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Top 500
#139
Score
32.5/100

Dr. Stephen A. Prendiville, MD

Stephen Prendiville is a facial plastic surgeon with a facial-only private practice at 9407 Cypress Lake Dr A, Fort Myers, Florida (about, contact). His site centers on the Prendiville Signature Lift, described as his proprietary deep-plane facelift, and on deep neck contouring (home, deep neck contouring).

Practice
9407 Cypress Lake Dr A, Fort Myers, FL 33919
Phone
(239) 437-3900
Website
drprendiville.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Teaches at
Reaching New Peaks in Facial Plastic Surgery: Winter Symposium 2026
A smiling woman with blonde hair on sandy beach

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: drprendiville.com/about

Stage Detail
College, medical school, residency Georgetown University
Fellowship Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery under Dr. J. Regan Thomas, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "Double Board-Certified: Facial Plastic Surgery & Otolaryngology"; "Member of AAFPRS, Diplomate of the ABFPRS" (home).
  • President, Florida Society of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons.
  • Clinical Instructor, St. Louis University Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lee Health.
  • Published in 20+ peer-reviewed journals.
  • The site states 20+ years focused solely on the face.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Prendiville Signature Lift. The home page FAQ calls it his proprietary deep-plane facelift technique that lifts and repositions the deep muscular layers of the face; results are stated to typically last 10 to 15 years (home, signature lift).
  • Facelift recovery, per the home page FAQ. Initial swelling and bruising 7 to 10 days; social comfort 2 to 3 weeks; full results 3 to 6 months; follow-up for 1 year. Facelift incisions are placed in the creases around the ears and hairline.
  • Deep neck contouring. Tightens the platysma muscle and refines the deep fat pads under the chin through an incision under the chin and sometimes behind the ears; done alone or with the Signature Lift, as an outpatient procedure in an accredited private surgical suite (deep neck contouring).
  • Neck recovery table. Sutures removed at about 1 week; many patients return to work at 2 weeks; most swelling resolves at 3 to 6 weeks; final result up to 1 year.
  • Galleries. Before-and-after photos are embedded on the procedure pages, with no standalone gallery page: face cases on the Signature Lift page and neck and jawline cases on the deep neck contouring page.

Other facial procedures

Upper and lower blepharoplasty with skin removal and fat repositioning (eyelid); endoscopic brow lift through small incisions in the hairline, in an in-office accredited surgical suite (brow); CO2 and fractional laser resurfacing and scar revision (laser); and rhinoplasty. The eyelid and brow pages show before-and-after photos.

Practice

Field Value
Practice Dr. Stephen Prendiville
Address 9407 Cypress Lake Dr A, Fort Myers, FL 33919 (contact)
Phone (239) 437-3900
Website https://www.drprendiville.com/
Second site prendivilledeepplanefacelift.com
Instagram instagram.com/SWFLFACEDOCTOR
YouTube youtube.com/@swflFaceDoctor
Facebook facebook.com/DrPrendiville

Out-of-town patients: the site describes virtual consultations, car service and partner hotels (out-of-town).

Not verified: the main site does not print "MD" after his name; the second site prints "STEPHEN PRENDIVILLE, MD". No prices are published.

Practice location and recovery

From drprendiville.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 Florida

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Sutures out"Deep neck contouring, about 1 week: "Any sutures are typically removed."" Source7
Swelling"Facelift: "Initial swelling and bruising: 7–10 days"" Source10
Back to work"Deep neck contouring, 2 weeks: "Many patients feel comfortable returning to work and low-key social settings."" Source14
Back to work"Facelift: "Social comfort (no obvious signs): 2–3 weeks"" Source21
Final result"Facelift: "Full results revealed: 3–6 months as tissues settle. We follow you for 1 year postoperatively."" Source180
Final result"Deep neck contouring, up to 1 year: "The final, settled result emerges."" Source365

Why #139: 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#139 in the Top 500

Meetings taught

Facelift, neck and facial rejuvenation sessions Dr. Stephen A. Prendiville taught to other surgeons, newest first.

2026
Reaching New Peaks in Facial Plastic Surgery: Winter Symposium 2026
, USA · Lower Eyelid Suciliary Blepahroplasty; Approach to the Neck in Deep Plane Facelift; Panel: Title TBA
2025
2025
AAFPRS Annual Meeting 2025, panelist
SPECIAL FEATURE: FACIAL REJUVENATION - ASK THE EXPERTS: Keys to Success--Maximize Outcomes, Minimize the Process and Solve the Conundrums