Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Massachusetts Institute of Technology; architecture and design alongside biology |
| Medical school | Cleveland Clinic-Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University |
| Residency | Otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, five years, University Hospitals-Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Fellowship | Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, one year, Rochester, New York, under Dr. Vito Quatela |
- Board certification as printed: "double-board certified, with certifications from the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well as the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery."
- The eyelid page states she has 9 years of experience (source).
- Author of book chapters and peer-reviewed articles; reviewer for the Aesthetic Surgery Journal.
- Medical missions performing reconstructive surgery in Vietnam, Guatemala and Ecuador.
Eyelid surgery work
From the eyelid page (source):
- Upper blepharoplasty. An incision in the natural upper eyelid fold removes an ellipse of skin, with fat removed when excess is present; the incision is sutured in the crease.
- Double eyelid surgery. For patients born without an upper eyelid crease, a similar incision with placed sutures creates a permanent crease.
- Lower blepharoplasty. An incision just under the lower lashes when skin is removed; an internal transconjunctival incision for some patients; a skin muscle flap when the lower eyelid muscle needs lifting; and fat repositioning into hollow areas to restore the lid and cheek contour.
- Functional eyelid surgery. The page states that skin or a weak muscle obstructing vision can be corrected to restore peripheral vision.
- Revision blepharoplasty. Offered for patients unhappy with eyelid surgery elsewhere, including asymmetry, crease height problems and triple folds; the page advises waiting six months to one year after the first operation.
- Anesthesia: local anesthesia, IV sedation or general anesthesia; outpatient, about one to two hours. Upper eyelid surgery can be done awake under local anesthesia with mild oral sedation (source).
- Brow lift. The brow lift page describes pretrichial, coronal, endoscopic and mid-forehead approaches (source).
- Galleries. The blepharoplasty gallery has a surgeon filter and credits seven cases to Dr. Weng (source). The brow lift gallery credits three cases to her (source). The other cases in both galleries are credited to Dr. Pontell.
Other procedures
The practice also offers facelift, deep plane and mini facelift, neck lift, rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty, chin and cheek augmentation, lip lift, otoplasty and earlobe repair, hair transplant, facial reconstruction, and injectables and laser treatments (source).
Insurance and cost
The site makes no statement about insurance or Medicare coverage for eyelid surgery.
- Eyelid page: average cost "typically ranges from $4,500 to $8,500," depending on upper, lower or combined surgery.
- Cost page: Blepharoplasty Upper or Lower $3,500 to $5,500; Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty $6,000 to $9,000; Endoscopic Brow Lift starting at $6,000; Temporal Lift starting at $4,500 (treatment costs).
- Brow lift page: cost typically starts at about $8,000.
- Financing is offered through third-party healthcare lenders (financing).
Recovery
- Eyelid: the average patient returns to work in about one week and to usual activities in about two weeks; swelling and bruising usually resolve within two weeks. Cold compresses with iced saline for the first two days. Upper blepharoplasty results can last 10 years or longer (source).
- Brow lift: return to work after about one to two weeks; exercise after two weeks (source).