Blepharoplasty in Columbia, SC: the best eyelid surgeons

Ranked on the eyelid work each surgeon shows: before-and-after photos, training and the eyelid operations they do. Each row has the office, the phone number and the work.

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The top 12 on the map

Each marker carries the surgeon's rank in Columbia.

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 Columbia list

Eyelid surgeons with an office in Columbia, best first.

  1. 1

    Dr. Rakesh Patel, MD

    Oculoplastic surgeoncharlestonoculofacial.com

    100 Palmetto Health Pkwy Ste 350, Columbia · (803) 907-2020

    Residency: Ophthalmology, Montefiore Medical Center of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (three years).

    Also does insurance-covered eyelid surgery

  2. 2

    Dr. John Rich, MD

    Facial plastic surgeonsmytherichmd.com

    1711 Richland St, Columbia · (803) 799-3223

  3. 3

    Dr. Richard Wassermann, MD

    Plastic surgeonplasticsurgerysouthcarolina.org

    1220 Blanding St, Columbia · (803) 779-1200

    General surgery residency, University of Chicago.

  4. 4

    Dr. Helen Moses, MD

    Facial plastic surgeonpalmettofacialplastics.com

    3030 Devine St., Columbia

    Residency in otolaryngology, Duke University School of Medicine (five years of head and neck surgical training).

  5. 5

    Dr. Steven Hermiz, MD

    Plastic surgeonsurgery.com

    2 Medical Park Rd Ste 302, Columbia · (803) 434-8820

  6. 6

    Dr. Harold Friedman, MD

    Plastic surgeonbaromedical.com

    2 Medical Park Rd Suite 302, Columbia · (803) 256-2657

  7. 7

    Dr. Peter Haines, MD

    Plastic surgeon

    300 Palmetto Health Pkwy Ste 100, Columbia · (803) 907-7100

  8. 9

    Dr. Edward Crosswell, MD

    Other specialistcolumbiaeye.com

    1920 Pickens St., Columbia

    Also does insurance-covered eyelid surgery

  9. 10

    Dr. James Dickson, MD

    Other specialistcolumbiaeyesurgerycenter.com

    1333 Taylor St Suite 4g, Columbia

    Also does insurance-covered eyelid surgery

  10. 11

    Dr. Charlotte Thompson, MD

    Insurance-basedcarolinaeent.com

    2016 Sumter St, Columbia

    Also does insurance-covered eyelid surgery

Also in Columbia, listed from public records with no practice website found: Dr. Kathleen Albrecht (oculofacial plastic surgeon), Dr. Lucas Platt (ophthalmologist).

Cost and insurance in Columbia

What practices here publish, and when insurance pays.

Cosmetic, self-pay
$3,702

The typical published price for an upper blepharoplasty in South Carolina.

Insurance-covered
$753

Medicare's average payment to a South Carolina surgeon for an upper blepharoplasty, when the lids block vision. Medicare claims from Columbia go to Palmetto GBA; the rule is L34411. A visual field test and photographs show the loss first. The coverage rules.

Nearby cities in South Carolina

The top eyelid surgeon in each.

The procedures

What each operation does, who it suits and how recovery goes.

A city lists surgeons whose office address on file is in Columbia. The method explains the ranking.