Dr. Bill G. Kortesis, MD, FACS

Training and board certification

• Board certification, as the site states it: "board certified plastic surgeon"; the board is not named (bio).
• The site prints his name as Bill G. Kortesis, M.D., FACS.
• Co-founder of H/K/B Cosmetic Surgery.
• Mentors UNC and Wake Forest medical students and residents; teaches fellows from the UNC Plastic Surgery Department.
• Lectures at local, regional and national American Society of Plastic Surgeons meetings.
• Has published papers, book chapters and books on breast surgery, body contouring and facial aesthetics; titles are not listed.
• The practice runs an ASAPS aesthetic surgery fellowship (ASAPS fellowship).

His bio page does not name his medical school, residency or fellowship.

Facelift and neck lift work

• Facelift. The group page describes tightening the facial muscles and redraping the skin, with incisions in hidden locations; outpatient or with an overnight stay at the practice's accredited surgical facility; Vectra 3D imaging before surgery; often combined with brow lift or eyelid surgery (facelift).
• Neck lift. Outpatient, two to three hours, general anesthesia; steps named are platysmaplasty, skin and fat excision through small incisions behind the ears, and liposuction (neck lift).
• Submental liposuction. Most patients back to work within three days; chin strap for about 2 weeks (submental liposuction).
• Recovery statements. Facelift recovery 1-2 weeks; avoid strenuous activity for about two weeks; out in public with light makeup after the first week; return to work 1-2 weeks; results typically last 7-9 years (facelift).
• Prices. None published.
• Galleries. Facelift cases naming him: case 1 (age 53), case 2, case 3. The category page covers all H/K/B surgeons (facelift gallery). None of the 12 neck lift cases names him.

Other facial procedures

Upper and lower blepharoplasty under local anesthesia and sedation, recovery 1-2 weeks (eyelid surgery); eyelid cases 2, 3 and 5 name him (eyelid case 2). Endoscopic brow lift (brow lift). CORE fractional CO2 laser under topical numbing (CO2 laser). The group also lists chin augmentation, lip lift, rhinoplasty and otoplasty.

Practice

Not verified: medical school, residency, fellowship and certifying board (not on the bio page). Facelift and neck lift page content is written for the whole group, not for him.