Dr. Steven Teitelbaum, MD

Training and board certification

Source: bio.

• Board certification, as the site states it: "board certified in both Surgery and in Plastic Surgery."
• Associate Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine; teaches final-year plastic surgery residents at UCLA.
• Past President, California Society of Plastic Surgeons; 2016-2017 President, Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF), the research and education arm of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
• Practice limited to aesthetic plastic surgery.

Facelift and neck lift work

• Facelift types listed. Deep plane facelift, which elevates deeper tissues; SMAS facelift for lower-face sagging; mid-facelift for the cheeks and nasolabial folds; mini facelift with a shorter scar (facelift).
• Procedure. Performed in his private AAAHC-accredited facility; incisions around the ears and sometimes under the chin; he repositions the SMAS layer, and deeper structures for deep plane facelifts when indicated.
• Facelift recovery. 12 hours of bedrest with the head elevated; light activity in 7 to 10 days; swelling and bruising subside in 2 to 3 weeks; final results over 6 to 8 weeks.
• Neck lift. Tightens the platysma (platysmaplasty), removes or redistributes fat and redrapes the skin, through incisions behind the ears and possibly under the chin; full neck lifts usually under general anesthesia. Bruising and swelling subside in 1 to 2 weeks; most return to work within 10 to 14 days (neck lift).
• Men. The men's facelift page discusses submental liposuction and buccal fat reduction for men (men's facelift).
• Prices. None of his own; the pages quote national averages only.

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30): face and neck lift (paginated, three pages), facelift scar close-ups, neck liposuction, men's face.

Other facial procedures

The site offers eyelift, brow lift, rhinoplasty, chin augmentation, ear surgery and Botox (face). Galleries: eyelift, brow lift.

Practice