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#116
Score
36.1/100

Dr. Ran Stark, M.D., FACS

Ran Stark, M.D., FACS is a plastic surgeon and the founder of StarkMD Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Center, 135 South Bryn Mawr Ave, Suite 220, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, where he practices with Dr. Carey Campbell (bio). The site describes deep plane, SMAS and mini facelifts and neck lift surgery, and publishes price ranges for a deep plane face and neck lift (pricing).

Practice
135 South Bryn Mawr Ave, Suite 220, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Phone
(484) 482-8809
Website
starkmdplasticsurgery.com
Specialty
Plastic surgery
Newest paper
Plast Reconstr Surg, 2020
A smiling woman lying on bed in daytime
Group practice

StarkMD Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Center is a group practice: starkmdplasticsurgery.com lists 2 surgeons. Different surgeons at the practice do different operations, so ask for the surgeon who does facelifts by name. The practice's facelift pages name Dr. Ran Stark and Dr. Carey Campbell. The facelift page says Dr. Stark and Dr. Campbell perform facelift procedures personally; 1 of 34 facelift gallery cases names Dr. Carey Campbell as surgeon and the rest name no surgeon. Source

Training and board certification

Source: bio.

Stage Detail
College Biology, summa cum laude, University of Delaware
Medical school Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University; Sackler Award of Academic Excellence (valedictorian)
General surgery Six years, Morristown Medical Center; Administrative Chief Resident
Plastic surgery residency University of Texas Southwestern
Fellowship One-year aesthetic surgery fellowship endorsed by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, with Dr. Louis P. Bucky
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "double board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery."
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Facelift. The page names SMAS facelift, deep plane facelift and mini facelift, chosen by anatomy. Incisions follow the tragus and the groove behind the ear. The page gives an operative range of about three to five hours (facelift).
  • Deep plane facelift. Skin and SMAS are elevated as one unit and the retaining ligaments released; conscious sedation or general anesthesia. This page says the operation typically lasts 90 minutes, which differs from the facelift page. Return to work within two weeks; life as usual in four weeks; final outcome at three to six months (deep plane facelift).
  • Mini facelift. Smaller incisions, usually under local anesthesia and sedation, about two to three hours (mini facelift).
  • Neck lift. General anesthesia; a single small incision under the chin or incisions around the ears; deep fat removed and muscle and skin resuspended. Swelling and tightness for about two weeks, then return to work; results visible after about three months (neck lift).
  • Facelift recovery timeline. Week one: exercise and lifting restricted. Week two: many patients return to work. Weeks three to four: broader social activity. Residual swelling and tightness can take several months (facelift).

Published prices (surgeon's fee ranges; anesthesia, facility and device fees may be extra) (pricing):

Procedure Range
Deep plane facelift and deep plane neck lift with fat grafting $32,000 to $40,000
Deep plane neck lift $18,000 to $24,000
Submental liposuction with FaceTite/Renuvion $5,500 to $7,500
Brow lift $5,500 to $7,500
Upper eyelid surgery $5,500 to $7,500
Lower eyelid surgery with fat grafting $6,500 to $9,250

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30): facelift, neck liposuction. The galleries do not state which of the two surgeons operated.

Other facial procedures

The site offers brow lift, upper and lower blepharoplasty, facial fat grafting, buccal fat removal, chin augmentation, lip lift, otoplasty, rhinoplasty, FaceTite and Sciton laser resurfacing (laser skin resurfacing). Galleries: upper eyelid, lower eyelid.

Practice

Field Value
Practice StarkMD Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Center
Address 135 South Bryn Mawr Ave, Suite 220, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 (contact)
Phone (484) 482-8809
Website starkmdplasticsurgery.com
Other surgeon Dr. Carey Campbell
Social Instagram, Facebook

Practice location, prices and recovery

From starkmdplasticsurgery.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 Pennsylvania

Published prices

ProcedureAs publishedSource
Deep plane facelift and deep plane neck lift with fat graftingDeep Plane Facelift & Deep Plane Neck Lift with Fat Grafting $32,000 – $40,000starkmdplasticsurgery.com/resources/pricing
Deep plane neck liftDeep Plane Neck Lift $18,000 – $24,000starkmdplasticsurgery.com/resources/pricing
Submental liposuction with FaceTite/RenuvionSubmental Liposuction with FaceTite®/Renuvion® $5,500 – $7,500starkmdplasticsurgery.com/resources/pricing
Brow liftBrow Lift $5,500 – $7,500starkmdplasticsurgery.com/resources/pricing
Upper eyelid surgeryUpper Eyelid Surgery $5,500 – $7,500starkmdplasticsurgery.com/resources/pricing
Lower eyelid surgery with fat graftingLower Eyelid Surgery with Fat Grafting $6,500 – $9,250starkmdplasticsurgery.com/resources/pricing

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Back to work"many facelift patients feel comfortable being seen within approximately two weeks and may return to work around this time" Source14
Back to work"a sensation of tightness for about two weeks. At this point most patients are able to return to work" Source14
Final result"In four weeks, you should be back to life as usual. It can take three-to-six months to see your final outcome." Source180
Exercise"Normal household movement is encouraged, but exercise, lifting, and strenuous activity are restricted." Source
Swelling"Residual swelling, firmness, numbness, incision redness, or a feeling of tightness can take several months to resolve fully." Source

Why #116: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research16.1306 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 0 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
Score36.1100#116 in the Top 500

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Ran Stark as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2016
Ear Lobule Rejuvenation in Face-Lifting: The Role of Fat Augmentation
Hammoudeh ZS, Small K, Unger JG, Stark R, Rohrich RJ · Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open · PMID 27104096
2015
Role of Autologous Fat Transfer to the Superficial Fat Compartments for Perioral Rejuvenation
Pezeshk RA, Stark RY, Small KH, Unger JG, Rohrich RJ · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 26313834
1977
A rhytidectomy series
Stark RB · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 840940
1974
1965
DELIBERATE HYPOTENSION FOR BLEPHAROPLASTY AND RHYTIDECTOMY
GALLOZZI E, BLANCATO LS, STARK RB · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 14261986