1Oculoplastic surgeon
Blepharoplasty in the St. Louis 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 30 miles of the area's center, across Missouri and Illinois.
The top 25 on the map
Each marker carries the surgeon's rank in the St. Louis area.
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeonsOculoplastic surgeonsOther specialistsInsurance-based eyelid surgeons
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 St. Louis area
Color shows the specialty. The name opens the surgeon's profile or practice.
2Facial plastic surgeon
Dr. Laxmeesh Nayak, MD
3Plastic surgeon
Dr. Ryan Diederich, MD
4Plastic surgeon
Dr. Terence Myckatyn, MD
5Plastic surgeon
Dr. Paul Rottler, MD
6Plastic surgeon
Dr. Mark Boschert, MD
7Plastic surgeon
Dr. Paul Mills, MD
8Plastic surgeon
Dr. Stefan Craig, MD
9Plastic surgeon
Dr. Scott Geiger, MD
10Plastic surgeon
Dr. Brock Ridenour, MD
The St. Louis 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. John Holds, MD Oculoplastic surgeoneyelidmd.com · Top 500 #42 |
| 2 | Dr. Laxmeesh Nayak, MD Facial plastic surgeonnayakplasticsurgery.com · Top 500 #56 |
| 3 | Dr. Ryan Diederich, MD Plastic surgeonmidamericaplasticsurgery.com · Top 500 #87 |
| 4 | Dr. Terence Myckatyn, MD Plastic surgeonwestcountyplasticsurgeons.wustl.edu · Top 500 #183 |
| 5 | Dr. Paul Rottler, MD Plastic surgeondr-rottler.com · Top 500 #304 |
| 6 | Dr. Mark Boschert, MD Plastic surgeonrpsplasticsurgery.com · Top 500 #331 |
| 7 | Dr. Paul Mills, MD Plastic surgeonrpsplasticsurgery.com · Top 500 #461 |
| 8 | Dr. Stefan Craig, MD Plastic surgeonrpsplasticsurgery.com · Top 500 #464 |
| 9 | Dr. Scott Geiger, MD Plastic surgeonplasticsurgery-stl.com |
| 10 | Dr. Brock Ridenour, MD Plastic surgeonridenourplasticsurgery.com |
| 11 | Dr. Arya Namin, MD Facial plastic surgeondrnamin.com |
| 12 | Dr. Milind Kachare, MD Plastic surgeonnayakplasticsurgery.com |
| 13 | Dr. Judith Gurley, MD Plastic surgeonjudithgurley.com |
| 14 | Dr. Bharat Shah, MD Other specialistshahplasticsurgery.com |
| 15 | Dr. Craig Boswell, MD Plastic surgeonbodyaesthetic.com |
| 16 | Dr. David Caplin, MD Plastic surgeonparkcrestplasticsurgery.com |
| 17 | Dr. Gabriela Espinoza, MD Oculoplastic surgeonlongdom.org |
| 18 | Dr. Gregory Branham, MD Facial plastic surgeonfacialplasticsurgery.wustl.edu |
| 19 | Dr. Angela Hulsey, MD Plastic surgeonrpsplasticsurgery.com |
| 20 | Dr. Keith Brandt, MD Plastic surgeonwestcountyplasticsurgeo-staging-d2fqguc8btergchq.northcentralus-01.azurewebsites.net |
| 21 | Dr. Patricia Mcguire, MD Plastic surgeonparkcrestplasticsurgery.com |
| 22 | Dr. Tara Ramachandra, MD Facial plastic surgeontararamachandra.com |
| 23 | Dr. Philip Custer, MD Insurance-basedophthalmology.wustl.edu |
| 24 | Dr. Brendan Alleyne, MD Plastic surgeonnovamedsurgeryofstpeters.com |
| 25 | Dr. Brenon Abernathie, MD Plastic surgeonhealthalliance.org |
| 26 | Dr. Donald Buck, MD Plastic surgeonbucksurgical.com |
| 27 | Dr. Kevin Chen, MD Plastic surgeonslu.edu |
| 28 | Dr. Robert Hagan, MD Plastic surgeonneuropaxclinic.com |
| 29 | Dr. Tiffany Ho, MD Oculoplastic surgeonoatexas.com |
| 30 | Dr. Steven Couch, MD Insurance-basedbjc.org |
| 31 | Dr. Robi Maamari, MD Insurance-basedbjc.org |
| 32 | Dr. Zachary Willis, DO Cosmetic surgeonstlukes-stl.com |
| 33 | Dr. Amanda Brown, MD Plastic surgeoncambridgeeyecare.com |
| 34 | Dr. Brian Porshinsky, MD Plastic surgeonplasticsurgery.theclinics.com |
| 35 | Dr. Elliot Korn, MD Oculoplastic surgeonadvancedsurgerymo.com |
| 36 | Dr. Jeffrey Copeland, MD Plastic surgeonrosemontmedia.com |
| 37 | Dr. Nicholas Ranson, MD Oculoplastic surgeonocstl.com |
| 38 | Dr. Rocio Bentivegna, MD Oculoplastic surgeonidealeyesurgery.com |
| 39 | Dr. Byron Santos-Flores, MD Insurance-based |
| 40 | Dr. Krishna Kalyam, MD Insurance-based |
Cities in the St. Louis area
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Also in the St. Louis area: Saint Peters, Creve Coeur, Chesterfield, Des Peres, East Saint Louis, Glen Carbon, Maryville, Town & Country.
When insurance pays in the St. Louis 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 St. Louis area
| # | Surgeon | Medicare eyelid operations, 2022 to 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Robi Maamari, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · bjc.org | 190 |
| 2 | Dr. Byron Santos-Flores, MD Ophthalmologist | 145 |
| 3 | Dr. Philip Custer, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon | 131 |
| 4 | Dr. Steven Couch, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · bjc.org | 104 |
| 5 | Dr. John Holds, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · eyelidmd.com | 103 |
| 6 | Dr. Tiffany Ho, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · oatexas.com | 66 |
| 7 | Dr. Krishna Kalyam, MD Ophthalmologist | 51 |
| 8 | Dr. Gabriela Espinoza, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · longdom.org | 13 |
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 St. Louis area.
Other metro areas in the Central US
Each metro area ranks the surgeons within reach of one city.
Procedures
What each operation does, who it suits and how recovery goes.