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Top 500
#129
Score
34/100

Dr. Babis Rammos, MD, FACS

Babis Rammos, MD, FACS is a plastic surgeon and the founder and owner of Rammos Plastic Surgery & MedSpa, 4911 N Executive Dr, Suite 100, Peoria, Illinois; his bio states he specializes in aesthetic surgery of the breast and body (bio, contact). The site offers facelift and neck lift surgery, described as tissue suspension through hidden incisions, with galleries showing lower facelift and neck lift cases (facelift).

Practice
4911 N Executive Dr, Suite 100, Peoria, Illinois, 61614
Phone
309.670.7020
Website
rammosplasticsurgery.com
Specialty
Plastic surgery
A smiling woman shows radiant skin in headshot

Training and board certification

Source for all items: bio

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Plastic surgery training Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Fellowship Aesthetic surgery fellowship in North Carolina, endorsed by The Aesthetic Society (institution not named)
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "double board-certified plastic surgeon." The boards are not named.
  • Division Chief of Plastic Surgery, Vice Chair of Research and Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria.
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; member of The Aesthetic Society, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
  • The Aesthetic Society's Ted Lockwood Award for Excellence in Body Contouring, 2025.
  • Lecture list centers on body contouring, massive weight loss and breast surgery.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Facelift. Incisions along the hairline, around the ears or under the chin; facial tissue is suspended into a new position and excess skin removed. The page names no SMAS or deep plane technique. Facial fat grafting can be combined (facelift).
  • Facelift recovery, as printed. About two weeks off work; help needed for the first 72 hours; two drains behind the ears, usually out after a day; sutures out after about a week; swelling can take three to six months; no heavy lifting for at least four weeks; fully active at six weeks (facelift).
  • Neck lift. General anesthesia; small incisions under the chin and around the ears; the deep tissues of the neck are re-suspended and tightened. Drains out after a day or so; sutures out after one week (neck lift).
  • Prices. None published.
  • Galleries. Facelift and neck lift galleries each show 2 cases; captions list lower facelift with neck lift, one case with upper and lower eyelid surgery (facelift gallery, neck lift gallery).

Other facial procedures

Eyelid surgery, brow lift and fat transfer to the face, plus MedSpa treatments including MOXI laser, BBL HERO and Morpheus8 (eyelid, brow lift, MOXI). Galleries: eyelid, MOXI laser and Morpheus8 (eyelid gallery, MOXI gallery, Morpheus8 gallery).

Practice

Field Value
Practice Rammos Plastic Surgery & MedSpa
Address 4911 N Executive Dr, Suite 100, Peoria, Illinois, 61614 (contact)
Phone 309.670.7020
Website https://www.rammosplasticsurgery.com/
Facebook facebook.com/rammosplasticsandspa
Instagram, YouTube Listed in the site's schema markup: instagram.com/DRBABISRAMMOS, YouTube

Not verified: medical school, fellowship institution and the names of the two boards are not stated on the pages read.

Practice location and recovery

From rammosplasticsurgery.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 Illinois

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Drains"You will have two drains placed behind the ears ... Most of the time these will be removed after a day." Source1
Sutures out"Sutures that were used to close your incisions will be removed after around a week based on your recovery." Source7
Back to work"Usually a couple weeks is how long most patients will need off from work to recover." Source14
Exercise"anything that requires heavy lifting or straining must wait at least four weeks. Six weeks is when you will be fully active again" Source42
Swelling"Swelling can take three to six months to properly heal, and scars can take up to a full year to heal." Source180

Why #129: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research0300 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 0 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership815ISAPS, Education Council: Regional Co-Chair 2025-2026
Recognition610Newsweek facelift list 2025, 2026
Score34100#129 in the Top 500