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Top 500
#106
Score
38/100

Dr. Herluf G. Lund Jr., MD, FACS

Herluf G. Lund Jr., MD, FACS is a plastic surgeon at St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery, a four-surgeon practice at 17300 N Outer 40 Rd, Chesterfield, Missouri, and a former president of The Aesthetic Society (bio, contact). The practice site offers deep plane facelift, mini facelift and neck lift; two facelift gallery cases list him as provider (facelift, facelift gallery).

Practice
17300 N Outer 40 Rd #300, Chesterfield, MO 63005
Phone
(636) 530-6161
Website
stlcosmeticsurgery.com
Specialty
Plastic surgery
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Group practice

St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery is a group practice: stlcosmeticsurgery.com lists 4 surgeons. Different surgeons at the practice do different operations, so ask for the surgeon who does facelifts by name. The practice's facelift pages name Dr. Herluf G. Lund Jr. and Dr. Deniz Sarhaddi. The facelift pages describe the practice; of the first 12 of 26 facelift gallery cases, 2 list Dr. Herluf G. Lund, Jr. as provider and 10 list Dr. Deniz Sarhaddi; the neck lift page names Dr. Sarhaddi for deep plane neck lifts. Source

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: bio

Stage Detail
College Tufts University, cum laude, drama and sociology; biology at Washington University
Medical school Washington University School of Medicine, MD; Alpha Omega Alpha
Residency Internship and general surgery, University of Texas, Houston
Residency Plastic surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery." Fellow, American College of Surgeons.
  • Former president of The Aesthetic Society, the Missouri Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and the Washington University Medical Center Alumni Association.
  • Aesthetic Society Leadership Award (2024).
  • Special clinical interests listed: breast enhancement, body contouring including post-weight loss, and facial rejuvenation.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Deep plane facelift. The practice page describes releasing the facial retaining ligaments to move the deep muscle without pulling the skin (facelift).
  • Recovery, as the facelift page states it. Drains out after 24 hours; jaw strap for 7 to 14 days; swelling and bruising peak at 3 to 4 days; sutures out on day 7; 1 to 2 weeks of downtime; most patients photo-ready by week 8.
  • Mini facelift. Called the "Next Day Lift" or "Weekend Lift"; lower face only, local anesthesia, in office (mini facelift).
  • Neck lift. Lateral platysmaplasty under general anesthesia, corset platysmaplasty through a chin incision, and a deep plane neck lift; the page names Dr. Deniz Sarhaddi as the practice's deep plane neck lift surgeon (neck lift).
  • His cases. Case 432 (female, 56) and case 437 (female, 61), both facelift. The other 10 facelift cases list Dr. Sarhaddi.
  • No prices published; quotes follow consultation.

Other facial procedures

The practice offers blepharoplasty (blepharoplasty), brow lift (brow lift), laser skin resurfacing (laser), lip lift, chin augmentation, buccal fat removal and fat transfer. The site does not say which surgeon performs each.

Practice

Field Value
Practice St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery (with Drs. Christian A. Prada, Charles Nathan and Deniz Sarhaddi)
Address 17300 N Outer 40 Rd #300, Chesterfield, MO 63005 (contact)
Phone (636) 530-6161
Website https://stlcosmeticsurgery.com/
Instagram instagram.com/stlcosmeticsurgery
YouTube YouTube channel
Facebook facebook.com/stlcosmeticsurgery

Practice location and recovery

From stlcosmeticsurgery.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 Missouri

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Drains"After 24 hours, the drains are removed, and your bandages are swapped for a more comfortable jaw strap." Source1
Swelling"Swelling and bruising peak 3 to 4 days after surgery and then typically subside quickly." Source4
Sutures out"you can expect to see significant improvements when the sutures are removed on day 7." Source7
Back to work"You will want to schedule 1 to 2 weeks of downtime as you focus on recovery" Source14
Final result"Most patients are photo-ready with a refreshed sense of confidence by the eighth week after surgery." Source56

Why #106: 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
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership1515The Aesthetic Society, President 2020-2021
Recognition310Newsweek facelift list 2026
Score38100#106 in the Top 500