Dr. J. Kevin Duplechain, MD, FACS

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: drduplechain.com/dr-duplechain/

• Board certification, as the site states it: "Diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery." Certified in otolaryngology in 1992 and in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in 1995.
• President of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery; directs an annual AACS-certified fellowship.
• Past chairman, American Society of Cosmetic Laser Surgery; past secretary and treasurer, American Board of Cosmetic Surgery.
• Adjunct clinical instructor, Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Facial Plastic Surgery, Tulane University.
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons; past president of the Medical Executive Committee, Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital.
• Site states more than 25 years of surgical experience.

Facelift and neck lift work

• Deep plane facelift. The page states he uses "the deep-plane technique, also referred to as the sub-SMAS technique", with tension on the muscle layer held by permanent suture, and describes it as a "true deep plane, high SMAS facelift." Fat is removed from the jowls, chin and neck; fat injections with PRP and CO2 laser resurfacing are added. General anesthesia under a board-certified anesthesiologist; an overnight facility is available (facelift).
• Lower eyelid suspension. He developed and teaches an endoscopic eyelid suspension technique for the lower lid and upper cheek (same page).
• Neck lift. Cervicoplasty, platysmaplasty and liposuction; excess skin and muscle removed by direct excision and secured with permanent sutures; general anesthesia or local with sedation (neck lift).
• Price, as printed. "The cost of a facelift in Lafayette typically starts around $9,500" (facelift).
• Recovery, as printed. About 2 weeks off work; 10 to 14 days until ready to be out socially; up to 6 months for results to fully develop. Neck lift: normal activities within two weeks, full recovery about six weeks.

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30; filtered views of the site's gallery, each showing before-and-after photographs):

• Facelift, neck lift, neck liposuction, eyelid lift, brow lift, laser skin resurfacing.

Other facial procedures

The site lists eyelid surgery (eyelid surgery), brow lift (brow lift), fat transfer (fat transfer), rhinoplasty, ear surgery, chin and cheek augmentation, CO2 laser resurfacing (laser), Renuvion skin tightening and NeoGraft hair restoration.

Practice

Not verified: the queue lists FAACS; the pages checked print "MD, FACS" only.