Why Dr. Kevin Sadati’s Peers Voted Him One of the Best Facelift Surgeons in the USA — Newsweek 2026Facelift

Most people seeking a facelift surgeon are not really asking “Who can perform this procedure?” Almost any board-certified plastic surgeon is technically capable of doing so. The more useful question relates to those who have performed the procedure thousands of times and developed it as a true specialty, subjected their work to peer publication rather than to promotional materials, and are trusted by other surgeons (and not merely by patients) to provide their own referrals. At the Gallery of Cosmetic Surgery, this surgeon is Dr. Kevin Sadati.

Experience with facial plastic surgery cannot be expressed solely in terms of years. The true measure of experience is the degree of repetition achieved with such confidence that virtually all variations of facial anatomy encountered in the practice of facial plastic surgery are incorporated automatically into the surgical plan. Over a period of more than 22 years at his Newport Beach practice, Dr. Sadati has performed more than 5,000 procedures of facelift and neck lift, and therefore represents one of an extremely small number of surgeons who have achieved such complete mastery of the technical aspects of facial plastic surgery.

This level of experience reflects not only technical skill, but also the ability to anticipate precisely what each individual face requires and, equally important, what it does not. Much of this ability is based on experience that is uncommon among surgeons: Dr. Sadati trained initially as a painter and sculptor before he ever became a surgeon. The disciplines of painting and sculpture are based entirely on concepts of proportion, balance and subtle asymmetries that produce the appearance of a living rather than an artificial face. This experience provides him with a degree of sensitivity for details that is virtually impossible to achieve during training in a program of surgical residency, and leads to an extremely accurate perception of where volume should exist, how light should fall on the contour of a cheekbone and of what the final result of a facelift should appear to be.

This represents essentially the same degree of experience achieved by a master of portrait painting applied to living tissue. Therefore, the results appear to be less those of surgery and more simply a restoration of each individual face to its original state of natural harmony. Finally, experience alone is not sufficient to distinguish Dr. Sadati from others. Originality of approach is equally important. In addition to his published early SMAS facelift techniques, he developed the preservation facelift ™ and was the first to publish a direct comparison between the preservation deep plane facelift and the conventional deep plane approach in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, one of the most respected peer-reviewed journals in the field.

The study provided a scientific basis for preservation of vascular supply, ligaments and physiologic mobility, instead of depending solely on the forces of skin tension to achieve a facelift appearance. It was carried out in collaboration with investigators at Harvard Medical Center and at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Surgeons Fly in to Learn from Dr. Sadati

The clearest sign of that credibility isn’t what’s written about the technique — it’s who shows up to learn it in person. Surgeons travel from around the world to observe Dr. Sadati operate directly, studying his approach to preservation dissection, ligament release, and structural SMAS repositioning in a way no conference slide could ever replicate. That’s a different kind of endorsement than a testimonial. It’s one surgeon telling another, with their travel schedule, that this is worth learning firsthand.

Why Patients and Public Figures Fly to have facelift surgery with Dr. Sadati?

 That same level of trust extends to patients who seek care at our practice. Our ultra-luxurious, discreet facility attracts patients from throughout the country and from around the world, including internationally recognized celebrities who value both confidentiality and precision. They do not come here for convenience, but because the unique combination of surgical skill, judgment and rapid post-operative recovery is not available everywhere. Our credentials reflect only part of the story.

A Track Record Written by the Patients Themselves

The remainder is conveyed by patient evaluations and represent more than 1,400 five-star reviews achieved over two decades of continuous experience. This represents a pattern of excellence that cannot be fabricated. Our reputation among colleagues is consistent with this experience. Recognized for outstanding technical skills and for complete candor in teaching other surgeons, Dr. Sadati was selected by his peers as one of the nation’s best surgeons for facelift procedures. Therefore, he was included on the list of “America’s Best Plastic Surgeons for Facelift” published by Newsweek, based on an overall evaluation of reputation, quality of care, board certification and results of voting by colleagues in the specialty. Eliminating all awards of excellence leaves an unequivocal record of thousands of procedures performed with a fully documented and rigorously evaluated technique. Other surgeons travel to observe and learn his deep plane dissection, ligament release and techniques of repositioning and reinforcement of the deep facial musculature. Patients and celebrities who receive care at our facility also travel to obtain his superior results and achieve the same excellent ratings on our lists of patient evaluations.

What It All Adds Up To

Strip away every accolade, and a simple pattern remains thousands of procedures, a published and peer-scrutinized technique, surgeons who travel to learn from him, patients and public figures who travel to be treated by him, and a body of five-star reviews earned one outcome at a time. For anyone trying to separate genuine expertise from marketing, that pattern is the answer.

If you’re considering your own options for facial rejuvenation, a private consultation with Dr. Kevin Sadati at the Gallery of Cosmetic Surgery can provide you with a genuine answers and clarity of option.

Call (949) 203-2699 or schedule your consultation at galleryofcosmeticsurgery.com.