A surgeon’s reputation often rests on outcomes alone, but Dr. Andrew Jacono has built his on published research as much as on operating room results. His name appears on more than 70 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Aesthetic Surgery Journal and JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, output that has helped establish the extended deep-plane facelift as a recognized technique within facial plastic surgery rather than a niche procedure.

Documenting a Technique for Other Surgeons

Dr. Jacono developed the Minimal Access Deep-Plane Extended facelift in the early 2000s, and rather than keep the details proprietary, he documented it extensively. His 2021 textbook on extended deep-plane facelifting laid out the approach for other surgeons, describing how the technique repositions skin, muscle, and fat as a single unit instead of tightening skin alone. He has presented the findings at more than 100 international conferences, spreading the method well beyond his own practice in Manhattan and Great Neck, New York.

Teaching the Next Generation

The published record connects directly to his academic roles. Dr. Andrew Jacono serves as Associate Clinical Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he earned his own medical degree in 1996, and as Fellowship Director for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Both positions put him in direct contact with surgeons training to perform the same procedures he has spent years refining and documenting.

Patients rarely read peer-reviewed journals before choosing a surgeon, but the research underpins results that have drawn attention from celebrity clients and fellow physicians alike, including fashion designer Marc Jacobs and plastic surgeon Dr. Paul Nassif, both of whom chose Dr. Andrew Jacono for their own facelifts. The published record helped turn a single surgeon’s technique into a method taught and studied well beyond his own operating room, giving the clinical reputation a documented foundation that outcomes alone rarely provide. See related link for more information.

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