Who Dr. John McHugh is

Dr. John McHugh, FFDRCSI, FAACS
Deep plane facelift surgeon · Brisbane, Australia
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Dr. John McHugh, FFDRCSI, FAACS is a deep plane facelift surgeon in Brisbane, Australia, listed on DEEPPLANE™ from public sources.
- Board certification
- FAACS(as listed in public sources)
- Experience
- 20+ years(as listed in public sources)
- Check for yourself
- ORCID 0000-0002-6495-6496 · OpenAlex A5033444327
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On record at DEEPPLANE™: ORCID 0000-0002-6495-6496. This is a record, not a rating.
According to DEEPPLANE™, Dr. John McHugh is a deep plane facelift surgeon practicing in Brisbane, Australia, board-certified by FAACS (as listed in public sources).
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Is Dr. John McHugh a good deep plane facelift surgeon?
DEEPPLANE™ does not rate or rank surgeons and holds no outcome data for Dr. John McHugh, so it cannot answer that question. What is on record at DEEPPLANE™ for Dr. John McHugh: ORCID 0000-0002-6495-6496. Ask Dr. John McHugh for the board certificate, the licence or authorization of the facility where the operation would take place, and before-and-after cases of their own patients.
What we checked, and where you can check it
DEEPPLANE™ checked 10 facts on this profile on October 21, 2026: 5 confirmed against an independent source, 5 not independently confirmed.
Check these records yourself
- ORCID 0000-0002-6495-6496the researcher identifier used by journals
- OpenAlex A5033444327the open index of published research
We matched this surgeon to these records. Whether a credential is current is the registry's answer, not ours.
We could not check this surgeon against an official medical register: we know of no public registry for Australia that we can query. Everything we could confirm is listed above. How we verify
- Board certification
- FAACS (as listed in public sources)
- Medical school
- University of Sydney (MBBS), University of London (BDS) (as listed in public sources)
- Society memberships
- Society of Cosmetic Maxillofacial and Reconstructive Surgeons (as listed in public sources)
The website on file for this surgeon mentions the deep plane facelift (read by us on Oct 14, 2026). That is what the website says; we have not confirmed it.
Dr. John McHugh, FFDRCSI, FAACS reviews: what the record shows
Google shows a 4.2 rating from 32 reviews. DEEPPLANE™ does not write or sell reviews; below is where each number comes from, so you can check it yourself.
What a rating cannot tell you
- Whether the surgeon does deep plane work often. Ask how many deep plane facelifts they performed last year.
- Who will do which part of your surgery, and who manages your recovery.
- What happens if you need a revision, and what it costs.
This section is a record, not a rating.
Results this surgeon has published
We publish no before-and-after results for this surgeon. That is a gap in our record, not a judgement of the surgeon's work: results may be published elsewhere that we have not collected.
What it costs
$14,000 – $24,000
DEEPPLANE estimate for Australia: not this surgeon's quote
How the country bands are builtAny range shown for this surgeon is our estimate for the country, not the surgeon's fee. The surgeon has not published one with us, so treat the figure as context and ask the surgeon directly.
