Training and board certification
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| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| Medical school | Doctor of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Dental school | Doctor of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
| Residency | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Barnes Hospital and St. John's Mercy Medical Center |
| Specialty training | Craniofacial and Cleft Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine |
- Board certification: "board certified in the specialties of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well as Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery."
- Licensed as both a physician and a dentist.
- Former tenured Professor of Plastic Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine and plastic surgeon in the Craniofacial and Cleft Program at Riley Hospital for Children.
- In his own cosmetic surgery practice since 2007.
- Over 250 journal articles, 35 book chapters, five books and ten U.S. and international patents, per the bio page.
Eyelid surgery work
Source for this section unless noted: eyelid
- Upper eyelid lift. Removes excess skin, with closure along the natural crease, and extends beyond the corner of the eye for temporal hooding. Some orbicularis muscle and inner or central fat may be removed. A small isolated upper lid lift can be done under local anesthesia.
- Lower eyelid lift. The traditional approach uses an incision one millimeter below the lash line and a skin-muscle flap. Fat is removed or transposed over the infraorbital rim. The lower lid tendon may be tightened (canthopexy) or repositioned (canthoplasty).
- Pinch lower eyelid lift. Removes a small strip of skin under the lash line without undermining. It can be combined with a chemical peel or laser resurfacing and is used in younger patients or as a touchup.
- Transconjunctival blepharoplasty. For bags with little loose skin. Fat is removed or moved over the rim to correct a tear trough deformity through an incision inside the lid.
- Four-lid blepharoplasty. Upper and lower lids in one operation, with or without a brow lift.
- Asian blepharoplasty (double eyelid surgery). Creates a pretarsal crease with a small, precise skin excision sutured to deeper eyelid structures. The page also describes aegyo sal (love band) surgery using an Alloderm graft placed under the lower lash line.
- Blepharoplasty is outpatient, usually under general anesthesia, and takes one to two hours. A Q&A page states lower blepharoplasty incisions sit right under the lash line (source).
- The eyelid gallery shows a bilateral full upper and lower blepharoplasty case (source).
Other procedures
The brow lift page describes endoscopic, hairline (trichophytic), coronal, transpalpebral (Endotine), temporal and mid-forehead brow lifts (source). The brow lift gallery shows an endoscopic browlift with upper blepharoplasties (source). The site also offers facelift, custom facial implants, skull reshaping, facial feminization, rhinoplasty, breast and body surgery (source).
Insurance and cost
The eyelid and brow lift pages make no statement on insurance, Medicare or price. The site has a financing page (financing).
Recovery
- Dressings: only antibiotic eye ointment on the suture lines, no bandages.
- Sutures out: five to seven days.
- Makeup: one week.
- Swelling and bruising: several weeks; complete clearing may take up to three weeks.
- Icing, head elevation for the first few days and oral Arnica are advised.
- After brow lift, sutures come out at seven to ten days (source).