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Top 500
#54
Score
50.5/100

Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, MD

Jeffrey Spiegel, MD is a facial plastic surgeon at The Spiegel Center, 335 Boylston St., Newton, Massachusetts (locations). His site describes deep plane, SMAS, vertical, mini and ponytail-effect facelifts, a Premier Facelift that combines an extended facelift with fat grafting and brow elevation, and neck lift including a deep neck lift through a submental incision (facelift).

Practice
335 Boylston St., Newton MA 02459
Phone
617-351-9505
Website
drspiegel.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Newest paper
Laryngoscope, 2026
A calm woman with gray hair smiling outdoors

Before-and-after photos and procedures

On drspiegel.com, the practice's own site: before-and-after photographs and the operations described.

Before and after

Facelift before and after

drspiegel.com/gallery/face/face-lift

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Neck lift before and after

drspiegel.com/gallery/face/neck-lift

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Neck liposuction before and after

drspiegel.com/gallery/face/face-lipo

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Eyelid before and after

drspiegel.com/gallery/face/blepharoplasty

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Brow lift before and after

drspiegel.com/gallery/face/brow-lift-fox-eye-lift

Procedure page

Facelift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/facelift

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Deep plane facelift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/deep-plane-facelift

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Premier Facelift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/facelift/the-premier-facelift

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SMAS facelift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/facelift/smas-facelift

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Vertical facelift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/facelift/vertical-facelift

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Lower facelift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/facelift/lower-facelift

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Mid facelift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/facelift/mid-facelift

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Ponytail lift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/facelift/ponytail

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Mini facelift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/mini-facelift

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Male facelift

drspiegel.com/men/facelift

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Neck lift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/neck-lift

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Facial liposuction

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/facial-liposuction

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Blepharoplasty

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/eyes/eyelid-lift-blepharoplasty

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Brow lift

drspiegel.com/facial-surgery-boston/brow-lift

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CO2 laser

drspiegel.com/medspa-boston/skin-rejuvenation-lasers/co2-laser

Group practice

The Spiegel Center is a group practice: drspiegel.com lists 3 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. Jeffrey Spiegel and Dr. Jacob Tower. The neck lift page offers Dr. Spiegel or Dr. Tower; of 15 cases on the first facelift gallery page, 4 say by Dr. Spiegel, 2 say by Dr. Tower and 9 name no surgeon; the practice also lists plastic surgeon Dr. Arthur Shektman and injector Dr. Onir Spiegel. Source

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: drspiegel.com/about/dr-jeffrey-spiegel/

Stage Detail
College and medical school University of Michigan; president of Alpha Omega Alpha; medical school commencement speaker
Internship General surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Residency Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco
Advanced training Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and microsurgery, Harvard Medical School
  • Board certification, as the bio states it: "double board-certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery." The neck lift page names the American Board of Plastic Surgery in place of ABFPRS.
  • Full professor and Chief of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine.
  • Editorial boards of the Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Journal of Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine; 2025 peer reviewer for the Aesthetic Surgery Journal.
  • Awards listed: Triological Society Honor Award; AAFPRS F. Mark Rafaty Memorial Award and Sir Harold Del Gillies Award; American Academy of Otolaryngology Honor and Board of Governors Awards.
  • Site states over 26 years in practice, over 1,200 surgeries a year and over 100 publications; the facelift page states "8,633+ Facelifts Performed" (facelift).

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Deep plane facelift. Incisions behind the ears and in the hairline; release of the zygomatic ligaments, then the masseteric and mandibular ligaments; tissue lifted below the SMAS with skin left attached (deep plane facelift).
  • Premier Facelift. Extended facelift with vertical restoration, fat grafting and brow elevation when appropriate, with an enhanced recovery program of peri-operative supplements; cost given at consultation (Premier Facelift).
  • Other facelift pages. SMAS, vertical, lower, mid, ponytail, mini, male facelift. The facelift page states 2 to 4 hours, with general anesthesia or IV sedation for most traditional and deep plane facelifts.
  • Neck lift. Incision along the bottom of the ear into the hairline; a single submental incision for a deep neck lift; platysma tightening for bands; liposuction; monitored sedation or general anesthesia (neck lift).
  • Recovery, as printed. Deep plane: at least three weeks of bruising, discomfort and swelling; drains for the first one to two weeks with a compression garment; several months to full recovery. Neck lift: work and daily activities at about 10 days; sutures out around day 8.
  • Prices. None published.

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30), each with before-and-after case photographs:

Other facial procedures

The site lists blepharoplasty (eyelid lift), brow lift (brow lift), facial liposuction, fat grafting, lip lift, cheek and chin augmentation, buccal fat removal, rhinoplasty, facial feminization and masculinization surgery, and CO2 laser resurfacing (CO2 laser).

Practice

Field Value
Practice The Spiegel Center
Address 335 Boylston St., Newton MA 02459 (locations)
Phone 617-351-9505
Hospital locations listed Boston Medical Center, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118; Mount Auburn Hospital, 330 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Website https://www.drspiegel.com/
Other physicians listed Dr. Onir Spiegel, Dr. Jacob Tower, Dr. Arthur Shektman
Instagram instagram.com/drspiegel
YouTube YouTube channel
Facebook Facebook page
TikTok tiktok.com/@drspiegel

Practice location and recovery

From drspiegel.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 Massachusetts

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Sutures out"Neck lift: "Sutures are typically removed around day 8."" Source8
Back to work"Neck lift: "Most patients feel well enough to resume work and daily activities about 10 days following surgery."" Source10
Drains"Deep plane facelift: "During the first one to two weeks following surgery, patients will have drains"" Source14
Bruising"Deep plane facelift: "patients can expect at least three weeks of bruising, discomfort, and swelling."" Source21
Final result"It can take several months to recover fully and for the final results to be perceivable." Source

Why #54: the score, line by line

Points come from sources read the same way for every surgeon. The method is on the methodology page.

SignalPointsOfSource
Research19.5308 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 2 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership815AAFPRS Foundation fellowship, Fellowship Director
Recognition310Newsweek facelift list 2026
Score50.5100#54 in the Top 500

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2021
Differences in Female and Male-to-Female Transgender Facial Skin Micro-Vessel Density
Kuperstock JE, Gedik R, Horný M, Osborn T, Kindelberger D, Spiegel JH · Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med · PMID 32706601
2008
Challenges in care of the transgender patient seeking facial feminization surgery
Spiegel JH · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 18355710
1998
An anatomical approach to glabellar rhytids
Macdonald MR, Spiegel JH, Raven RB, Kabaker SS, Maas CS · Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · PMID 9865752

Sources

Facts from drspiegel.com were read 2026-09-30.