Dr. Scott Miller, MD, FACS

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: millercosmeticsurgery.com/about/plastic-surgeon/

• Board certification, as the site states it: "Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery."
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, California Society of Plastic Surgeons.
• Attending Surgeon, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla; Voluntary Clinical Instructor of Plastic Surgery, University of California, San Diego.
• Author of the book Authentic Beauty, Defining a New Standard for Care and Results in Plastic Surgery, and of chapters on facelift advances; the brow lift page cites a textbook chapter on the endoscopic forehead lift (brow lift).
• Presentations listed include Face Lift Complications (California Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2015) and a February 2026 Connell Symposium talk on the term deep plane.

Facelift and neck lift work

• Face and neck lift. Three to five hours under general anesthesia; facial muscles lifted and repositioned, skin redraped, and a small incision under the chin for neck fat removal and muscle tightening (facelift and neck lift). The FAQ states he prefers "a composite facelift approach with double-layer support." The consultation section also names the SMAS facelift and facial tuck.
• Facelift site. The practice's facelift site describes an outpatient facelift under TIVA general anesthesia, with an incision from the temple along the front of the ear and behind the earlobe (facelift).
• Lower facelift. Also called a mini facelift; shorter incisions, outpatient, general anesthesia; return to work in 10 to 14 days (lower facelift).
• Midface lift and facial tuck. Listed on the facial procedures page (facial procedures).
• Neck lift. Limited incision neck lift under the chin, or full neck lift with added incisions behind and in front of the ears; skin and platysma lifted; one to two weeks off work (neck lift).
• Recovery, as printed. Back to work and social events by the second week; exercise restrictions for six weeks; swelling roughly six months; results best assessed at 3 to 6 months (facelift and neck lift).
• Surgery center. Miller Cosmetic Surgery Center, on the Scripps Memorial Hospital campus, accredited by QUAD A (our center).
• Prices. None published. The facelift page says to call the Patient Care Coordinator for a price range; financing through CareCredit.
• Galleries. Face and neck lift (39 cases), neck lift (4 cases), male face and neck lift (7 cases).

Other facial procedures

The site offers upper and lower blepharoplasty (eyelid; gallery), endoscopic forehead lift (brow lift; gallery), lip lift (lip lift; gallery), laser skin resurfacing and microneedling (skin), non-surgical face treatments (gallery), facial implants and rhinoplasty.

Practice