Dr. George Bitar, MD, FACS

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: bitarinstitute.com/about-us/meet-dr-bitar/

• Board certification, as the site states it: "Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery (11/2003 – Present)."
• Clinical Assistant Professor, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, since 2011.
• Director of an ASAPS-endorsed aesthetic fellowship at the institute, 2019-2024; ASAPS International Committee Co-Chairman from 2018.
• Hospital appointments: INOVA Fairfax, INOVA Mount Vernon, INOVA Alexandria.
• Co-author, "Suture-suspension neck lift technique," in Male Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (Thieme, 2021).

Facelift and neck lift work

• Deep plane and extended deep plane facelift. Deep retaining ligaments beneath the SMAS are released; the extended version also addresses the side of the neck. Summary box: general anesthesia, 4-5 hours, return to work 3-4 weeks, exercise at 4-6 weeks, final result at 12 months, socially presentable in about a month (deep plane facelift).
• Facelift page. Tumescent solution to limit bleeding; swelling and bruising for 5-7 days; sutures out within 7-10 days; bleeding rate stated at about 1-2% (facelift).
• Suture suspension neck lift. Small incisions under the chin and behind the ears; neck muscles tightened, skin trimmed, liposuction; about 1.5 hours; return to work at 2 weeks. Price: "begins at $24,500" (neck lift).
• Mini facelift. Described as an extended neck lift with suture suspension and a jowl skin lift; the text states pricing "typically starts at around $18,000" (mini facelift).
• Other pages. Male facelift, revision facelift.
• Galleries. Facelift, revision facelift.

Other facial procedures

Eyelid surgery (eyelid, gallery); brow lift (brow lift, gallery); laser resurfacing and fractional CO2 (laser, gallery); rhinoplasty, chin implant, lip lift, fat grafting, buccal fat removal and a medspa.

Practice