Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | University of Central Arkansas, bachelor's degrees in Biology and History |
| Medical school | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, MD and PhD in Microbiology, with honors |
| Residency | Integrated plastic surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO |
| Fellowship | Aesthetic plastic surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana |
- Inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.
- She began residency training in orthopaedic surgery before transferring to plastic surgery.
- During fellowship she was an attending staff plastic surgeon at the Southeast Louisiana VA hospital.
- Her bio page does not name a board certification.
Eyelid surgery work
- Blepharoplasty. The page describes correcting sagging eyelids, removing excess skin and reducing puffiness, and states the procedure can improve peripheral vision blocked by drooping skin. Incisions are placed along the natural creases of the eyelids (blepharoplasty).
- The lower lid sometimes needs to be shortened or "snugged up," with extra external stitches to support it during healing.
- The page recommends a consultation with an ophthalmologist because the surgery may worsen pre-existing dry eye.
- The page names brow lift and facelift as procedures that can be combined with blepharoplasty.
- Brow lift. Raises sagging eyebrows and smooths forehead lines, with incisions in the hairline and possible skin removal (source).
Gallery: the site's gallery has no blepharoplasty category. The brow lift gallery shows one case, a 78-year-old patient who had a lateral brow lift with a deep plane facelift and neck lift (gallery brow-lift).
Other procedures
The site lists facelift, neck lift, cheek implants, fat transfer to the face, lip lift and otoplasty; breast augmentation, lift, reduction, reconstruction and implant revision; abdominoplasty, liposuction, mommy makeover, thighplasty and skin removal after massive weight loss; and injectables, chemical peels and laser skin resurfacing (procedures).
Insurance and cost
The site states nothing about insurance or Medicare coverage for eyelid surgery and publishes no prices. The payment page lists cash, personal check, cashier's check, major credit cards and Cherry no-interest financing, plus a no-interest layaway plan with a 10% deposit and 6, 12 or 18 month terms (source).
Recovery
- Swelling, bruising and tightness: common for the first week; they improve over the first few weeks.
- Light activity: within a few days for most patients.
- Exercise: strenuous exercise and activities that raise blood pressure to the face avoided for 3 to 4 weeks.
- Care: cold compresses, prescribed medication, and eye drops and ointment to prevent dry eye.
- Brow lift: return to regular activities within a week to ten days (source).