About

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, a Harvard-educated, Harvard-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, brings to Southern California a level of expertise and sophistication few have ever achieved. Dr. Hughes performs surgery for hundreds of patients each year and approximately 500 total procedures for those patients in his surgery center in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. Dr. Kenneth Hughes is an expert plastic surgeon, textbook and article author, and presenter in many plastic surgery procedures at the local, regional, national, and international levels.

MEDICAL DAILY published a review of Dr. Kenneth Hughes and his plastic surgery practice in Los Angeles in 2022. You may view this recent article here.

Dr. Kenneth Hughes achieved the highest level of education and elite training prior to practicing in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. Dr. Kenneth Benjamin Hughes received his honors degree from Harvard University in 1999.

Dr. Kenneth Hughes graduated from Harvard University with Honors.  Dr. Hughes graduated from medical school in the top 5% of his class and scored in the top 1% nationally on his licensing boards.  He was awarded entrance into one of the very selective integrated plastic surgery programs, in which he received extensive training for six years in the vast array of general and plastic surgery procedures.  From residency, Dr. Kenneth Benjamin Hughes was selected as only the second plastic surgeon to pursue a year long aesthetic and cosmetic surgery fellowship at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Kenneth Hughes graduated from his plastic surgery aesthetic fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.  Dr. Kenneth Hughes has authored numerous papers and textbook chapters on cosmetic surgery topics including facial cosmetic surgery (face and neck lifts, rhinoplasty and nose surgery), breast surgery including breast augmentation, breast reconstruction, and fillers and facial fat grafting, among others.  He has been an invited speaker at regional, national, and international meetings, lecturing on such topics as the use of telemedicine in cosmetic and plastic surgery.  In addition, Dr. Kenneth Hughes is a consultant and lecturer for the Institute for Safety in Office Based Surgery (ISOBS), a nationally recognized, non-profit, patient safety organization at the forefront of protecting patients during outpatient procedures in plastic surgery.

Dr. Kenneth Hughes was board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (the only certifying board for plastic surgery) in 2012 and recertified in 2022.

On a personal level, Dr. Kenneth Hughes has been an athlete and natural bodybuilder for over 20 years, and he possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience in nutrition and exercise regimens. Utilizing his keen eye for details of the human form developed during his bodybuilding career, Dr. Kenneth Benjamin Hughes carefully evaluates his patients’ anatomy and goals and then tailors the results to an individual’s preference and specification. Dr. Hughes brings a unique blend of technical skill, surgical acumen, and detail-oriented specificity to each of his patients in a caring and interactive atmosphere.

Dr. Kenneth Hughes Selected as Best Plastic Surgeon in Los Angeles in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 by California Magazine, Wimgo, Three Best Rated, Kev’s Best, and Top Plastic Surgeon Reviews

 Dr. Kenneth Hughes Voted Top Plastic Surgeon in Los Angeles in 2020 by Wimgo

Dr. Kenneth Hughes Voted Best Plastic Surgeon in Los Angeles in 2020

Dr. Kenneth Hughes Voted Best Plastic Surgeon in Los Angeles in 2020 by Three Best Rated

Dr. Kenneth Hughes Voted Best Plastic Surgeon in Los Angeles in 2020

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Dr. Kenneth Hughes Selected as Top Doctor 2019

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Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School Peer Reviewer, Public Library of Science

Over 10,000 Surgical Procedures From 2010-2023

Types of Surgery

Proficiency And Mastery

Having proficiency and mastery in all of these areas is rare and is the result of the most rigorous and prestigious of educational and cosmetic plastic surgical training at Harvard University and Harvard Plastic Surgery Fellowship.  In addition, Dr. Kenneth Hughes coupled this intellect and training with his role as a former elite athlete and natural bodybuilder.  His pursuit of perfection in the human form has a multitude of benefits for his patients.  Dr. Kenneth Benjamin Hughes knows what looks good, and he has the talent, training and experience to deliver these results to you.

