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Top 500
#131
Score
33.2/100

Dr. Demetri Arnaoutakis, MD

Demetri Arnaoutakis, MD ("Dr. Demetri") is a facial plastic surgeon at 3216 W Azeele St., Tampa, Florida, whose site states he performs on average 4 to 6 facelifts per week (bio, contact). His site centers on a deep plane facelift performed under IV twilight sedation without general anesthesia, plus deep and lateral neck lifts, and publishes average costs (deep plane facelift, pricing).

Practice
3216 W Azeele St., Tampa, FL 33609
Phone
(813) 603-3110
Website
drdemetrimd.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Teaches at
AAFPRS Annual Meeting 2025
Lectures
Videos of the talks
A smiling woman with blond hair close-up portrait

Training and board certification

Source for all items: bio

Stage Detail
College Columbia University, Biological Sciences, cum laude
Medical school University of Florida College of Medicine, Honors in Research
Research year Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Residency Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, five years; Chief Resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital
Fellowship Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, Lasky Clinic, Beverly Hills, under Dr. Andrew Frankel, one year
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "credentialed by both the American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery."
  • Member of the AAFPRS; over 30 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters; lectured at over 100 conferences.
  • Operates at Tampa Plastic Surgery Center; Medical Director of Elan Aesthetics medical spa.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Deep plane facelift. Outpatient, three to four hours, in the clinic's operating room; IV twilight sedation monitored by a board-certified anesthesiologist, with lidocaine to the face and neck; incisions in the hairline and around the ears; deeper tissue, muscles and ligaments lifted, skin trimmed without tension (deep plane facelift, no general anesthesia).
  • Neck lift. Deep neck lift through a 2 to 3 cm incision under the chin, for patients in their 20s to 40s, under local or twilight anesthesia; lateral neck lift through incisions behind the ear to remove loose skin and repair the underlying muscle (neck lift).
  • Recovery, as printed. Drains out in a couple of days; swelling peaks on day four or five; sutures out on day eight (day 7 to 8 on the recovery page); back to work around day 10 to 14; moderate exercise at week 3. Hyperbaric oxygen follows the first postoperative visit (deep plane facelift, recovery stages).
  • Prices, as printed. Deep Plane Facelift & Necklift, average cost $25,000 to $50,000, recovery 3 weeks; Deep Neck Lift, $15,000 to $25,000, recovery 10 to 14 days. The page states prices include anesthesia and facility fees (pricing).
  • Galleries. The facelift gallery's first page links 119 cases, with a second page; the neck lift gallery links 54 (facelift gallery, neck lift gallery).

Other facial procedures

Upper eyelid lift ($10,000), lower eyelid lift with fat grafting ($12,000), brow lift ($10,000) and bullhorn lip lift ($10,000) are priced on the pricing page; the site also lists buccal fat removal, chin augmentation, rhinoplasty, otoplasty, FaceTite, Morpheus8, Sofwave, laser resurfacing and hair transplant (eyelid, brow lift). Galleries: upper eyelid (30 cases), lower eyelid (15), brow lift (1), FaceTite (37) (upper eyelid, lower eyelid, brow, FaceTite).

Practice

Field Value
Practice Dr. Demetri MD
Address 3216 W Azeele St., Tampa, FL 33609 (contact)
Phone (813) 603-3110
Website https://www.drdemetrimd.com/
Instagram instagram.com/drdemetri
Facebook facebook.com/DrDemetriMD
YouTube YouTube channel

Practice location, prices and recovery

From drdemetrimd.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 Florida

Published prices

ProcedureAs publishedSource
Deep plane facelift and neck liftDeep Plane Facelift & Necklift Average Cost: $25,000 – $50,000drdemetrimd.com/procedure-pricing
Deep neck liftDeep Neck Lift Average Cost: $15,000 – 25,000drdemetrimd.com/procedure-pricing
Brow liftBrow Lift Average Cost: $10,000drdemetrimd.com/procedure-pricing
Upper blepharoplastyUpper Eyelid Lift Average Cost: $10,000drdemetrimd.com/procedure-pricing
Lower blepharoplasty with fat graftingLower Eyelid Lift with Fat Grafting Average Cost: $12,000drdemetrimd.com/procedure-pricing
Lip liftLip Lift Average Cost: $10,000drdemetrimd.com/procedure-pricing

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Drains"Your drains will be removed in a couple of days depending on the output." Source2
Swelling"Swelling will increase up to the fourth or fifth day after your surgery and then start to subside." Source5
Sutures out"On day eight we typically remove your sutures." Source8
Back to work"Most patients return to work around day 10-14." Source14
Exercise"WEEK 3: At this point, you may resume moderate exercise." Source21

Why #131: 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
Teaching4.2251 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership015none on the society pages read
Recognition910Newsweek facelift list 2024, 2025, 2026
Score33.2100#131 in the Top 500

Meetings taught

Facelift, neck and facial rejuvenation sessions Dr. Demetri Arnaoutakis taught to other surgeons, newest first.

2025
AAFPRS Annual Meeting 2025, speaker
Nuances to Hairline Lowering Surgery