Best Deep Plane Facelift Surgeons in Chicago (2026)

Chicago is the surgical capital of the Midwest: 20 active facelift surgeons are listed in the DeepPlane registry for the city as of August 2026, spanning academic faculty practices and the private clinics clustered between the Gold Coast and Michigan Avenue. The 12 surgeons below are ordered by the public DeepPlane Score under the registry's verified-first policy — never by payment.

Who Are the Best Deep Plane Facelift Surgeons in Chicago?

12 surgeons shown of 20 listed in the registry. Verified surgeons are always listed first — order within each verification band comes from the public DeepPlane Score. No surgeon can pay for placement.

Browse the complete roster on the Chicago surgeon directory.

How This List Is Built

How to Vet a Deep Plane Facelift Surgeon in Chicago

Board certification: three legitimate pathways

Chicago's facelift surgeons come through three boards. The American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS) and the American Board of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS) certify surgeons who trained face-first through otolaryngology; the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) certifies full-scope plastic surgeons. None of the three is automatically "better" for a deep plane facelift — what separates candidates is fellowship training in facial aesthetic surgery and a practice genuinely concentrated on faces. On the cards above, the board badge and "Fellowship-trained" marker carry more signal together than either does alone.

Two free checks: the NPI registry and IDFPR

Every practicing US physician has a National Provider Identifier in the federal NPPES registry — a free, public database. Search the surgeon's name at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov and confirm the legal name, specialty taxonomy and practice address match what their website claims. Surgeons carrying the "NPI-verified identity" badge above have had this match done by DeepPlane. Then run the Illinois check: the IDFPR License Lookup (idfpr.illinois.gov) confirms an active Illinois medical license and surfaces any disciplinary actions against it.

Ask where the surgery happens — Illinois makes this your job

Illinois licenses freestanding surgery centers through the Department of Public Health under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, but a private physician's office is generally exempt from that licensure — there is no Illinois equivalent of New York's office-based surgery accreditation mandate. So the accreditation question falls to you: ask whether the operating facility is accredited by AAAASF, AAAHC or The Joint Commission, or whether the procedure takes place in a licensed hospital or ASTC, and who administers the anesthesia.

Questions that separate deep plane from marketing

• How many deep plane facelifts do you perform per year, and what share of your practice is facial surgery?
• Do you release the facial retaining ligaments and reposition the SMAS as a composite flap — and can you walk me through where your plane of dissection runs?
• Can I see before-and-after photos of patients my age, including results at one year or later?
• Where is the surgery performed, and what accreditation does that facility hold?
• What is your revision policy, and how is follow-up handled if I am traveling to Chicago from elsewhere in the Midwest?

For a structured walkthrough of the consultation itself, see the deep plane facelift consultation guide.

Frequently Asked Questions