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Top 500
#136
Score
32.5/100

Dr. Sean Alemi, MD, FACS

Sean Alemi, MD, FACS is a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Alemi Facial Plastic Surgery, 944 Park Ave, New York, who trained in fellowship with Dr. Andrew Jacono and then joined his practice as an associate (bio, contact). His site centers on the deep plane facelift performed under IV sedation, often combined with a neck lift or platysmaplasty, and states he has performed over 800 deep plane facelifts (deep plane facelift).

Practice
944 Park Ave, New York, NY 10028
Phone
212-658-0093
Website
drseanalemi.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Teaches at
5th Annual Anatomic Mastery in Aging Face Surgery 2027
A smiling woman with blonde hair in natural light

Training and board certification

Source for all items: bio

Stage Detail
College University of California, Berkeley
Medical school University of California, Irvine School of Medicine; Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduating Student
Residency Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship With Dr. Andrew Jacono; then associate in Dr. Jacono's practice
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and the American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery."
  • The site states over 800 deep plane facelifts.
  • Over 100 pro-bono cleft lip and palate surgeries on missions to Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and India.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Deep plane facelift. Works in the layer under the SMAS in the face and under the platysma in the neck, releasing key ligaments to reposition soft tissue without skin tension (deep plane facelift).
  • Anesthesia. He "prefers to perform facelifts under intravenous sedation," with board-certified physician anesthesiologists in the practice's facility (deep plane facelift).
  • Neck. Deep plane facelift is often combined with a neck lift or platysmaplasty. The neck lift page describes local anesthesia with IV sedation and incisions behind the ears, along the hairline or under the chin (neck lift).
  • Recovery, as printed. About two weeks of bruising and swelling; light work and social activities in two to three weeks; no strenuous exercise or heavy lifting for 3 to 4 weeks; up to a year for all swelling to resolve (deep plane facelift, facelift, FAQ).
  • Aftercare. A nurse practitioner handles pre- and post-operative care, and he sees patients several times in the first ten days (neck lift).
  • Prices. None published; the neck lift page says a personalized estimate is given at consultation.
  • Galleries. Deep plane facelift gallery with 15 cases on page 1 and a page 2; facial rejuvenation gallery with 15 (deep plane gallery, facial rejuvenation).

Other facial procedures

Eyelid surgery, brow lift, fat transfer, lip lift, chin augmentation, rhinoplasty and otoplasty; laser skin resurfacing, Clear & Brilliant, IPL and other skin treatments (eyelid, brow lift, laser resurfacing). Galleries: blepharoplasty (11 cases), lower eyelid skin pinch (1), brow lift (9), CO2 laser (8) (blepharoplasty, skin pinch, brow, CO2).

Practice

Field Value
Practice Alemi Facial Plastic Surgery
Address 944 Park Ave, New York, NY 10028 (contact)
Phone 212-658-0093
Website https://drseanalemi.com/
Instagram instagram.com/drseanalemi
Facebook facebook.com/drseanalemi

Not verified: the fellowship is described only as training with Dr. Andrew Jacono; the institution is not named.

Practice location and recovery

From drseanalemi.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 New York

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Bruising"most patients experience two weeks of bruising and swelling." Source14
Back to work"Many patients feel comfortable returning to light work and social activities within two to three weeks." Source21
Swelling"Recovery from facelifts and neck lifts usually involves some swelling and bruising, which typically subsides within 2-3 weeks." Source21
Exercise"Avoid strenuous exercise and heavy lifting for at least 3-4 weeks." Source28
Final result"it can take up to a year for all swelling to fully resolve and for your final results to appear." Source365

Why #136: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research0300 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 0 since 2021
Teaching12.5253 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership015none on the society pages read
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score32.5100#136 in the Top 500

Meetings taught

Facelift, neck and facial rejuvenation sessions Dr. Sean Alemi taught to other surgeons, newest first.

2027
5th Annual Anatomic Mastery in Aging Face Surgery (FACE): Symposium & Fresh Cadaver Lab
Hollywood, FL, USA · Deep Plane Facelift; SMAS & Alternative Facelift Techniques; Neck Lift & Advanced Neck Rejuvenation; Midface Rejuvenation; Endoscopic Approaches; Blepharoplasty; Canthoplasty & Canthopexy; Brow Lift; Ptosis Repair (symposium and fresh cadaver lab)
2026
1st International Warsaw Aesthetic Meeting: Face, Breast & Body
Warsaw, Poland · Session 11: Deep plane face and neck lift
2026
Global Aesthetics Conference 2026 (Miami Beach), speaker
The Lateral Platysma - The Key To Unlocking The Gonial Angle
2026
2025
Global Aesthetics Conference 2025 (Miami Beach), speaker
The Lateral Platysma: The Key to Unlocking the Gonial Angle
2025
Global Aesthetics Conference 2025 (Miami Beach), speaker
Evolution of My Approach to the Deep Plane Facelift: Perspectives From and for the Young Surgeon
2025
Comprehensive Aesthetic Facial Surgery
Hands-on Cadaver Workshop 2025 (SLU PASE, St. Louis), faculty: Comprehensive Aesthetic Facial Surgery: Hands-on Cadaver Workshop