Dr. Manish Shah, MD, FACS

Training and board certification

Source for all rows unless noted: drmanishshah.com/dr-manish-shah/

• Board certification, as the site states it: "board-certified plastic surgeon." The board is not named. FACS is printed on the facelift pages.
• Has served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery and Chief of Plastic Surgery at Denver Health Medical Center.
• Surgical educator at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Division of Plastic Surgery (home).
• Case counts, as printed: more than 13,000 surgical procedures and more than 4,500 facelifts and neck lifts (bio); over 15,000 procedures (home); over 3,000 face and neck lift procedures (neck lift page).
• Hospital privileges at Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree, and Rose Medical Center, Denver (office).

Facelift and neck lift work

• Facelift types. The facelift page lists preservation facelift, deep plane facelift, traditional SMAS facelift, mini facelift, skin-only facelift and the Ultralift, which the site says Dr. Shah developed; it combines a surgical ultrasound system with a facelift (facelift).
• Anesthesia. The facelift page states most patients choose facelift surgery under local anesthesia in the office; some cases use general anesthesia in an accredited facility (facelift).
• Awake deep plane facelift. Local anesthesia with light sedation; return to social activities in about 10 to 14 days (awake facelift).
• Mini facelift. Also called a short-scar facelift; performed in-office under local anesthesia, 1.5 to 2 hours; return to work and social activities within 7 to 10 days (mini facelift).
• Neck lift. Incision under the chin and/or around the ears, liposuction when needed, muscle tightening and skin trimming; about 2 hours; final results up to 6 months (neck lift).
• Prices. Pricing page, starting surgeon's fees as of January 1, 2026: deep plane face and neck lift $34,000+; deep plane facelift $22,000+; mini facelift $22,000+; neck lift $12,000+; deep neck lift with submandibular gland reduction $17,000+ (pricing). The facelift page gives different approximate ranges: mini $8,000 to $15,000, SMAS $12,000 to $20,000, deep plane $18,000 to $35,000+ (facelift).
• Galleries. Facelift (photos labeled deep plane facelift, mini facelift and SMAS plication, some combined with neck lift, blepharoplasty or chin implant), neck lift, Ultralift.

Other facial procedures

The site offers upper and lower blepharoplasty (eyelid), traditional and endoscopic brow lift (brow lift), CO2 and erbium laser resurfacing (laser), lip lift, chin and cheek implants, and rhinoplasty. Eyelid and brow galleries: blepharoplasty, brow lift.

Practice