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#40
Score
56.4/100

Dr. Malcolm D. Paul, MD

Malcolm D. Paul, MD is a plastic surgeon with a private practice on S. Durango in Las Vegas, Nevada, per his own site (drmalcolmpaul.com). His site offers three named lifts for the face and neck: the Timeless Lift (full face and neck lift), the Refine Lift (lower face and neck) and the Princess Lift (midface), with published average costs (Timeless Lift).

Practice
5824 S. Durango Derive, Suite #120, Las Vegas, NV
Phone
(725) 247-6727
Website
drmalcolmpaul.com
Specialty
Plastic surgery
Newest paper
Aesthetic Plast Surg, 2017
A beautiful woman portrait with radiant smile

Training and board certification

  • His own site states "Board Certified Plastic Surgeon" and "Clinical Professor of Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas" (home).
  • Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine, per the site (why choose).
  • Past president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the California Society of Plastic Surgeons; Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and ASAPS (home).
  • Experience: "over 45 years as a Clinical Plastic Surgeon" on the home page; "over 30 years of experience" on the Princess Lift page (Princess Lift).
  • The team page on the Michael Omidi, MD practice site, where he is listed, states: undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Maryland; general surgery training at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York; general and plastic surgery training at George Washington University Medical Center; "Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery" (Omidi team page). His own site does not print these.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Timeless Lift. Full face and neck lift: "Deep-plane lift using sub-SMAS dissection", neck muscle tightening for bands, midface support and fat transfer. Outpatient; Twilight Sleep local anesthesia, or general anesthesia on request. Average cost $16,000-$20,500; back to work in 2 to 3 weeks; results stated as 12 to 15 years (Timeless Lift).
  • Refine Lift. Lower face and upper neck lift through incisions around the earlobes, using "either deep-plane dissection or lateral SMASectomy"; sedation only. Average cost $12,000; back to work within 10 days to 2 weeks (Refine Lift).
  • Princess Lift and Prince Lift. Midface lift through a hidden incision beneath the lashes, with under-eye fat repositioning and cheek elevation; average cost $10,000-$13,500. He states he invented both (Princess Lift, Prince Lift, home).
  • Recovery timeline, as printed. Day 1-3 swelling and bruising; day 4-7 bruising fades and light makeup can be worn; day 7-10 "Most patients return to professional settings" (Timeless Lift).
  • All published prices carry the note "No final fees will be determined until after consultation."

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30):

Other facial procedures

Brow Rebalance (brow lift), average cost $7,500 (Brow Rebalance); ClarityEye Lift (eyelid surgery), average cost $4,500 for upper lids and $5,000 for lower lids (ClarityEye Lift).

Practice

Field Value
Practice Dr. Malcolm Paul, Las Vegas
Address 5824 S. Durango Derive, Suite #120, Las Vegas, NV (as printed; no zip code shown) (home)
Phone (725) 247-6727
Website https://drmalcolmpaul.com/
Instagram instagram.com/malcolmpaulmd
Facebook facebook.com/MalcolmPaulMD

Practice URL correction: the queue listed https://www.michaelomidi.com/, the Beverly Hills practice of Michael Omidi, MD, which lists Dr. Paul on its team page. His own practice site is https://drmalcolmpaul.com/ in Las Vegas; the queue city (Newport Beach, CA) does not match his own site.

Practice location, prices and recovery

From drmalcolmpaul.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 at the centre of the practice's city. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Top facelift surgeons in California

Published prices

ProcedureAs publishedSource
Timeless Lift (full face and neck lift)Average Cost: $16,000-$20,500 *No final fees will be determined until after consultation.drmalcolmpaul.com/timeless-lift
Refine Lift (lower face and neck lift)Average Cost: $12,000 *No final fees will be determined until after consultation.drmalcolmpaul.com/refine-lift
Princess Lift (midface lift)Average Cost: $10,000-$13,500drmalcolmpaul.com/princess-lift
Prince Lift (midface lift)Average Cost: $10,000-$13,500drmalcolmpaul.com/prince-lift
Brow lift (Brow Rebalance)Average Cost: $7,500drmalcolmpaul.com/brow-rebalance
Blepharoplasty (ClarityEye Lift)Average Cost: Upper lids only: $4,500 Lower lids only: $5,000drmalcolmpaul.com/clarityeye-lift

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Bruising"Timeless Lift timeline: Day 4-7, "Bruising begins to fade"; "Light makeup can often be worn"." Source7
Swelling"Timeless Lift timeline: Day 7-10, "Swelling continues to subside"; "Most patients return to professional settings"." Source10
Back to work"Refine Lift: "Back to work: typically within 10 days to 2 weeks depending on comfort."" Source14
Back to work"Timeless Lift: "Back to work: typically within 2 to 3 weeks depending on comfort."" Source21

Why #40: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research21.43014 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 0 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership1515The Aesthetic Society, President 2002
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score56.4100#40 in the Top 500

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Malcolm D. Paul as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2014
Venous thromboembolism after facelift surgery under local anesthesia: results of a multicenter survey
Santos DQ, Tan M, Farias CL, Swerdloff JL, Paul MD · Aesthetic Plast Surg · PMID 23708241
2011
2011
Lifting and wound closure with barbed sutures
Mulholland RS, Paul MD · Clin Plast Surg · PMID 21824547
2008
Facelifts. Part II. Preface
Paul MD · Clin Plast Surg · PMID 18922297
2008
Complications of barbed sutures
Paul MD · Aesthetic Plast Surg · PMID 17763895
2007
Reconstructive rhytidectomy?
Wirth GA, Paul MD · Aesthetic Plast Surg · PMID 17235467
2006
2005
Blending the lid/cheek junction
Paul MD · Aesthet Surg J · PMID 19338817