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Top 500
#144
Score
31.6/100

Dr. Mike Chiodo, MD

Michael Chiodo, MD is a plastic surgeon certified by the ABPS with a private practice at 9101 North Central Expressway Suite 560, Dallas, Texas, covering face, breast and body surgery (bio, contact). His site describes deep plane, SMAS, lower, mini and revision facelifts, plus a neck lift and a deep plane neck lift with submandibular gland resection when indicated (facelift).

Practice
9101 North Central Expressway Suite 560, Dallas, TX 75231
Phone
214.253.9856
Website
drmikechiodo.com
Specialty
Plastic surgery
Newest paper
Plast Reconstr Surg, 2024
A smiling woman with gray hair and cardigan

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: drmikechiodo.com/about/dr-michael-chiodo/

Stage Detail
Residency Plastic surgery, NYU Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery (six years)
Fellowship Facial cosmetic surgery, Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "Dr. Michael Chiodo Is Now ABPS Board-Certified in Plastic Surgery."
  • Research in breast reconstruction, gender affirmation surgery, and aesthetic facial and breast surgery.
  • Medical school is not named on the bio page.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Facelift summary, as printed. General anesthesia or local with sedation; 3 to 5 hours; outpatient surgical facility; recovery 2 to 3 weeks. Timeline: week 1, sutures removed; weeks 2 to 3, return to social activities; final results over 3 to 6 months (facelift).
  • Deep plane facelift. Releases the SMAS and ligaments and elevates the SMAS and malar fat pad as one layer; may include submandibular gland resection through an incision under the chin; 10 to 14 days of downtime; results stated to last 10 to 15 years (deep plane).
  • SMAS facelift. Incision from the temple along the hairline and behind the ears; SMAS tightened with sutures; drains placed; sutures out within a week; no strenuous exercise for up to six weeks (SMAS).
  • Other facelift pages. Lower facelift (about 3 hours), mini facelift (return to desk work in 7 to 14 days), revision facelift (3 to 5 hours).
  • Neck lift. Submental liposuction, skin removal and muscle tightening under general anesthesia, within 3 hours; sutures out at 5 to 7 days; work at 1 to 2 weeks; no strenuous activity for about 6 weeks (neck lift). The deep plane neck lift repositions the platysma and treats fat beneath it (deep plane neck lift).
  • Gallery. Seven facelift image sets, unlabeled (facelift gallery).

Other facial procedures

Upper, lower and double eyelid surgery (eyelid, gallery); endoscopic brow lift (brow lift); facial fat grafting (fat grafting); rhinoplasty, chin and cheek enhancement, and laser treatments.

Practice

Field Value
Practice Dr. Michael Chiodo
Address 9101 North Central Expressway Suite 560, Dallas, TX 75231 (contact)
Phone 214.253.9856 (call or text); 469.608.2968 also printed
Website https://www.drmikechiodo.com/
Instagram instagram.com/drmikechiodo

Not verified: medical school. No prices are published. The site's TikTok link is a TikTok discover search URL that redirects to the TikTok home page; it is not recorded.

Practice location and recovery

From drmikechiodo.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.

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Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Sutures out"Week 1: "Swelling and bruising peak; sutures are removed"" Source7
Sutures out"Neck lift: "The sutures will be removed after 5 to 7 days"" Source7
Back to work"Deep plane facelift: "Most patients take about 10-14 days of downtime before returning to normal activities."" Source14
Swelling"Week 2-3: "Most visible swelling subsides; patients can return to social activities"" Source21
Exercise"SMAS facelift: "you must avoid strenuous workouts and physical activities for up to six weeks."" Source42
Final result"Week 4+: "Final results begin to appear, improving over the next 3-6 months"" Source180

Why #144: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research11.6302 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 2 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership015none on the society pages read
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score31.6100#144 in the Top 500

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Mike Chiodo as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2024
Lip Lifting: The Missing Link in Central Facial Rejuvenation
Jalalabadi F, Lisiecki JL, Chiodo MV, Rohrich RJ · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 37220218