Dr. David Hidalgo, MD, FACS

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: drdavidhidalgo.com/curriculum-vitae/

• Board certification, as listed: American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1987-present; American Board of Surgery, 1984-1994.
• Clinical Professor of Surgery, Weill-Cornell University Medical College, 2001 to present.
• Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, 1992-2000; chief of the Plastic and Reconstructive Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, where he developed a jaw reconstruction method using the fibula (bio).
• James Barrett Brown Award; Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation National Visiting Professor, 2002; eight years as Cosmetic Section Editor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; over 100 scientific papers (bio).
• Member of ASPS, ASAPS, the American Association of Plastic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons (bio).

Facelift and neck lift work

Source: rhytidectomy page

• Incisions. From the scalp above the ear, behind the tragus, around the lobe and into the crease behind the ear, extended into the hair behind the ear in patients generally over 60 with looser neck skin.
• SMAS. A simple SMAS tightening when the goal is the jowls; a more extensive lifting when the cheeks need it. The platysma is tightened together with the SMAS.
• Neck. Most patients have the loose platysma edges sewn together in the midline through a separate incision under the chin. The page states a neck lift alone suits few patients; there is no separate neck lift page.
• Deep plane. The page describes deep plane lifting as a variation of SMAS technique that "is not used by traditionally trained plastic surgeons."
• Setting. Outpatient surgery in the office; a facelift alone takes about 4 hours; deep intravenous sedation with local anesthesia and a board-certified anesthesiologist; all surgery performed by Dr. Hidalgo; private duty nurses for 24 to 48 hours.
• Recovery, as printed. Drains out by 48 hours; swelling and bruising usually subside in two weeks; makeup after one week; no flying or driving for two weeks; intense exercise after as long as six weeks.
• Prices. None published; separate fees for surgery, anesthesia, operating room and nurses.

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30):

• Facelift before and after (facelift-surgery).
• Blepharoplasty and eyebrow lift before and after (blepharoplasty-eyelid-surgery-browlift).

Other facial procedures

Eyelid surgery and brow lift (blepharoplasty and browlift), rhinoplasty, and adjuncts named on the facelift page: chemical peels, dermabrasion, nasal tip refinement, lip lift, chin implant and fat grafting.

Practice

Not verified in visible text: FACS appears in the site name metadata ("David Hidalgo, MD FACS"); the bio lists American College of Surgeons membership.