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Top 500
#29
Score
63.5/100

Dr. Jonathan M. Sykes, MD

Jonathan M. Sykes, MD is a facial plastic surgeon at Sykes Plastic Surgery, 8929 Wilshire Blvd, Penthouse Suite, Beverly Hills, with a second office in Roseville near Sacramento, California (drjonathansykes.com). His site lists facelift and deep plane facelift under general anesthesia and a neck lift with muscle tightening under local anesthesia or sedation (facelift, neck lift).

Practice
8929 Wilshire Blvd, Penthouse Suite, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone
(424) 274-2363
Website
drjonathansykes.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Teaches at
EAFPS Lisbon 2026 - The World of Facial Plastics
Newest paper
Facial Plast Surg, 2026

Training and board certification

Item Detail Source
Undergraduate University of Pennsylvania bio
Medical school George Washington University bio
Residency Head and neck and facial plastic surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago bio
Military service 3 years as a facial plastic surgeon, US Air Force, Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento bio
Board certification "Double-Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon" (boards not named) bio
  • Director of Facial Plastic Surgery at UC Davis Medical Center for over 30 years; the interview on the same page says chief of facial plastic surgery for 27 years (bio).
  • President of the AAFPRS in 2010; ten years on its Board of Directors, including Western Region Vice President and VP of Education (bio).
  • William Wright Teaching Award from the AAFPRS; trained 25 facial plastic surgery fellows and over 75 residents (bio).
  • Edited six textbooks; over 200 scientific articles, book chapters and papers; over 1,000 lectures (bio).
  • Site states over 20,000 aesthetic and reconstructive surgeries in a 37-year career and live surgical demonstrations in over 15 countries (bio).
  • Over 25 humanitarian missions for cleft and craniofacial surgery (bio).

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Facelift page: names deep plane facelift surgery; repositions sagging skin and underlying facial tissues; general anesthesia; about two hours (facelift).
  • Neck lift: outpatient; local anesthesia or sedation; small incisions near the hairline, around the ear or under the chin; neck muscles tightened, excess tissue removed, neck liposuction in some cases; about two hours (neck lift).
  • Roseville office facelift page (Roseville facelift).
  • Blog topics on the site include deep plane facelift, endoscopic facelift, mini neck lifts and neck liposuction (sitemap).
  • Gallery: facelift before and after, with numbered cases such as case 9140. No separate neck lift gallery found.

Practice

Practice location, prices and recovery

From drjonathansykes.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 California

Published prices

ProcedureAs publishedSource
Deep plane faceliftI charge about $22,000 to $25,000 in Beverly Hills for a deep plane faceliftdrjonathansykes.com/is-a-deep-plane-facelift-worth-it

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Back to work"Most patients can expect to take about two weeks off from work for initial downtime and avoid strenuous exercise and activities for three weeks." Source14
Exercise"Dr. Sykes likes patients to take 3 weeks off of intensive physical activity and exercise after all surgical procedures, including a facelift." Source21
Bruising"You may experience some bruising, swelling, and tenderness for the first two or three weeks after surgery." Source21
Swelling"It is important to remember that swelling can take several weeks to a couple of months to go down entirely, revealing your final results." Source60
Final result"However, it can take up to six months for the final results to be visible as the swelling dissipates." Source180

Why #29: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research24.43020 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 3 since 2021
Teaching4.2251 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership1515AAFPRS, President 2010
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score63.5100#29 in the Top 500

Meetings taught

Facelift, neck and facial rejuvenation sessions Dr. Jonathan M. Sykes taught to other surgeons, newest first.

2026
EAFPS Lisbon 2026 - The World of Facial Plastics (Facial Plastic Surgery World Congress 2026, EAFPS + IFFPSS)
Estoril (Lisbon), Portugal · Facial Anatomy for Rejuvenation Surgery; Forehead & Brow Lift: Advanced Concepts

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Jonathan M. Sykes as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2025
Optimizing Aesthetic Facial Surgery Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Treatments: Guidelines for Perioperative Management
Shridharani SM, Palm MD, Jarmuz T, Somenek M, Nayak LM, Saadat D, et al. · Aesthet Surg J Open Forum · PMID 40852439
2021
Anatomy behind the Paramedian Platysmal Band: A Combined Cadaveric and Computed Tomographic Study
Davidovic K, Frank K, Schenck TL, Cohen SR, Dayan S, Gotkin RH, et al. · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 34529598
2020
2020
Superficial and Deep Facial Anatomy and Its Implications for Rhytidectomy
Sykes JM, Riedler KL, Cotofana S, Palhazi P · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 32503712
2017
The Anatomy of the Facial Vein: Implications for Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Procedures
Cotofana S, Steinke H, Schlattau A, Schlager M, Sykes JM, Roth MZ, et al. · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 28538555
2014
Considerations in non-Caucasian facial rejuvenation
Sykes JM, Nolen D · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 25049130
2014
Midface lift: panel discussion
Keller G, Quatela VC, Antunes MB, Sykes JM, Magill CK, Seth R · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 24290997
2013
Endoscopic brow lifts: have they replaced coronal lifts?
Javidnia H, Sykes J · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 23731581
2011
Impact of the current economy on facial aesthetic surgery
Kurkjian TJ, Kenkel JM, Sykes JM, Duffy SC · Aesthet Surg J · PMID 21835968
2011
Contemporary deep plane rhytidectomy
Sykes JM, Liang J, Kim JE · Facial Plast Surg · PMID 21246463
2010
The brow and forehead in periocular rejuvenation
Hetzler L, Sykes J · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 20659670
2009
Efficacy of Crosseal fibrin sealant (human) in rhytidectomy
Lee S, Pham AM, Pryor SG, Tollefson T, Sykes JM · Arch Facial Plast Surg · Randomized Controlled Trial · PMID 19153290
2007
Management of the aging face in the Asian patient
Sykes JM · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 17658431
2005
The effect of rhytidectomy on the nasal valve
Capone RB, Sykes JM · Arch Facial Plast Surg · PMID 15655174
2001
Rejuvenation of the aging neck
Sykes JM · Facial Plast Surg · PMID 11598815
1996
Ointment granuloma complications after cosmetic and otologic surgery
Corcoran ME, Chole RA, Sykes JM, McKennan KX · Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · PMID 8643277