Facial plastic surgery occupies a peculiar place in the public imagination, simultaneously dismissed as vanity and quietly sought by millions. Dr. Andrew Jacono’s career complicates that tidy picture. The New York surgeon is known for an extended deep-plane facelift technique that draws celebrities and executives from around the world. He is also the same surgeon who performs pro bono operations on domestic violence survivors and leads medical missions to treat children with cleft lips in Colombia and Vietnam.
Dr. Andrew Jacono has described the two sides of his practice as reflections of the same conviction: that surgical skill, once developed, creates opportunity and with it, responsibility. The cosmetic work funds the humanitarian work, practically speaking, but the relationship is also philosophical. Excellence in the operating room is the tool. What it is used for matters.
The Origin Point
Jacono traces the beginning of this orientation to a specific memory from medical school. A girl who rode his school bus had been born with a cleft lip and palate. She was isolated, teased by classmates who could not get past her appearance. After reconstructive surgery, her standing changed. For Dr. Andrew Jacono, watching that shift was formative. It showed him concretely that surgery could alter the conditions of someone’s life, not just their face.
He has carried that lesson into work with the FACE TO FACE Committee of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, where he served as national chairman and provided free reconstructive procedures to more than 100 women who survived domestic violence.
Scale of International Work
Dr. Andrew Jacono has now provided surgical care to more than 750 children during international missions through Healing the Children, the HUGS Foundation, and THAI Children. His destinations include Colombia, Ecuador, Thailand, and Vietnam. The conditions he treats, cleft lip and palate, microtia, facial tumors, and burn scars, share a common thread: they impose barriers on children that surgery can remove. His Fellowship Director role at the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ensures the next generation of surgeons inherits this framework alongside their clinical training. Refer to this article for related information.
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