NY Premiere
Plastic Surgeon

NEW YORK’S PREMIERE FACIAL
DOUBLE BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON

RICHARD SWIFT, MD, FACS

DOUBLE BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON, DR. RICHARD W. SWIFT, JR., M.D., F.A.C.S. is board certified in both plastic surgery and general surgery and is dedicated to providing each patient with high-quality, personalized care.

After his undergraduate education at Yale University, Dr. Swift obtained his medical degree from the Brown University Program in Medicine and won several awards there, including the Lange Medical Publications Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Medical Student and the Pilavin & Ira Galvin Medical Scholarships.

Dr. Swift completed his residency in general surgery at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Short Hills, New Jersey. He was a resident in plastic surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon, where he was also an instructor in anatomy for first-year medical students.

Returning to New York, Dr. Swift completed his Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellowship at the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital under Dr. Sherrell Aston and Dr. Dan Baker. He is currently an Attending Surgeon at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital.

Facelift

FACELIFT IN MANHATTAN, NYC
Are stress lines, wrinkles, sagging skin, and more causing you to look older? Want a fresher, more youthful appearance? A facelift performed by board-certified Manhattan plastic surgeon and general surgeon Richard W. Swift, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. can give you the youthful look you crave.

A facelift is modification of the face using plastic surgery. Patients who would like to change a certain aspect of their facial features for a more youthful appearance are perfect candidates for a facelift. As a patient age, they may notice his facial skin begins to sag, particularly around the eyes and the jaw. A facelift can dramatically reduce this sagging, as well as smooth creases surrounding the mouth, eyes and nose.

Deep Plane Facelift

A Deep Plane Facelift is one of the most advanced and natural-looking facial rejuvenation procedures available today. At the practice of Richard W. Swift, MD, FACS, we specialize in this sophisticated technique to restore youthful contours, reposition deeper facial structures, and achieve results that look refreshed—not overdone.

Dr. Swift’s meticulous surgical approach, combined with his aesthetic artistry, allows patients to enjoy comprehensive, long-lasting facial rejuvenation with smoother cheeks, defined jawlines, and a naturally lifted appearance.

Breast Enhancement

Breast enhancement, performed at our convenient Manhattan surgery center, encompasses more than just increasing the size of the breasts. Board-certified Manhattan plastic surgeon and general surgeon Richard W. Swift, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. can also reduce the size of the breasts and cosmetically alter the breasts, including nipple reduction and nipple correction. Surgery can also be used to reduce male breasts due to gynecomastia.

Dr. Swift also offers breast reconstruction surgery to help restore breast symmetry and contour for individuals who have had a mastectomy.

What Is Breast Enhancement?
Breast enhancement spans a wide range of categories including increasing, decreasing, or cosmetically altering the shape and size of the breasts. Many women (and some men) desire changes to the breasts because of congenital issues or simply for improved health and activity.

Flying in for plastic surgery

As one of NYC’s premier aesthetic surgery specialists, Dr. Richard Swift has been assisting New Yorkers to achieve their cosmetic goals for decades now! One of the top names in plastic surgery, Dr. Swift’s reputation proceeds him and is the reason countless patients from across the world visit him for their aesthetic enhancement needs!

From body contouring procedures like liposuction, breast augmentation, and more to facial plastic surgery methods like the facelift, buccal fat removal, and countless non-invasive methods like dermal fillers and Botox - Dr. Swift strives to provide patients with the highest level of aesthetic enhancement available across NYC, and has a patient list that extends far and wide, across multiple parts of the US and abroad!.

PLASTIC SURGERY FOR MEN

Have you resolved to lose weight again? Despite all your willpower and determination, you may not be seeing the results you’d hoped for. Fat can be stubborn and cling in unwanted places, including the all too infamous “beer gut.” The good news is that board-certified Manhattan plastic surgeon and general surgeon Richard W. Swift, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. performs body procedures for men that can help eliminate unwanted fat and tone the skin.

What Are Body Procedures for Men?
Body procedures may involve the use of liposuction (using small tubes called cannula and lasers to liquefy and remove fat), or it may involve removing excess saggy skin to tighten and tone the body cosmetically. Certain body procedures, including thigh lifts and arm lifts, help reduce sagging, droopy skin and give you a more toned, proportionate physique.

Labiaplasty

If you’re dismayed, discouraged, or in pain because of the shape and size of your labia (the inner flaps of skin of the vagina), a labiaplasty performed by board-certified Manhattan plastic surgeon and general surgeon Richard W. Swift, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. may be able to help. Whether for cosmetic, hygienic or functional reasons, having the look you want is easier than ever.

Labiaplasty is an outpatient procedure performed in Dr. Swift’s surgical facility under local or twilight anesthesia. Dr. Swift will make a surgical incision and trim excess labial tissue. He is able to recreate the appearance of normal labia with natural-looking color and shape. After proper evaluation for symmetry, the incisions will be closed with absorbable stitches, antibiotic cream will be applied to the affected area, and a sanitary pad will be placed to help absorb any drainage.