Dr. Benjamin P. Caughlin

Dr. Benjamin P. Caughlin is a facial plastic surgeon at Impressions Face + Body in Chicago. He holds a BS from Michigan State University and an MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He then did a neuroimaging research fellowship in the Department of Neurology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, completed in 2008. His facial plastic surgery training was extended through a fellowship in Orange County, California. He is double board certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

He directs facial plastic surgery, facial trauma and scar management at Stroger Cook County within the head and neck surgery department. He is also a clinical instructor in the University of Illinois Department of Head and Neck Surgery, training residents at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the University of Illinois Medical Center. At the Jesse Brown VA, he is one of the directors for transgender care and performs the facial portions of gender-confirming surgery for veterans. He has recently started a scar management program with Cook County's dermatology department, focused on post-traumatic scars and scars from reconstructive cancer surgery. He also works with the Multidisciplinary Scar, Burn and Laser Clinic and the Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Transgender Surgery Program. He is listed with Denova Research and the Chicago Center for Facial Plastic Surgery, where he holds director roles in facial plastic and reconstructive trauma surgery and Mohs reconstruction.

His specialties are facial sculpting, buccal fat pad contouring and jawline definition. The website says he is known for internal cheek and jawline sculpting. Cheekago and The Face BBL, his signature procedures, are both trademarked. The website notes that patients travel from around the world for buccal fat and jawline procedures. His research has centered on 3D imaging and volume redistribution. The University of Illinois Department of Otolaryngology gave him its Head and Neck Surgery Research of the Year Award in 2014 and 2015, and Wayne State University School of Medicine gave him a Distinction in Biomedical Research in 2010. He has published in medical journals and is featured in a surgical pearl video on facial plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine. The website describes him as a global leader and pioneer in facial plastic surgery.