Enhancing Your Natural Appearance with Advanced Plastic Surgery

Facial plastic surgery and other procedures can enhance your appearance, and often, your quality of life. Your health and how it is reflected in your appearance can be major factors in your general sense of happiness and well-being. Thus, the decision to have a procedure done that affects your face is not something to be taken lightly.

As a patient, you should seek a cosmetic physician who specializes in the face, an expert who understands its complicated anatomy and aesthetic nuances. Dr. David W. Kim in San Francisco is a recognized facial expert who uses advanced facial plastic surgery techniques and procedures that are the safest and most successful.

Choose a Facial Plastic Surgeon

Dr. David W. Kim is an expert facial plastic surgeon in San Francisco who specializes in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, head, and neck.

Dr. Kim believes strongly in natural beauty. He realizes your face is unique and firmly believes that aesthetic enhancements should be in harmony with your individual features. Treatment should not result in a face that looks "done," rather one that appears natural yet is improved.

You also want to choose a San Francisco facial plastic surgeon with whom you can communicate. One who understands your needs and the results you seek. One whose philosophy about facial plastic surgery is in line with your own.?

Dr. Kim and his staff pride themselves on being honest and caring practitioners who listen and are easy to talk to. As a patient, you can expect expert care delivered in a professional and compassionate manner.

Course Directors:

David Kim, MD
Peter Hilger, MD
Minas Constantinides, MD

David W. Kim, MD, is pleased to serve as co-director of the prestigious Advances in Rhinoplasty course, sponsored by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS). This year’s Advances in Rhinoplasty course will be held May 8-11, 2013 in Chicago.

Dr. Kim is humbled and honored that his peers have selected him to direct this highly esteemed event, underscoring his position as one of the nation’s top rhinoplasty experts.

RHINOPLASTY, A TRUE SPECIALTY

While rhinoplasty, or a nose job, is commonly known, most people don’t realize it is the most complex of facial plastic surgeries. The nose's three-dimensional structure, its tremendous variability in shape, and its role as a breathing organ, all make rhinoplasty especially challenging.

Through research, teaching, and performing thousands of nasal surgeries, many of them corrections of others' work, Dr. Kim has achieved international professional acclaim for his expertise in this complicated surgery called rhinoplasty.

DAVID W. KIM, MD, FACS

Dr. David W. Kim is a double-board certified facial plastic surgeon, by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is also a Fellow of The American College Of Surgeons (FACS).

 Dr. Kim is Featured on:


The CW Dr. Kim discusses the impact of facial cosmetic surgery of job seekers

KRON TVDr. Kim discusses his breakthrough beauty study on KRON TV Weekend Show.

View the video showing the before and after of facial plastic surgery


Hear Dr. David Kim on KCBSHear Dr. David Kim interviewed on KCBS radio about young mothers having plastic surgery.

Hear Dr. David Kim on KCBSHear Dr. David Kim interviewed on KCBS radio about the increase in interest in having plastic surgery procedures done.


Dr. Kim has written over 50 scientific articles and has over 50 international presentations and courses instructed to his credit.

Read about Dr. David W. Kim’s study on beauty.

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Chief of Facial Plastic Surgery, UCSF