Michael A. Persky

Michael A. Persky is a facial plastic surgeon who also serves as the physician and owner of his practice. He holds two board certifications: he is a Board Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and he is board certified by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He has provided facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in Encino since 1985. He graduated with honors from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. His residency was at Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery with a focus on facial plastic surgery, and he now holds a Clinical Instructor post in that department at USC Medical Center. His work centers on rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, face and neck lifting, laser skin resurfacing and non-surgical rejuvenation. He has administered neuromodulators for more than 25 years and has worked as a national lecturer and instructor for Sculptra aesthetic techniques. He carries out all Ultherapy treatments at the practice. For patients with excess sagging skin that Profound Lift may not address, he may recommend alternatives such as facelift surgery. Television news programs have called on him as a medical expert, and the Los Angeles Times, the Daily News and Los Angeles Magazine have all featured him. He has answered more than 3,000 patient questions on RealSelf.com and written over 500 blog entries. Patients come to him from greater Los Angeles and from abroad, and he has recently concentrated on non-invasive bio-rejuvenation techniques.