Dr. Andrew Wolin, MD

Training and board certification

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• Board certification as printed: "1982 American Board of Otolaryngology" and "1985 American Board of Plastic Surgery." The page heading reads "Double Board Certified."
• Practicing plastic and reconstructive surgery in Scottsdale since 1985.
• Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Arizona Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Arizona Medical Association, the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science.

Eyelid surgery work

• Upper eyelid lift. Done under local anesthesia and sedation through an incision in the upper eyelid crease to remove skin and fat. He may tighten tissue in the outer third of the brow and temple and add micro fat to the brow corner and temple at the same sitting (source).
• Lower eyelid lift. The page names two approaches: transcutaneous, with an incision below the lash line, and transconjunctival, with the incision inside the eyelid, used for puffiness with little excess skin. The three lower lid fat pads are removed or repositioned. Surgery takes 45 minutes to 2 hours under general or local anesthesia (source).
• The overview page states he tightens the lower lid tarsoligamentous complex and can fill the rim around the eye with fat transfer. All four lids can be done together (quad blepharoplasty) (source).
• Brow lift. He uses a browpexy through the upper eyelid (BUL): small upper eyelid incisions to partly remove the inner brow muscles and small incisions behind the hairline to raise the outer brow. He has presented the technique at the Norwegian Society of Plastic Surgery in Oslo and at IFATS meetings (browlift).

Galleries: before-and-after cases are posted under eyelid lift (eyelid-lift photos), eyelid fat transfer (eyelid photos), eyelids and periorbital fat (periorbital fat photos) and brow lift (brow-lift photos). Several cases appear in more than one category.

Other procedures

The site offers facelift, mini facelift, neck lift, rhinoplasty, otoplasty, eyebrow grafting, facial fat grafting, hair transplant, breast and body surgery, Croton oil and TCA peels, laser resurfacing and fillers.

Insurance and cost

The site publishes no prices. The eyelid and brow pages state cost varies by patient and is given at consultation. The upper eyelid page cites a study in which about 70% of upper blepharoplasties were functional, but the site makes no insurance or Medicare statement.

Recovery

• Upper lid: most patients return to work after 2 weeks; sutures removed at 5-7 days (source).
• Lower lid: 7 to 14 days of downtime; stitches out at 5 to 7 days; no heavy lifting or vigorous exercise for 4 to 6 weeks; no makeup for 2 to 3 weeks (source).
• Brow lift: plan at least 1 week off (browlift).