Ben Talei Net Worth 2026: Facial Plastic Surgeon Career

Dr. Ben Talei is a dual board-certified facial plastic surgeon who runs the Beverly Hills Center for Plastic & Laser Surgery and created the AuraLyft deep-plane facelift. No reputable outlet has published a net worth figure for him. What has been reported is his pricing: his AuraLyft starts at about $175,000 and can pass $350,000, according to the New York Post, and he was booked three to six months ahead even before Denise Richards' 2026 facelift reveal sent hundreds of new consultation requests his way.

What is Ben Talei's Net Worth?

There is no reliable published estimate. This page previously said $24 million with no source, so the number has been removed.

His practice is private and does not report revenue, and no outlet has reported his property or investments. His prices are public, though, and they are among the highest in cosmetic surgery. That points to a high-earning practice, but it does not give anyone enough information to calculate his personal net worth.

Ben Talei's Yearly Earning, Monthly Income, and Salary?

His income is not public. The old yearly, monthly and daily figures had no source and have been removed. These are the reported numbers that bear on his earnings:

• AuraLyft pricing: from about $175,000, reaching more than $350,000 for the most comprehensive version that adds eyelid, lip and brow work, the New York Post reported in August 2026.
• Example cases: a Los Angeles real estate agent told the Post he paid $224,000 for his facial rejuvenation. Talei told TMZ that Denise Richards' full set of procedures cost about $250,000.
• Demand: Talei told TMZ his office received 300 to 400 consultation requests after the Richards before-and-after photos were posted in March 2026, and that he did not plan to raise prices.

Surgeon fees go toward staff, operating facilities, anesthesia, insurance and marketing, so the price of a procedure is not the same as the surgeon's take-home pay. Talei himself told the Post that a high price does not guarantee a better result and that a very good facelift can cost $30,000.

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Early Life & Family

Talei is a native of California, according to his practice biography. An earlier version of this page said he was born in Iran into a family of doctors and did rounds with his father and uncle; we found no source for that and have removed it.

The old page also said he "married AuraLyft." That was an error: AuraLyft is the name of his trademarked facelift technique, not a person. Reliable outlets have not reported on his spouse or family, so we list none.

Education

• UCLA: degree in physiological sciences, with college and departmental honors.
• UC San Diego School of Medicine: medical degree; nominated to the Gold Humanism Honor Society for volunteer work, including at the San Diego free clinic.
• Residency: head and neck surgery at Columbia, Cornell and New York-Presbyterian, where he was chief resident at Columbia and Cornell, plus a fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
• Two facial plastic surgery fellowships: at the New York Center for Facial Plastic & Laser Surgery under Dr. Steven Pearlman, and at the Vascular Birthmark Institute of New York under Dr. Milton Waner.

All of the above comes from his practice biography. The old page's claim that he is medical director of the New York Center was a misreading: he trained there.

Professional Life

Talei's practice focuses only on the face: deep-plane facelifts and neck lifts, lip lifts, rhinoplasty, vascular birthmarks and facial reconstruction. He says he originated the deep-plane upper lip lift, the basis of his Cupid Lift, and he has published on face, neck and lip surgery with his mentor Pearlman, including a 2022 paper in Aesthetic Surgery Journal. He describes himself as an international professor of facial plastic surgery and says surgeons travel to Beverly Hills to learn his methods.

His public profile rose sharply in 2026. On March 21, 2026, he and Denise Richards posted her before-and-after photos, and the actress later described the surgery in detail on Bunnie Xo's Dumb Blonde podcast, People reported. The New York Post also credited him with singer Sia's facelift.

Age, Height, Weight

His birth date, height and weight have not been published by a reliable source. The figures on the old page (43 years old, 5 feet 7 inches, 89 kg) were unsourced and have been removed.

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Why There Is No Reliable Figure

Private medical practices do not publish accounts, surgeons' earnings are not disclosed, and no outlet has reported Talei's real estate or other assets. His prices and demand are well documented, but turning them into a net worth would require guessing about costs, volume and ownership. Any precise figure you see online is an estimate without a source.