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Blepharoplasty in the Cincinnati area: best eyelid surgeons
Ranked on the eyelid work each surgeon shows: before-and-after photos, training and the eyelid operations they do. Covers every practice within 25 miles of the area's center, across Ohio and Kentucky.
The top 25 on the map
Each marker carries the surgeon's rank in the Cincinnati area.
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeonsOculoplastic surgeonsCosmetic surgeonsOther specialists
Each marker carries the surgeon's rank on this list and sits at the center of the practice's ZIP code. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The top 10 in the Cincinnati area
Color shows the specialty. The name opens the surgeon's profile or practice.
2Facial plastic surgeon
Dr. Jeffrey Harmon, MD
3Plastic surgeon
Dr. Lawrence Kurtzman, MD
4Plastic surgeon
Dr. Daniel Kuy, MD
5Plastic surgeon
Dr. Jean Loftus, MD
6Plastic surgeon
Dr. Deborah Sillins, MD
7Plastic surgeon
Dr. Hauw Han, MD
8Plastic surgeon
Dr. Richard Williams, MD
9Facial plastic surgeon
Dr. Brian Harmych, MD
10Cosmetic surgeon
Dr. Erik Evans, MD
The Cincinnati area list
Ranked on the eyelid work each surgeon shows. The name opens the practice's eyelid page; "before and after" opens the eyelid gallery.
| # | Surgeon |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Alexander Donath, MD Plastic surgeoncincyfacialplastics.com · Top 500 #276 |
| 2 | Dr. Jeffrey Harmon, MD Facial plastic surgeonharmonface.com · Top 500 #418 |
| 3 | Dr. Lawrence Kurtzman, MD Plastic surgeonkurtzmanplasticsurgery.com · Top 500 #422 |
| 4 | Dr. Daniel Kuy, MD Plastic surgeondrkuy.com · Top 500 #477 |
| 5 | Dr. Jean Loftus, MD Plastic surgeoninfoplasticsurgery.com |
| 6 | Dr. Deborah Sillins, MD Plastic surgeonrejuveneyouth.com |
| 7 | Dr. Hauw Han, MD Plastic surgeonhthan.com |
| 8 | Dr. Richard Williams, MD Plastic surgeonfox19.com |
| 9 | Dr. Brian Harmych, MD Facial plastic surgeonharmychplasticsurgery.com |
| 10 | Dr. Erik Evans, MD Cosmetic surgeonellisoralsurgery.com |
| 11 | Dr. Gina Maccarone, MD Cosmetic surgeondrkuy.com |
| 12 | Dr. Jon Mendelsohn, MD Plastic surgeon351face.com |
| 13 | Dr. Mark Mandell-Brown, MD Plastic surgeonmandellbrown.com |
| 14 | Dr. Mark Cepela, MD Oculoplastic surgeonmidwesteyecenter.com |
| 15 | Dr. Allison Holzapfel, MD Plastic surgeonWww.renewyourlooks.com |
| 16 | Dr. Allison Holzapfel, MD Facial plastic surgeonWww.renewyourlooks.com |
| 17 | Dr. Binh Nguyen, MD Plastic surgeonmunstereyecare.com |
| 18 | Dr. Donna Krummen, MD Plastic surgeonkrummenplasticsurgery.com |
| 19 | Dr. Michael Columbus, MD Plastic surgeonfox19.com |
| 20 | Dr. Michael Leadbetter, MD Plastic surgeonfox19.com |
| 21 | Dr. Nicole Starr, MD Plastic surgeonrenewyourlooks.com |
| 22 | Dr. Ann Schwentker, MD Plastic surgeoncincinnatichildrens.org |
| 23 | Dr. Atul Deshmukh, DMD Cosmetic surgeonandersonsmiledental.com |
| 24 | Dr. Alec Bradley, MD Other specialistmidwesteyecenter.com |
| 25 | Dr. Allison Lied, MD Plastic surgeonrenewyourlooks.com |
| 26 | Dr. Philip Tolley, MD Plastic surgeoncincinnatichildrens.org |
| 27 | Dr. Shahryar Tork, MD Plastic surgeontorkplasticsurgery.com |
| 28 | Dr. Jeffrey Nerad, MD Insurance-based |
| 29 | Dr. Alison Early, MD Other specialistpajkaeyecenter.com |
| 30 | Dr. Roxana Rivera, MD Insurance-based |
| 31 | Dr. Patrick Burchell, MD Insurance-baseduchealth.com |
Cities in the Cincinnati area
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Also in the Cincinnati area: Blue Ash, Crestview Hills, Edgewood, Edgewood, Fort Wright, Hamilton, Hebron, West Chester.
When insurance pays in the Cincinnati area
For lids that block vision. This side of eyelid surgery is kept apart from the cosmetic ranking.
The rule
Medicare and private insurers pay when sagging upper-lid skin or a low lid blocks the top of your vision. A visual field test and photographs show the loss before the operation is approved.
What it pays
Medicare's average payment to the surgeon nationally is $778 for an upper blepharoplasty and $808 for a ptosis repair (2024). The surgery center or hospital is paid separately. You pay your deductible and coinsurance; any cosmetic part of the same operation is billed to you.
Surgeons who do the most insurance-covered eyelid surgery in the Cincinnati area
| # | Surgeon | Medicare eyelid operations, 2022 to 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Roxana Rivera, MD Ophthalmologist | 637 |
| 2 | Dr. Mark Cepela, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · midwesteyecenter.com | 374 |
| 3 | Dr. Jeffrey Nerad, MD Ophthalmologist | 327 |
| 4 | Dr. Patrick Burchell, MD Ophthalmologist | 169 |
From Medicare's records of each surgeon's billed eyelid operations (CMS). Medicare leaves out any operation a surgeon billed fewer than 11 times in a year.
State and region rankings
Open one for surgeons beyond the Cincinnati area.
Other metro areas in the Central US
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Procedures
What each operation does, who it suits and how recovery goes.