Dr. Alberico Sessa, MD

Training and board certification

• Board certification, as the site states it: "board certifications from the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery in facial cosmetic surgery, body and extremity surgery" (bio).
• The site footer states: "The American Board of Cosmetic Surgery is not recognized by the Florida Board of Medicine" (bio).
• Member of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery and the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery; "Educated through an accredited fellowship specifically in cosmetic surgery" (institution not named) (bio).
• Oral Board Examiner for new cosmetic surgeons for the past six years (bio); board examiner for the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery (about).
• Experience as printed: over eighteen years and 25,000 surgeries (bio); over a decade in cosmetic surgery and over two decades of surgical experience (deep plane facelift).
• The neck lift page states advanced training in head and neck surgery (neck lift).
• Medical school and residency are not named on the pages read.

Facelift and neck lift work

• Facelift. Outpatient, two to four hours, usually under twilight sleep (deep sedation), general anesthesia on request; incisions inside the hairline, undermining, muscle and tissue tightening; drains if needed (facelift).
• Deep plane facelift. Skin and SMAS lifted together rather than separated; mostly under general anesthesia; incision in front of the ear (deep plane facelift).
• SmartLift. Described as his version of the mini facelift: three small incisions (under the chin and near the ears), about one to one and a half hours (SmartLift). A mini lift page adds that a mini lift can sometimes be done under local anesthesia (mini lift).
• Other lifts. Mini facelift with neck lift (page), midface lift through hairline incisions (midface), revision facelift (revision).
• Neck lift. Platysmaplasty combined with neck liposuction: one incision under the chin and one behind each ear; about two hours; general anesthesia or IV sedation (neck lift). Submental liposuction is offered alone (submental liposuction).
• Recovery, as printed. Stitches out after one week; return to work within two to three weeks; bruising gone in about two weeks; final results in about six months (facelift). The deep plane page says five to seven days off work. All exercise at six to eight weeks (mini facelift with neck lift).
• Prices, as printed. Facelift: "$9,000 to $23,000" by type (deep plane facelift). Facelift with neck lift: from $12,000; deep plane facelift with neck lift up to $23,000; listed prices exclude anesthesia (mini facelift with neck lift). Submental liposuction from $3,000 before anesthesia (submental liposuction).
• Galleries. Case pages with a Next Case chain: facelift (35 cases), facelift with neck lift (9), neck lift (10), SmartLift (16), male facelift (3), submental liposuction.

Other facial procedures

The site offers upper and lower blepharoplasty (eyelid; galleries upper, lower), brow lift (brow lift; gallery), CO2 laser resurfacing (CO2 laser), lip lift, buccal fat removal, facial implants, otoplasty and rhinoplasty.

Practice

Not verified: the queue lists FAACS; the pages checked print "M.D." only.