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Score
85.9/100

Dr. Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS

Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS is a facial plastic surgeon and Director of the CENTER for Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery, 9401 Wilshire Blvd #650, Beverly Hills, California, and Clinical Chief of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Health System (facialplasticsbh.com/about). His site lists deep plane facelift, revision facelift and neck lift, including a deep neck lift that repositions salivary glands (deep plane facelift page).

Practice
9401 Wilshire Blvd #650, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone
+1 310 657 2203
Website
facialplasticsbh.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Teaches at
5th Annual Anatomic Mastery in Aging Face Surgery 2027
Newest paper
Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med, 2026
Lectures
Videos of the talks
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Training and board certification

Source unless noted: facialplasticsbh.com/about/

Stage Detail
Residency Head and Neck Surgery/Facial Plastic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine
Fellowship Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Clinical Instructor
Faculty Clinical Faculty, then Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA
Current Clinical Chief of the Division, Cedars-Sinai
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "double board-certified by The American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery."
  • Led the 2023 AAFPRS Annual Meeting and the 13th International Facial Nerve Symposium.
  • Western Regional Director of the AAFPRS; board member of the AAFPRS and the California Society of Facial Plastic Surgery.
  • Co-directs an AAFPRS fellowship program; the site states he has trained more than 20 facial plastic surgeons.
  • President of the Sir Charles Bell Society; President of the Facial Paralysis & Bell's Palsy Foundation; volunteer and board member, Global Smile Foundation.
  • Lead editor of more than 10 plastic surgery textbooks and 80 scientific articles, per the site; lead editor of "Master Techniques in Facial Rejuvenation," second edition (neck lift page).
  • Neck lift page: "more than two decades of experience."
  • Medical school: not named on the pages checked.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Deep plane facelift. The page describes repositioning and lifting all layers of facial tissue, including fat pads and underlying muscles; listed goals include cheeks, jowls, jawline, and neck with fat removal and gland repositioning. The FAQ states a deep plane face and neck lift treats the midface, lower face and neck and does not include the eyes, brows and forehead (deep-plane-facelift).
  • Revision facelift. For prior facelift results or new aging; the page states it is "ideally performed using the deep plane technique" (revision-facelift).
  • Neck lift. Stand-alone or combined with deep plane facelift or chin augmentation; "deep neck lift" methods can reposition deep structures such as salivary glands (neck-lift).
  • The site also lists facial reanimation, selective neurolysis and scarless facial reanimation pages (surgical).

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-26):

  • Face: deep plane facelift and revision facelift before-and-after photographs and videos, plus fat grafting, buccal fat pad, chin augmentation and lip lift (gallery-face).
  • Neck: neck lift before-and-after photographs and video (gallery-neck).

Practice

Field Value
Practice CENTER for Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery
Address 9401 Wilshire Blvd #650, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (contact)
Phone +1 310 657 2203
Website https://facialplasticsbh.com/
Instagram instagram.com/drazizzadeh
YouTube youtube.com/user/facialplasticsla
Facebook facebook.com/facialplastics
TikTok tiktok.com/@drazizzadeh

Practice location and recovery

From facialplasticsbh.com, read 2026-09-30. Prices and recovery times are quoted as the practice publishes them.

The marker carries the surgeon's Top 500 rank and sits on the practice's street address. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Top facelift surgeons in California

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Sutures out"Most patients resume light activities within 2–3 days, with sutures removed in about a week." Source7
Back to work"A patient usually can return to work and everyday social functions within about 10 to 14 days of a facelift" Source14
Back to work"If your job does not involve heavy lifting or strenuous activity, you can typically return to work within ten to fourteen days." Source14
Exercise"You can return to normal exercise and physical activity three weeks after surgery." Source21
Swelling"The initial recovery period generally takes three to four weeks but internal swelling can take up to about 6 months to resolve completely." Source180
Final result"the full results typically take about three to six months to become apparent." Source180

Why #2: the score, line by line

Points come from sources read the same way for every surgeon. The method is on the methodology page.

SignalPointsOfSource
Research23.93013 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 11 since 2021
Teaching25259 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership815AAFPRS, President-elect 2025-2026; AAFPRS, Western Regional Director 2024-2025
Recognition910Newsweek facelift list 2024, 2025, 2026
Score85.9100#2 in the Top 500

Meetings taught

Facelift, neck and facial rejuvenation sessions Dr. Babak Azizzadeh taught to other surgeons, newest first.

2027
5th Annual Anatomic Mastery in Aging Face Surgery (FACE): Symposium & Fresh Cadaver Lab
Hollywood, FL, USA · Deep Plane Facelift; SMAS & Alternative Facelift Techniques; Neck Lift & Advanced Neck Rejuvenation; Midface Rejuvenation; Endoscopic Approaches; Blepharoplasty; Canthoplasty & Canthopexy; Brow Lift; Ptosis Repair (symposium and fresh cadaver lab)
2026
EAFPS Lisbon 2026 - The World of Facial Plastics (Facial Plastic Surgery World Congress 2026, EAFPS + IFFPSS)
Estoril (Lisbon), Portugal · Deep Plane Facelift I: Fundamentals; Deep Plane Facelift: Advanced Fixation; Deep Plane Facelift: Complications & Safety; Neck & Jawline Definition; Revision Facelift; Round Table: Neck Rejuvenation; IFFPSS Symposium: American Academy (AAFPRS) hour (Jul 2)
2026
NYC Facelift & Rhinoplasty Master Course 2026
New York, USA · MASTERS PANEL: Complications & Difficult Cases
2026
3rd Annual Anatomic Mastery in Aging Face Surgery: Symposium & Cadaver Lab
Hollywood, FL, USA · Facial Anatomy and Analysis; Faculty (event page): Ben Talei, Guy Massry, Steven Pearlman (chairs) and faculty lineup
2026
AAFPRS Foundation Face Forum Webinar Series
Masters of Facial Rejuvenation 2026, speaker: Revision Facelift, Facial Nerve and Netting Considerations (Mar 11, 2026)
2026
3rd Annual Anatomic Mastery in Aging Face Surgery - Symposium & Cadaver Lab 2026 (Bringing You The Masters, Hollywood FL), faculty
3rd Annual Anatomic Mastery in Aging Face Surgery: deep-plane facelift and periorbital symposium + cadaver lab; endoscopic facelift masterclass
2025
AAFPRS Annual Meeting 2025, panelist
PANEL DISCUSSION: Revision or Secondary Facelift Surgery
2024
2024

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Babak Azizzadeh as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2026
Buccal Fat Pad Modification in Aesthetic Facial Surgery
Wang LL, Azizzadeh B · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 41203330
2025
Revision Rhytidectomy: Pearls and Pitfalls
Ziai K, Azizzadeh B · Facial Plast Surg · PMID 37827505
2020
Subunit Approach to Facelifting and Facial Rejuvenation
Azizzadeh B, Fitzgerald R, Massry G, Smith E · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 32503713

Sources

Facts from facialplasticsbh.com were read 2026-09-26.