Recognizing that patients ask for specific procedures when what they really want are specific results, Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, embraces a whole patient view in planning aesthetics enhancements.  Through the use of these techniques, underlying causes creating the need for aesthetic intervention are assessed and issues of volume, skin texture, skin tightening, and overall balance are addressed.  Dr. Hughes’s strategic use of multiple approaches to meet the overall vision of the patient’s desired outcome are incorporated.

These principles are consistently applied in all surgical interventions, and, since they are patient specific, ensure that each case is viewed and addressed individually, rather than in the “cookie cutter” manner rampant in the industry.

When appropriate, this approach also offers a tremendous opportunity for select patients to undergo multiple procedures at the same time. Dr. Kenneth Benjamin Hughes performs multiple procedures efficiently, effectively, and safely.

While some plastic surgeons may take 5 or 6 hours to perform a tummy tuck and breast augmentation, Dr. Kenneth Benjamin Hughes, MD (medical doctor) routinely performs these surgeries in 2 hours.  This reduces the standard time under general anesthesia by three hours which is a significant patient benefit.  It reduces the risks of prolonged general anesthesia which can cause an increased risk of blood clots, infection and hypothermia as well as coagulopathy (bleeding) issues.

Dr. Kenneth Benjamin Hughes in Los Angeles is a consultant and lecturer for the Institute for Safety in Office-Based Surgery (ISOBS), a nonprofit patient safety advocacy organization started by Harvard professors, and maintains the highest of safety standards in his practice and approaches.  His eye for detail, technical expertise in addressing cosmetic challenges from a multi-dimensional approach, and astute grasp of a broad spectrum of solutions to render optimal outcomes, has quickly made him one of the most sought after surgeons in the industry.

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Covid-19 Response

As the time to begin performing elective surgery draws near, Dr. Kenneth Hughes in coordination with plastic surgery leaders, anesthesiologists, as well as hospital and surgery center personnel has developed a protocol to assure the highest level of safety while COVID-19 concerns persist. Dr. Kenneth Hughes’s office staff takes many precautions to combat the coronavirus and assure that no patient contracts COVID-19. All consults are being performed virtually for the immediate future to reduce risk of transmission in the surgery center. In addition, any non-urgent follow-ups are being managed conservatively.

Any patient for surgery or follow-up seen in the office is seen in a particular exam room that has surfaces that can be readily cleansed with antiviral wipes. All surfaces, door handles, drawer handles, counters, and exam room tables and chairs are vigorously disinfected after each patient encounter. Secondly, the cleaning crew is on site every day to clean floors, bathrooms, fixtures, equipment, and even ceilings. All surgeries are scheduled apart from each other so that the surgical patient is the only individual in the surgery center other than the staff members. All family members or friends asked to remain outside the surgery center at all times as long as Covid-19 concerns are prevalent. All staff members are instructed and follow these protocols as well.

Masks and gloves are worn with follow-up patients and surgical patients. Any patients who have symptoms or fever or who have been in contact with a person who had flu-like symptoms or COVID-19 are asked to stay at home. Any non-urgent patient follow-ups are conducted over the phone or through email to minimize the influx into the office. Finally, consultations can be performed through email or through Zoom to minimize exposure as well.

There are many other aspects to this system of protection against coronavirus at Hughes Plastic Surgery. However, protection against the spread of coronavirus involves maintaining clean hands and body surfaces, contact surfaces on which the coronavirus can live, and air portals through which the virus can be transmitted. Finally, Dr. Kenneth Hughes’s surgery center has an ultrafast air filtration system, which circulates the room volume 30 times an hour. As a last measure, this same filtration system has UV lighting apparatus which kills viral particles on contact. It is important to realize that all of these components protect not only against coronavirus, but other infections as well. Finally, Dr. Kenneth Hughes has ordered special filters for the ventilators to trap any particles exhaled by patients during surgery. If a patient is looking to have surgery safely, Dr. Kenneth Hughes’s surgery center in Los Angeles spares no expense.