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Plastic surgeon

Dr. Alan Larsen, MD

Alan Larsen, MD is a plastic surgeon at Buckhead Plastic Surgery in Atlanta, Georgia. His site offers upper and lower eyelid surgery, brow lift, and a med spa line.

Practice
4684 Roswell Road Northeast, Suite B, Atlanta, GA 30342
Phone
470-673-9016
Website
buckheadplasticsurgery.com
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeonsOculoplastic surgeonsCosmetic surgeonsOther specialists

Dr. Alan Larsen (large marker) and the top 24 eyelid surgeons in Georgia, numbered by state rank. Markers sit at the center of the practice's ZIP code. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Training and board certification

  • Medical degree, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1986-1990.
  • General surgery residency, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Jacksonville, 1990-1995; chief resident in final year.
  • Plastic surgery training, Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital, completed as chief plastic surgery resident in 1997.
  • Diplomate, American Board of Plastic Surgery, certified August 2000, recertified September 2009.
  • Established the Buckhead, Atlanta practice in 1997.
  • Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Cosmetic Surgery, American Society of Liposuction Surgery.

Eyelid surgery work

The eyelid surgery page covers upper eyelid surgery (incision in the natural upper-lid crease, skin removal, fat repositioning or removal, muscle tightening) and lower eyelid surgery (incision below the lash line, or a hidden transconjunctival incision inside the lower lid). It also describes canthoplasty, repositioning and suturing the lateral canthus. (source)

The eyelid before-and-after gallery is organized into upper-and-lower, upper-only, and lower-only eyelid surgery cases. (source)

The practice site has no ptosis repair, double eyelid surgery, or revision eyelid page.

Other procedures

The site also offers a brow lift, with its own before-and-after gallery. (source, source)

Insurance and cost

No insurance or Medicare statement for eyelid surgery found. The eyelid gallery page states eyelid surgery starts at an average cost of $4,300. (source)

Recovery, per the eyelid surgery page: sutures are typically removed around days 4-5 while some swelling remains; bruising typically resolves in 7-10 days; patients return to normal activity around 2 weeks; mild residual swelling and bumps resolve over 1-2 months. (source)

Prices and recovery, from the practice

From buckheadplasticsurgery.com, read 2026-09-30, each with its source page.

Published prices

ProcedureAs publishedSource
Eyelid surgeryAverage cost $4,300 and up.buckheadplasticsurgery.com/photo-gallery/eyelid-surgery

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Sutures out"Sutures removed around days 4-5 despite remaining swelling." Source5
Bruising"Bruising typically resolves in 7-10 days." Source10
Back to work"Return to normal activities around 2 weeks, with bruising and swelling reduced." Source14
Final result"Mild residual swelling and bumps resolve over 1-2 months." Source60

Why #92: the score, line by line

Points come from sources read the same way for every surgeon. The method is on the methodology page.

SignalPointsOfSource
Before-and-after gallery38.940an eyelid before-and-after gallery on the practice site, scored on how many eyelid cases it shows
Eyelid procedure pages910eyelid surgery pages on the practice site, more for each further eyelid operation
Cosmetic society1515eyelid surgery listed in a cosmetic surgery society directory
Training1515Plastic surgeon
Eyelid research015eyelid surgery papers in PubMed
Teaching05eyelid sessions taught at medical meetings, 2023 on
Score77.9100Rank 92 of 500

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