Lara Devgan, MD, MPH, FACS

Lara Devgan, MD, MPH, FACS Exceptional care by a top-ranked, board-certified female plastic surgeon in Manhattan. Chief Medical Officer at RealSelf.
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Dr. Lara Devgan is a Yale-educated, Johns Hopkins-instructed, and Columbia/ New York Presbyterian-trained plastic & reconstructive surgeon. Our services:
-Botox, fillers, skin care, and peels
-Face: facelift, necklift, chin liposuction, eyelid lift, rhinoplasty
-Breasts: breast implants, breast lift, breast reduction
-Body: liposuction, tummy tuck, body contouring, labiaplasty
-Breast cancer recon

struction
-Skin cancer/ Mohs reconstruction
-Reconstruction of facial and nasal fractures

Dr. Devgan is an attending plastic surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Infirmary, New York Presbyterian Healthcare System (NYHQ), and Greenwich Hospital. She is fully licensed and credentialled in the practices of medicine and surgery in New York and Connecticut. Please visit www.LaraDevganMD.com for more information

04/24/2026

Global facial optimization

For this beautiful patient, I performed many tiny nonsurgical changes over the course of 6 months that together were able to achieve this natural-looking yet meaningful improvement.

Other things being equal, a surgical facelift, necklift, rhinoplasty, fat grafting, and eyelid surgery are more definitive and powerful options. But this patient preferred a nonsurgical approach. We are both very happy with this near-surgical improvement, particularly for the nose, neck, and midface.

We are living in an era when minimally invasive approaches performed with surgical precision & anatomy are completely changing the field of plastic surgery and medical aesthetics. There will always be a role for surgery, but intelligence is adaptability to change, and part of surgical judgment is knowing when to operate and when another solution is available.

Global facial optimization For this beautiful patient, I performed many tiny nonsurgical changes over the course of 6 mo...
04/24/2026

Global facial optimization

For this beautiful patient, I performed many tiny nonsurgical changes over the course of 6 months that together were able to achieve this natural-looking yet meaningful improvement. 💎 Other things being equal, a surgical facelift, necklift, rhinoplasty, fat grafting, and eyelid surgery are more definitive and powerful options. But this patient preferred a nonsurgical approach. We are both very happy with this near-surgical improvement, particularly for the nose, neck, and midface. 🧬🧬🧬 We are living in an era when minimally invasive approaches performed with surgical precision & anatomy are completely changing the field of plastic surgery and medical aesthetics. There will always be a role for surgery, but intelligence is adaptability to change, and part of surgical judgment is knowing when to operate and when another solution is available.

04/23/2026

Finesse eyelid surgery- Surgical and nonsurgical facial optimization 📐📐📐

This is before & 6 weeks after for my beautiful patient who underwent several extremely subtle changes: upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty surgery, brow lift, botox, cheekbone augmentation, laser resurfacing, and medical grade skincare . 📐📐📐 This is a series of many tiny millimeter-level changes that together make her look fresher, without changing the natural character of her face. In many ways I think plastic surgery is more about identity than beauty— restoring the way we feel so that our outsides match our insides, understanding what can be changed and what must stay the same, and honing in on the Goldilocks problem of what is neither too much nor too little, but rather just right. 📐📐📐

Healing progression- Surgical and nonsurgical facial optimization 📐📐📐 This is before & 6 weeks after for my beautiful pa...
04/23/2026

Healing progression- Surgical and nonsurgical facial optimization 📐📐📐

This is before & 6 weeks after for my beautiful patient who underwent several extremely subtle changes: upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty surgery, brow lift, botox, cheekbone augmentation, laser resurfacing, and medical grade skincare . 📐📐📐 This is a series of many tiny millimeter-level changes that together make her look fresher, without changing the natural character of her face. In many ways I think plastic surgery is more about identity than beauty— restoring the way we feel so that our outsides match our insides, understanding what can be changed and what must stay the same, and honing in on the Goldilocks problem of what is neither too much nor too little, but rather just right. 📐📐📐

Upper & Lower Blepharoplasty, brow lift, autologous fat grafting, and nonsurgical facial optimization This is before & 6...
04/23/2026

Upper & Lower Blepharoplasty, brow lift, autologous fat grafting, and nonsurgical facial optimization

This is before & 6 weeks after for my beautiful patient who underwent several extremely subtle changes: upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty surgery, brow lift, botox, cheekbone augmentation, laser resurfacing, and medical grade skincare . 📐📐📐

This is a series of many tiny millimeter-level changes that together make her look fresher, without changing the natural character of her face. In many ways I think plastic surgery is more about identity than beauty— restoring the way we feel so that our outsides match our insides, understanding what can be changed and what must stay the same, and honing in on the Goldilocks problem of what is neither too much nor too little, but rather just right.

📐📐📐 devganoptimization

Facial optimization for my beautiful patient, here with neuromodulator, cheekbone augmentation, and profile balancing wi...
04/22/2026

Facial optimization for my beautiful patient, here with neuromodulator, cheekbone augmentation, and profile balancing with nonsurgical rhinoplasty and chin augmentation.

