Many facelift patients share a common worry: looking like someone else after surgery. Dr. Andrew Jacono built much of his reputation around addressing that concern. During the early 2000s, he developed the Minimal Access Deep-Plane Extended facelift, usually shortened to MADE, to correct shortcomings he saw in conventional methods.
Lifting Layers Together
Traditional approaches tend to focus on pulling the skin taut. The MADE method works differently. It raises skin, muscle, and fat as one connected unit, which helps produce a natural appearance. According to a recent profile, results from this technique can last between 12 and 15 years.
Town & Country described the outcome in plain terms, reporting that patients “look like refreshed versions of themselves” rather than appearing obviously changed. That goal of subtle improvement has become closely tied to his name.
Recognition From Patients and Peers
The technique has drawn a well-known clientele. Fashion designer Marc Jacobs disclosed in 2021 that Dr. Andrew Jacono performed his facelift, and he spoke favorably about how natural the result looked. Perhaps more telling, fellow plastic surgeon Dr. Paul Nassif selected him for his own deep-plane procedure. When one surgeon picks another to operate on his own face, it says a great deal about professional confidence.
He has also documented the method for other physicians. His 2021 medical textbook focuses on extended deep-plane facelifting, and he has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed articles in publications including Aesthetic Surgery Journal and JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. He has presented at over 100 international conferences as well. He also trains fellows as Fellowship Director for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Dual board-certified and a 1996 graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he operates in Manhattan and Great Neck. Newsweek ranked him the third-best facelift surgeon in America for 2025. For Dr. Andrew Jacono, the deep-plane approach reflects a broader conviction that good surgery should leave people recognizable, just renewed. See related link for additional information.
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