Dr. David Hill

The practice website identifies the surgeon as an MD, the medical doctorate required to practice medicine in the United States. Licensure in Illinois is overseen by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, whose public lookup lets patients confirm an active medical license before booking.

DeepPlane lists Dr. Hill for deep plane facelift surgery, a form of rhytidectomy (the medical term for a facelift) that works beneath the SMAS (the superficial musculoaponeurotic system, a layer of fibrous tissue and muscle under the skin). The technique aims to correct facial aging by moving deeper structures rather than pulling skin.

Fulcrum Aesthetics presents itself online as a plastic surgery center with a wide non-surgical menu. The practice website lists neurotoxins such as BOTOX and Dysport, hyaluronic acid fillers, biostimulators such as Sculptra and Radiesse, and energy-based treatments including CO2 laser resurfacing and Morpheus8.

A combined surgical and non-surgical offering matters for patients in their late fifties and sixties. Deep plane surgery repositions sagging tissue, while skin quality, fine lines and pigment often respond better to lasers, peels or injectables — so a single practice offering both can plan facial rejuvenation as one sequence.

The practice website also lists a wellness service line. It includes menopause and perimenopause care, hormone replacement therapy, estrogen therapy, peptide therapy and weight loss injections, which signals a practice that frames aesthetics within broader midlife health rather than as isolated procedures.

The website content reviewed by DeepPlane does not describe Dr. Hill's personal facelift technique in detail. Patients should therefore ask directly at consultation how the deep plane is entered, which ligaments are released, and whether the neck is addressed in the same operation.

Deep plane facelift surgery is generally chosen for moderate to advanced laxity in the midface, jawline and neck. Because tissue repositioning happens as a single composite layer of skin and SMAS, the result tends to look less tight across the cheeks than older skin-only methods.

Recovery after a deep plane facelift typically runs over several weeks, with visible swelling and bruising concentrated in the first two weeks. Most patients return to social activities around the third or fourth week, and final contour settles over three to six months, though individual instructions come from the operating surgeon.

Fulcrum Aesthetics lists a nurse practitioner, Brittony Croasdell, MS, FNP-BC, APRN, CANS, on its team page alongside Dr. Hill. A team that includes an advanced practice provider can support pre-operative education, injectable care and follow-up visits, which helps patients managing recovery around busy schedules.

Dr. David Hill shares work and practice updates on Instagram at @drdavidhill. Prospective patients often use a surgeon's social channels to judge aesthetic style, but photographs deserve careful review, ideally comparing consistent lighting and angles and asking at consultation for deep plane facelift cases specifically.

Chicago offers patients a large, competitive aesthetic surgery market with strong hospital infrastructure. For women traveling from elsewhere in the United States or abroad, the city's two major airports and wide range of hotels make it practical to stay nearby through the early recovery period.

DeepPlane presents this profile as a starting point for research rather than a recommendation. Before choosing any surgeon for deep plane facelift surgery, confirm certification and licensure with the relevant registries, review the practice's own materials, and meet the surgeon in person or by virtual consultation.