The art of the male faceliftA well-executed mid facelift, lower facelift, neck lift, and autologous fat grafting in a ma...
04/22/2026

The art of the male facelift

A well-executed mid facelift, lower facelift, neck lift, and autologous fat grafting in a male patient should yield results that appear entirely natural — refined, never operated upon. One of the most telling signs of a successful neck lift is a clean, taut cervicomental angle, free of platysmal banding or excess submental fullness, creating that crisp jaw-to-neck transition that reads as youthful vigor rather than surgical intervention. The mandibular border should be sharply defined and uninterrupted, with the jowls fully effaced to restore a clean, continuous jawline from chin to angle — the jaw draw line re-established with quiet authority. In the lower and middle thirds of the face, autologous fat grafting plays a critical role: strategically placed volume in the submalar, buccal, and prejowl regions restores the gentle convexities of youth without the overdone, feminized fullness that can betray a poor result. Retained masculinity is paramount — the angles should remain angular, the contours strong, the overall impression one of a man who looks rested, healthy, and vital, not lifted. Critically, in a male patient wearing a very short hairstyle, incision placement and scar quality are unforgiving — scars must be meticulously placed within or immediately at the hairline transition, in the natural helical crease, and behind the ear in the sulcus, healing to near-imperceptibility even under close scrutiny. The final result should be a face that retains its identity: the same man, simply reclaimed.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

04/22/2026

The lips are perhaps the most expressive and evolutionarily significant feature of the human face, serving as a central axis of femininity, communication, and perceived vitality. From a biological standpoint, full, well-defined lips signal youth, hormonal health, and reproductive fitness — which is why symmetry and volume are so universally associated with attractiveness across cultures. The lips are composed of remarkably robust, vascularized tissue, rich in sensory nerve endings and orbicularis oris musculature, making them both functionally indispensable — for speech, feeding, and intimacy — and aesthetically pivotal to overall facial balance. When the lips are in harmony with the philtrum, nasal base, and chin, the entire face reads as cohesive and youthful. As we age, we lose vermillion volume, the cutaneous lip elongates, and the Cupid’s bow flattens, all of which I address through a carefully individualized combination of approaches. A surgical lip lift shortens the cutaneous upper lip and permanently restores youthful tooth show and Cupid’s bow definition. Lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid filler remains the gold standard for non-surgical volume enhancement, offering natural, reversible results, while fat grafting provides a more permanent, biointegrated option for patients seeking longevity. Neuromodulators injected into the orbicularis oris can subtly evert the vermillion border — the so-called “lip flip” — enhancing projection without added volume. Finally, topical technologies like the Platinum Lip Plump offer a non-invasive adjunct that leverages peptide and plumping technology to maintain results between treatments. Together, these tools allow me to restore what time takes away while honoring each patient’s natural anatomy and desired aesthetic.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

04/22/2026

The FIRST WEEK after eyelid surgery 📐

There is still significant swelling here, but many people inquire about how healing progresses after surgical procedures.

For this handsome patient, I performed upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty with autologous fat grafting and lateral canthopexy on the right to improve the symmetry of the lower lid. It takes months for full swelling to regress, and every patient and situation is different, but he is already looking fresher and more symmetric. Stay tuned for his continued progress.

04/22/2026

Long term facelift and necklift results, many years postop 📐📐📐

The most beautiful facelift results share a quality that is almost paradoxical — they are entirely invisible as surgery. What the observer perceives is not a procedure but a person: rested, refined, and precisely themselves. Achieving that quality requires far more than technical competence in lifting and securing the deep facial layers. It requires a comprehensive understanding of the face as a three-dimensional structure in which descent, deflation, skeletal proportion, and skin quality are each contributing to the overall impression of age — and each deserving of its own thoughtful solution. A finesse facelift and necklift, performed with meticulous attention to tissue handling and vector of repositioning, restores the foundational architecture. But it is the adjunctive procedures — precisely placed fat grafting to address volumetric loss, laser resurfacing to unify skin texture and tone, implant augmentation to reestablish skeletal support, buccal fat pad refinement to define the midface — that complete the composition. Each decision informs the next. None exists independently. The result, when every element has been executed with both surgical precision and genuine aesthetic judgment, is a face that does not look operated upon, does not look frozen, and does not look like anyone other than the patient at her most vital. That is the standard I hold every result to, and it is the only outcome I find worth pursuing.

My beautiful patient many years after midface lift, lower facelift, necklift, autologous fat grafting, erbium laser resurfacing, rhinoplasty, custom carved chin implant, lip lift, and adjunctive injectables for maintenance.

Long term facelift and necklift results, many years postop 📐📐📐The most beautiful facelift results share a quality that i...
04/21/2026

Long term facelift and necklift results, many years postop 📐📐📐

The most beautiful facelift results share a quality that is almost paradoxical — they are entirely invisible as surgery. What the observer perceives is not a procedure but a person: rested, refined, and precisely themselves. Achieving that quality requires far more than technical competence in lifting and securing the deep facial layers. It requires a comprehensive understanding of the face as a three-dimensional structure in which descent, deflation, skeletal proportion, and skin quality are each contributing to the overall impression of age — and each deserving of its own thoughtful solution. A finesse facelift and necklift, performed with meticulous attention to tissue handling and vector of repositioning, restores the foundational architecture. But it is the adjunctive procedures — precisely placed fat grafting to address volumetric loss, laser resurfacing to unify skin texture and tone, implant augmentation to reestablish skeletal support, buccal fat pad refinement to define the midface — that complete the composition. Each decision informs the next. None exists independently. The result, when every element has been executed with both surgical precision and genuine aesthetic judgment, is a face that does not look operated upon, does not look frozen, and does not look like anyone other than the patient at her most vital. That is the standard I hold every result to, and it is the only outcome I find worth pursuing.

My beautiful patient many years after midface lift, lower facelift, necklift, autologous fat grafting, erbium laser resurfacing, rhinoplasty, custom carved chin implant, lip lift, and adjunctive injectables for maintenance.

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