Dr. Ariel Rad, MD, PhD, FACS

Training and board certification

• Education: Princeton University (magna cum laude) and Duke University; the site does not name the Duke degree (bio).
• PhD in immunology, University of London, on a three-year NIH NRSA F32 fellowship after medical school (bio).
• Plastic and reconstructive surgery training, Johns Hopkins, 2003-2009 (bio).
• Johns Hopkins faculty from 2009 as Assistant Professor and Director of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; now Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery there (bio).
• Board certification, as the site states it: "certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery"; Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (bio); "Board-certified since 2010" (deep plane facelift).
• Member of ASPS, ASAPS, The Rhinoplasty Society and ISAPS (bio).

Facelift and neck lift work

• Deep plane facelift. Selective release of facial ligaments, repositioning of midface and neck tissues, vector control of the SMAS and platysma, limited skin undermining; a submental incision for bands, fat or glands when needed. Most procedures under IV sedation with an airway tube and a board-certified anesthesiologist (deep plane facelift).
• Other facelifts. SMAS facelift; short scar facelift performed in office, with the page stating he routinely performs 3-5 facelifts per week; endoscopic ponytail facelift in office under local anesthetic; vertical mid facelift; revision and male facelift pages.
• Neck lift. Options from neck liposuction and platysmal band correction to deep neck sculpting, a "scarless" mini-neck lift through incisions behind the earlobes, and an open or deep plane neck lift with deep fat removal, digastric reduction and platysma tightening (neck lift).
• Recovery, per the site. Deep plane: swelling peaks at days two to three; bruising fades in weeks 1-2; exercise resumed gradually in weeks 3-6; swelling mostly resolved at months 3-6 (deep plane facelift). Routine daily activities in about 10-14 days (facelift); normal activities in 7-10 days after short scar facelift (short scar).
• Cost. Personalized estimate after consultation; no prices published.
• Galleries. Facelift, neck lift.

Other facial procedures

The site offers eyelid surgery, brow and forehead lift including an in-office direct brow lift, forehead reduction, rhinoplasty, chin and jaw implants and facial fat grafting; skin treatments are run by Dr. Sherber's dermatology side. Galleries: eyelid, brow and forehead, facial fat transfer.

Practice

Not verified: the medical school is not named outright; the bio says "Princeton and Duke educated."