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Top 500
#120
Score
35/100

Dr. Barry DiBernardo, MD

Barry DiBernardo, MD is a plastic surgeon and Medical Director of New Jersey Plastic Surgery, 29 Park St, Montclair, New Jersey, where he practices with Dr. Matthew Trovato (bio). The site describes SMAS, deep plane and mini facelifts, surgical neck lift and the MyEllevate suture suspension neck lift (facelift, MyEllevate).

Practice
29 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone
(973) 834-6910
Website
newjerseyplasticsurgery.com
Specialty
Plastic surgery
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Before-and-after photos and procedures

On newjerseyplasticsurgery.com, the practice's own site: before-and-after photographs and the operations described.

Group practice

New Jersey Plastic Surgery is a group practice: newjerseyplasticsurgery.com lists 2 surgeons. Different surgeons at the practice do different operations, so ask for the surgeon who does facelifts by name. The practice's facelift pages name Dr. Barry DiBernardo and Dr. Matthew Trovato. The facelift page names both Dr. Barry DiBernardo and Dr. Matthew Trovato, and facelift gallery cases do not state which surgeon operated. Source

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: newjerseyplasticsurgery.com/about/dr-barry-dibernardo/

Stage Detail
Medical school Cornell University Medical College, 1984; Charles H. Horn Prize
General surgery Five years, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida
Residency Plastic Surgery, two years, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery."
  • In private practice since 1991.
  • Associate Clinical Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UMDNJ.
  • Past President, New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons (2005-2006) and The Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation of ASAPS (2017-2018) (deep plane page).
  • Hospital appointments: University Hospital (UMDNJ), Newark; Mountainside Hospital, Montclair; Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville.
  • Member: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; American Society of Plastic Surgeons; International Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery.
  • Medical Director of the New Jersey Clinical Research Center.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Facelift. Lifts the SMAS; usually outpatient, about two hours; traditional (full) and mini facelift incision patterns described. Recovery per the page: work and normal life after 10 to 14 days; no gym or heavy lifting for a few weeks; final look after a few months (facelift).
  • Deep plane facelift. Releases ligaments and lifts the skin and SMAS as one unit; general anesthesia, "3 or more hours"; drain tubes placed; stitches out at about one week; residual swelling for 3-6 months (deep plane facelift).
  • Neck lift. Removes excess fat, tightens the muscles and revises the skin; often combined with a facelift (neck lift).
  • MyEllevate. Percutaneous suture suspension neck lift under local anesthesia, placed with an LED-lighted suture rod (MyEllevate).
  • Prices. None published; the facelift page says a quote is given at the visit.

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30); pages do not state which of the two surgeons operated:

Other facial procedures

The site offers blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), brow lift (brow lift), lip lift, chin augmentation, laser skin resurfacing (laser) and FaceTite (FaceTite), plus HALO, BBL and Morpheus8 skin treatments. Galleries: eyelid, brow lift, skin resurfacing.

Practice

Field Value
Practice New Jersey Plastic Surgery
Address 29 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042 (contact)
Phone (973) 834-6910
Website https://www.newjerseyplasticsurgery.com/
Other surgeon listed Matthew Trovato (home)
Instagram instagram.com/newjerseyplasticsurgery
Facebook facebook.com/newjerseyplasticsurgery
YouTube youtube.com/@NJPSurgery

Not verified: the site does not print "MD" after his name on the pages read.

Practice location and recovery

From newjerseyplasticsurgery.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 New Jersey

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Sutures out"Stitches can usually be removed at your follow-up visit a week post-op." Source7
Back to work"Most of our New Jersey facelift patients find that they are able to return to work and normal life after 10 to 14 days." Source14
Swelling"You can expect bruising and swelling for several weeks and residual swelling for 3-6 months post-facelift." Source180
Exercise"You can start taking light walks right away, but you should avoid the gym or heavy lifting for a few weeks." Source
Drains"he will stitch the incision closed while also inserting drain tubes to help the healing process begin." Source
Final result"your final look will show up after a few months once your face fully settles." Source

Why #120: 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
Leadership1515ASERF, President 2017-2018; ASERF, Board of Directors: Trustee 2026-2027
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score35100#120 in the Top 500