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Top 500
#35
Score
59.2/100

Dr. Steven Dayan, MD, FACS

Steven H. Dayan, MD, FACS is a facial plastic surgeon at Impressions Face + Body, 224 West Hill Street, Chicago, where the facelift page names him and Dr. Benjamin Caughlin as the practice's facelift surgeons (facelift). The site lists SMAS, deep plane, mini, lower and combined face and neck lifts, and credits Dr. Dayan with a mini facelift called the Quiet Lift (mini facelift).

Practice
224 West Hill Street, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60610
Phone
(312) 335-2070
Website
impressionschicago.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Teaches at
AMWC 2026
Newest paper
J Cosmet Dermatol, 2026
Lectures
Videos of the talks
Group practice

Impressions Face + Body is a group practice: impressionschicago.com lists 3 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. Steven Dayan and Dr. Benjamin Caughlin. The facelift page names Dr. Steven Dayan and Dr. Benjamin Caughlin as the practice's facial plastic surgeons; the practice also lists plastic surgeon Dr. Eric W. Anderson, and gallery cases name no surgeon. Source

Training and board certification

Source: bio page unless noted. Years for residency and fellowship are not printed.

Stage Institution
College, BA Washington University, St. Louis
Medical school, MD University of Illinois at Chicago
Internship, surgery University of Illinois at Chicago
Residency, otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, chief resident University of Illinois at Chicago
Fellowship, facial plastic surgery (preceptor Stephen W. Perkins, MD) Indiana University
  • Board certification as listed: American Board of Otolaryngology, May 1999; American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, June 2001/2010.
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons (October 2001); Fellow, AAFPRS (March 2003).
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Illinois; listed as fellowship director for the University of Illinois Division of Facial Plastic Surgery and for the AAFPRS.
  • Listed as Board Member, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
  • Founder and President, DeNova Research (clinical research company).
  • Bio states over 180 journal articles and 6 books.
  • Facelift page: more than 23 years of experience and over 50,000 facial procedures (facelift).

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Facelift options listed: SMAS facelift, deep plane facelift, mini facelift, lower facelift, facelift with neck lift. Surgery is done in the practice's in-clinic operating room; incisions around the ears (facelift). The page does not say which of these Dr. Dayan uses himself.
  • Quiet Lift: the site describes it as Dr. Dayan's mini facelift, typically under local anesthesia, about one hour, through an incision along the hairline, with filler and skin tightening (mini facelift).
  • Neck lift, described as a lower rhytidectomy for sagging skin, vertical banding and submental fat; neck liposuction (neck contouring; neck and chin liposuction).

Galleries, checked 2026-09-26 (cases not labeled by surgeon):

  • Facelift before and after: 5 cases in the slider (gallery).
  • Neck lift before and after: 1 case (gallery).

Practice

Practice location and recovery

From impressionschicago.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 Illinois

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Back to work"Depending on your condition, you should be able to return to normal activities and work within a week to 10 days." Source10
Back to work"Recovery after a facelift happens gradually, with most patients returning to normal routines within a couple of weeks and continuing to see improvement over time." Source14
Swelling"Most swelling and bruising improve within 10–14 days, with many patients feeling comfortable being seen socially after about two weeks." Source14
Exercise"Most doctors will recommend waiting at least two weeks after surgery before you can start doing any type of exercise." Source14
Final result"your final results becoming more apparent as swelling fully resolves over the next few months." Source

Why #35: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research22.93016 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 3 since 2021
Teaching8.3252 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership815AAFPRS Foundation fellowship, Fellowship Director
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score59.2100#35 in the Top 500

Meetings taught

Facelift, neck and facial rejuvenation sessions Dr. Steven Dayan taught to other surgeons, newest first.

2026
AMWC 2026 (Aesthetic & Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress)
Monte-Carlo, Monaco · Temples & Eyebrows: An Aesthetic Unit
2025
AAFPRS Annual Meeting 2025, panelist
PANEL DISCUSSION: Minimally Invasive Techniques - Is There a Measurable Impact on Deep Plane Facelift Outcomes?
2025
Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2025, moderator
Plenary Session: Decoding the Aging Face - A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Clinical Solutions
2024
Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2024, moderator
Realistic Expectations: Nonsurgical vs. Surgical Interventions for the Face (Group Discussion)
2024
Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2024, moderator
Minimally Invasive Advances in Facial Surgery

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Steven Dayan as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2021
Anatomy behind the Paramedian Platysmal Band: A Combined Cadaveric and Computed Tomographic Study
Davidovic K, Frank K, Schenck TL, Cohen SR, Dayan S, Gotkin RH, et al. · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 34529598
2018
A Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of ARTISS Human Fibrin Sealant in External Rhinoplasty
Dayan SH, Bacos JT, Ho TV, Gandhi N, Gutierrez-Borst S · Aesthetic Plast Surg · Randomized Controlled Trial · PMID 29340750
2013
Minimally invasive neck lifts: have they replaced neck lift surgery?
Dayan SH, Arkins JP, Chaudhry R · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 23731587
2010
12-Month controlled study in the United States of the safety and efficacy of a permanent 2.5% polyacrylamide hydrogel soft-tissue filler
Narins RS, Coleman WP, Rohrich R, Monheit G, Glogau R, Brandt F, et al. · Dermatol Surg · Randomized Controlled Trial · PMID 20969659
2010
Blinded evaluation of the effects of hyaluronic acid filler injections on first impressions
Dayan SH, Arkins JP, Gal TJ · Dermatol Surg · Randomized Controlled Trial · PMID 20969664
2004
Minimally invasive suture suspension of the brow
Dayan SH, Bassichis BA · Ear Nose Throat J · PMID 15266872
2004
Use of a nonablative radiofrequency device to rejuvenate the upper one-third of the face
Bassichis BA, Dayan S, Thomas JR · Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · PMID 15100634
2004
Facial rejuvenation using botulinum toxin A: review and updates
Vartanian AJ, Dayan SH · Facial Plast Surg · PMID 15034809
2004
Nonablative resurfacing
Hirsch RJ, Dayan SH · Facial Plast Surg · PMID 15034815
2004
Altering first impressions after facial plastic surgery
Dayan S, Clark K, Ho AA · Aesthetic Plast Surg · PMID 15529199
2001
The forehead lift: endoscopic versus coronal approaches
Dayan SH, Perkins SW, Vartanian AJ, Wiesman IM · Aesthetic Plast Surg · PMID 11322395