Dr. Derek Steinbacher, MD, DMD, FACS

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: dereksteinbacher.com/meet-the-doctor/

• Board certification, as the site states it: "board-certified in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery." The boards are not named.
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; member of the Rhinoplasty Society.
• Former Director of the Cleft and Craniofacial Program and former Chief of Maxillofacial/Orthognathic Surgery at Yale; the deep plane page states he served as Full Professor of Plastic Surgery at Yale (deep plane facelift).
• Over 230 research papers and over 500 presentations, per the site; author of Aesthetic Orthognathic Surgery and Rhinoplasty (2019).

Facelift and neck lift work

• Deep plane facelift. Lifts and repositions deeper tissue layers, muscles and ligaments rather than skin alone; results stated to last up to 10-15 years (deep plane facelift).
• Full facelift. IV sedation, usually in his private licensed operating room; incision from the temple around the ear into the hairline; face and neck liposuction as needed; deeper layers repositioned; optional incision under the chin for the neck (facelift).
• Mini lift. Called the "Celebrity Facelift"; shorter incisions, local anesthesia, downtime "as short as three days."
• Recovery, as the site states it. About two weeks to a relatively normal routine; walking only and no lifting or straining for two weeks; makeup in social settings after two weeks.
• Neck. The facial rejuvenation page lists platysma plication, liposuction or lipectomy, skin repositioning, SMAS tightening and, for the jawline, submandibular gland removal (facial rejuvenation).
• Gallery. One image gallery with a Cosmetic Facelift filter among rhinoplasty, jaw and body categories (gallery).
• No prices published.

Other facial procedures

Blepharoplasty, including Asian upper eyelid crease (eyelid surgery); brow lift (brow lift); CO2 laser resurfacing (CO2 laser); chemical peels, fat grafting, upper lip lift, buccal fat removal, rhinoplasty, orthognathic jaw surgery, genioplasty and facial implants.

Practice

Not verified: the names of the certifying boards; residency and fellowship years.