Dr. Chia Chi Kao is an internationally recognized, board-certified aesthetic plastic and reconstructive surgeon with over 22 years of experience.

Dr. Kao is the founder of KAO Institute in Santa Monica, California which encompasses plastic surgery, aesthetic medicine and regenerative therapies. He is also the creator of the new and revolutionary Ponytail Lift™ and Ponytail Facelift™.

A graduate from the Medical School at the University of Washington in Seattle, Dr. Kao completed a 5-year General Surgery program at the University of Washington and received his Board Certification by the American Board of Surgery in 1997. He became a clinical professor at the University’s Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery and taught residents and fellow surgeons this technique. He then completed a three-year plastic surgery program at the University of Southern California. …