Dr. John Burns, MD, FACS

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: drjohnburns.com/pages/about-dr-john-burns-copy

• Board certification, as the site states it: "board-certified plastic surgeon." The board is not named on the pages read.
• Clinical Instructor of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern; teaches in the Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship Program.
• Medical Director of JOLA Aesthetics; the site states over 25 years of experience.
• Operates at the Dallas Day Surgery Center, which the facilities page calls AAAASF-accredited, or at Baylor University Medical Center (facilities).

Facelift and neck lift work

• SMAS methods named (facelift): SMAS stacking/plication and elevation, lateral SMASectomy, and SMAS elevation by deep plane. Full facelift incisions run from the temple hairline inside the ear, around the earlobe and into the back hairline; about 3 hours, usually general anesthesia, outpatient.
• Male facelift. He "typically" performs a deep plane SMAS full facelift extended into the neck with a submental incision to tighten the platysma (male facelift).
• Mini facelift. Short-scar lift without neck incision or platysmaplasty; 2-3 hours under general anesthesia or IV sedation (mini facelift).
• Lift and Fill. Face and neck lift followed by fat grafting, with fat processed into micro-fat or nano-fat for areas such as the lower eyelids (Lift and Fill).
• Neck lift. Liposuction, then corset platysmaplasty through an incision under the chin; about two hours; sutures out at the end of the first week (neck lift).
• Recovery stated on the site. Back to work with makeup at 1 week; more strenuous activity at 2 weeks; swelling fully resolved at 1-2 months (facelift).
• Prices published. Male facelift about $14,000 including surgeon, surgery center and anesthesiologist fees (male facelift); neck lift about $7500 (neck lift). No price is given for the women's facelift pages.

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30): full facelift results (numbered cases, some with neck lift, fat transfer and laser resurfacing), mini facelift results.

Other facial procedures

The site offers upper and lower eyelid surgery, about $5,000 to $9700 (eyelid), endoscopic browlift, about $7500 (browlift), fully ablative laser resurfacing, about $7500 full face (laser), fat transfer to the face (fat transfer), lip augmentation and rhinoplasty. Gallery: blepharoplasty results.

Practice

Not verified: the certifying board's name; the bio page footer shows an older address (9101 N. Central Expressway, Suite 600).