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Top 500
#87
Score
41.3/100

Dr. Louis M. DeJoseph, MD

Louis M. DeJoseph, MD is a facial plastic surgeon and partner at Premier Image Cosmetic & Laser Surgery, 6085 Barfield Rd #100, Sandy Springs, Georgia, which he joined in 2002 (bio). His site describes traditional full facelifts, deep plane facelifts, a scaled-down QT Lift and neck lift with liposuction, and states he performs over 200 facelifts per year (facelift).

Practice
6085 Barfield Rd #100, Sandy Springs, GA 30328
Phone
(770) 457-6303
Website
picosmeticsurgery.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Newest paper
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am, 2020
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Training and board certification

Source for all rows: picosmeticsurgery.com/about-us/dr-dejoseph

Stage Detail
College King's College, molecular biology, cum laude
Medical school College of Medicine at Penn State
Residency Otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Fellowship Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery "in affiliation with Emory University"
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "double board certified in facial plastic & reconstructive surgery & laser surgery." The boards are not named.
  • Clinical Instructor, Emory University School of Medicine.
  • AAFPRS Fellowship Director for over 20 years (fellowship).
  • Medical staff at Emory Dunwoody Hospital, Northside Hospital, Grady Hospital and North Fulton Hospital.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Full facelift. Incision starts in the temple hair above the ear, runs in front of the ear or just inside the cartilage, around the earlobe and back into the hairline; general anesthesia; 4 to 6 hours for a full traditional facelift; performed at Northside Advanced Surgery Center Perimeter (facelift).
  • Deep plane facelift. Described on the same page as repositioning muscles and tissue beneath the skin for the midface and neck (facelift).
  • QT Lift. A scaled-down facelift; the bio states it lets patients "return to work in 3 or 5 days" (bio).
  • Neck lift. Lower rhytidectomy or platysmaplasty: incisions behind each ear, platysma tightening, liposuction through an incision below the chin, skin excision as needed; "The healing period for a neck lift is between 5-7 days in most cases" (neck lift).
  • Recovery, per the facelift page. Overnight dressing removed the next morning; return to work in about 10 days; bending, lifting and exercise postponed at least two weeks; strenuous activity avoided at least four weeks.
  • Price. No prices published.
  • Galleries. Facelift and neck lift (gallery); eyelid (gallery); brow lift (gallery); laser (gallery).

Other facial procedures

The site lists blepharoplasty (blepharoplasty), brow lift (brow lift), laser skin resurfacing (laser), chin augmentation, otoplasty, forehead reduction, hair transplant and the VUE under-eye procedure (home).

Practice

Field Value
Practice Premier Image Cosmetic & Laser Surgery, founded 1970 (about)
Address 6085 Barfield Rd #100, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 (contact)
Phone (770) 457-6303
Website picosmeticsurgery.com
Social Instagram, YouTube, Facebook

Not verified: the names of his two boards; the fellowship's host practice; a dedicated QT Lift page.

Practice location and recovery

From picosmeticsurgery.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 Georgia

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Back to work"QT Lift: allowed individuals with little flexibility for down time the ability to return to work in 3 or 5 days." Source3
Back to work"The healing period for a neck lift is between 5-7 days in most cases." Source5
Back to work"Most patients can return to work in about 10 days" Source10
Exercise"some activities will need to be postponed for a minimum of two weeks after surgery, including bending, lifting, and exercise." Source14
Exercise"Please avoid strenuous activity for at least four weeks of plastic surgery." Source28
Swelling"Swelling is a normal part of the recovery process, and patients should try to sleep with their heads elevated" Source

Why #87: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research13.3303 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 0 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership815AAFPRS Foundation fellowship, Fellowship Director
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score41.3100#87 in the Top 500

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Louis M. DeJoseph as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2020
Local Anesthetic Facelift
DeJoseph LM, Pou JD · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 32503722
2005
Anatomy of the jawline, neck, and perioral area with clinical correlations
Agarwal A, Dejoseph L, Silver W · Facial Plast Surg · PMID 15988650