What is the difference between ABPS and ABFPRS certification?

The American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) certifies plastic surgeons trained across the whole body, including the face; the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS) certifies surgeons who specialise specifically in the face and are typically trained through otolaryngology (ENT). Both are recognised credentials for facelift surgery. Many deep plane facelift surgeons hold one or, occasionally, both — always confirm a surgeon's current board status directly before booking.

What do the board abbreviations like EBOPRAS, SBCP and SICPRE mean?

EBOPRAS is the European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery; SBCP is the Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica (Brazil); SICPRE is the Società Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva ed Estetica (Italy). The table on this page lists the full official name for every board where we are confident of the expansion; where we are not, the value is shown exactly as it is recorded on the surgeon's profile rather than guessed.

Is board certification a guarantee of a good facelift result?

No. A listed certifying board is one signal of formal training, but it is not a guarantee of outcome and board systems differ by country. Compare a surgeon's deep-plane case volume, before-and-after results, and patient reviews alongside their certification — and always confirm current board status and licensure directly with the surgeon before committing, especially when travelling abroad.

Is this a complete registry of board-certified facelift surgeons?

No. This is DeepPlane.com's directory snapshot — the surgeons we have profiled and verified, grouped by the board each one lists — not an official registry maintained by any certifying board. New surgeons are added continuously and the dataset is refreshed monthly, so counts reflect our directory at the time shown, not the boards' own membership rolls.

Surgeon Directory DatasetUpdated June 2026

Deep Plane Facelift Surgeons by Board Certification

Name: Deep Plane Facelift Surgeons by Board Certification 2026
Creator: DeepPlane.com
Published: 2026-06-21
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Which boards certify deep plane facelift surgeons? This dataset groups 822 board-certified deep plane facelift surgeons profiled by DeepPlane.com under the 60 certifying boards they list, across 54 countries — with per-board surgeon counts, country reach, average Google reviews, and the full official name of each board. It is a directory snapshot, not an official board registry. Free to cite and republish. Updated June 2026.

Quick Answer — 2026

DeepPlane.com profiles 822 board-certified deep plane facelift surgeons who list 60 certifying boards across 54 countries. The largest are ABPS (255), ABFPRS (122), ABOHNS (88), EBOPRAS (84), SBCP (41), TPRECD (14), TSPRAS (12), ABO (11). This is a directory snapshot of the surgeons we have profiled, grouped by the board each one lists — not an official board registry — so it reflects which credentials deep-plane specialists hold, led by the American boards ABPS and ABFPRS.

Counts aggregated from public DeepPlane.com surgeon profiles · directory snapshot, not an official board registry · surgeons grouped by the certifying board they list · always confirm current board status and licensure before booking · Updated June 2026

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Board-certified Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery specialist with 13+ years of experience. Specializes in deep plane facelift at Merkez Prime Hospital, Istanbul. Medical Reviewer for DeepPlane.com.

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Which boards certify the most deep plane facelift surgeons?

Across DeepPlane.com's directory of 822 board-certified surgeons listing 60 boards, the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) leads with 255, followed by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS, 122). Use the table below to see the surgeon count, country reach, and average Google reviews for every board — with its full official name.

Source: DeepPlane.com · Reviewed Jun 2026

Deep Plane Surgeons by Certifying Board

Every certifying board listed by at least one of the 822 board-certified deep plane facelift surgeons in our directory, sorted by the number of surgeons. “Countries” is the number of distinct countries those surgeons practise in.

Board	Full Official Name	Surgeons	Countries	Avg Google Reviews
ABPS	American Board of Plastic Surgery	255	29	118
ABFPRS	American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	122	9	142
ABOHNS	American Board of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery	88	4	101
EBOPRAS	European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery	84	11	97
SBCP	Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica	41	3	50
TPRECD	Turkish Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Board	14	1	107
TSPRAS	Turkish Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons	12	4	59
ABO	American Board of Otolaryngology	11	2	41
ABOMS	American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	10	2	203
SICPRE	Società Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva ed Estetica	10	1	54
American Board of Cosmetic Surgery	—	8	1	177
FACS	Fellow of the American College of Surgeons	7	6	46
Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica	—	7	1	92
FRACS	—	6	2	76
FRCSC	—	6	1	96
KBPS	Korean Board of Plastic Surgery	6	2	67
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada	—	6	3	148
SCCP	—	6	2	34
ANZBCPS	—	5	1	138
Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins	—	5	1	277
KSPRS	—	5	1	14
SECPRE	—	5	3	138
American Board of Dermatology	—	4	2	103
American Board of Surgery	—	4	2	54
Facharzt Plastische Chirurgie	—	4	2	65
FRCS	—	4	2	39
FRCS(Plast)	—	4	1	65
Turkish Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery	—	4	1	81
ABCS	American Board of Cosmetic Surgery	3	3	112
American Board of Plastic Surgery	—	3	1	54
DGPRAEC	—	3	1	58
EBFPRS	—	3	3	36
ESPRS	—	3	1	23
Facharzt	—	3	1	93
Facharzt für Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie	—	3	1	54
FEBOPRAS	—	3	3	109
International Board for Certification in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	—	3	2	31
Korean Board of Plastic Surgery	—	3	1	138
NVPC	—	3	1	27
RACS	—	3	2	85
RCPSC	—	3	1	179
RQE	—	3	1	91
SACPER	—	3	2	14
ABFCS	—	2	2	85
ABOTO	—	2	2	23
AICPE	—	2	1	2
AMCPER	—	2	1	30
American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery	—	2	2	101
BAAPS, FRCS-Plast	—	2	1	23
Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery	—	2	2	73
CMCPER	—	2	1	48
DES	—	2	1	181
FEBOMS	—	2	2	7
IBCFPRS	—	2	2	94
Italian Board of Plastic Surgery	—	2	1	14
KSAPS	—	2	1	0
LBPRAS	—	2	2	0
Mexican Council of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery	—	2	1	7
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons	—	2	1	136
Royal College of Physicians of Canada	—	2	1	86

Counts are aggregated from public DeepPlane.com surgeon profiles and represent our directory, not an official board registry. Surgeons are grouped by the certifying board listed on their profile; the full official name is shown where we are confident of the expansion, otherwise the value is shown exactly as recorded. Average Google reviews is the mean review count across that board's profiled surgeons. Always confirm current board status and licensure directly with the surgeon before booking.

Cite this dataset

Free to republish with attribution under CC BY 4.0. Aggregated from 822 board-certified deep plane facelift surgeons across 60 boards (June 2026).

DeepPlane.com. (2026). Deep Plane Facelift Surgeons by Board
Certification 2026. Retrieved from https://deepplane.com/deep-plane-facelift-surgeon-board-certifications

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How to Read This Dataset

A board with more surgeons signals which credential is most common among deep-plane specialists — but it is not the whole picture. Read each column for what it actually measures:

Board

The certifying board as recorded on the profile — an abbreviation (e.g. ABPS) or a raw value where no standard abbreviation exists.

Surgeons

How many profiled deep plane facelift surgeons list that board — a measure of how common the credential is, not a board's total membership.

Countries

How many distinct countries those surgeons practise in. Some boards (like ABPS) are listed by surgeons well beyond their home country.

Avg Google reviews

Mean public review volume for that board's surgeons — a discoverability signal that varies by market, not a measure of surgical quality.

Confirm before booking. A profile listing a certifying board does not replace your own due diligence. Confirm the surgeon's current board status, licensure, and case experience in the deep plane technique directly before committing — especially when travelling abroad.

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