of aging. Available in Redding and Chico.

Elõs Wrinkle Reduction by Syneron is the first and only technology to combine bi-polar radio frequency and light energies. The unique Matrix Heating produces results at both the epidermal and deep dermal levels. Treat fine wrinkles at the surface while penetrating the skin - all in the same procedure. Available in Redding.
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Dr. Powell's Blog


  • Dr. Powell, I’ve got a Secret. I’m a Stress Eater
       I will be sitting down with a patient discussing their weight loss struggles. I see on their chart that over the last month that they did not lose any weight.  Before I can say anything the patient will lean forward in a hushed ...
  • Liquid Amnesia Zone
    Liquid Amnesia is a term that I use with my patients as I am analyzing their daily nutrition questionarre that they fill out for me at their new patient appointment. What I found quite often is that many people do not consider that what they are drinki...
  • Carbessentials.net and Weight Watchers Points
    Most of us have at one point or another in our lives been on Weight Watchers. It is an excellent program and has put millions of lives back on track. In my medical practice I have many patients that have done Weight Watchers and have had different leve...
  • Weight Loss at Physician’s Plan Weight Management for Jared Smith
    For those that have not heard we at Carbessentials and Physicians Plan Weight Management Medical Clinic have been doing a unique fund raiser for a very special person in the Redding California Community. Jared Smith a husband, father of two boys...
  • The Recipe Corner
    This Blog has been created for the sole purpose of sharing great ideas for Sneals and high quality meals.The Rules:Sneals must be within 60 to 250 calories.  They must be as close to equal carbs to protein ratio but remember that it has to be LEAN...
  • The Low Sodium Controversy
    There has been a recent surge in the media/press about sodium intake in our American nutrition/diet. First what I am going to do is explain exactly what sodium is versus salt. Second I will give you what the medical and governmental guidelines are for...
  • Losing Weight is not easy but look at all it’s benefits!!
    Dear Physician’s Plan Team I wanted to take a moment to say, “Thank You.” Prior to my first appointment at Physician’s plan I had complained to my primary care physician for several years that I was gaining weight....
  • This is what it is all about!! A Weight Loss Testimonial!!
    This is what it is all about!!: The letter below is from one of our employees. She started as a patient and then was hired on as an employee at our Carbessentials store in Chico. She has been learning how to Sneal and by doing so she is naturall...
  • An Example of Why I Do What I Do for a Living.
    A patient in my Chico office that started her struggle with weight loss with our clinic 3 months ago with a starting weight of over 400 pounds. We have started to teach her to sneal throughout the day to feed her body. She had met her first short term ...
  • The History of Carbessentials, The Easy Way to Eat Right
    CarbEssentials, The Easy Way to Eat Right, was opened in early 2003 by Raymond Powell, MD and his wife Dominique Powell. Dr. Powell, a board certified bariatrician, has treated thousands of medical weight loss patients in his clinics and is alway...