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Dr. David Boudreault, MD

David Boudreault, MD, FACS is the owner and founder of Illuminate Plastic Surgery, with offices at 101 Addison Ave, Palo Alto, and 2400 Samaritan Dr, Suite 206, San Jose, California. His site describes blepharoplasty and brow lift as named procedures he performs.

Practice
101 Addison Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone
(650) 433-8621
Website
illuminateplasticsurgery.com
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeons

Dr. David Boudreault (large marker) and the top 25 eyelid surgeons in California, numbered by state rank. Markers sit at the center of the practice's ZIP code. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Training and board certification

  • Board certified plastic surgeon; Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
  • B.S. Biochemistry, cum laude, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1999.
  • MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2005.
  • General surgery residency, UCSF East Bay, 2005-2012.
  • Plastic surgery residency, UC Davis Medical Center, 2012-2015.
  • Fellowship, Stanford University Biodesign, 2007-2009.

(Source for all rows: source.)

Eyelid surgery work

The practice's page states upper-eyelid incisions are placed "in the natural skin crease," and lower-eyelid incisions are made "below the lashes" or "within the eyelid itself" (transconjunctival); it also describes possible excision of "orbicularis oculi muscle" to enhance lid crease depth (source). The blepharoplasty gallery landing page carries no photos itself, but an individual case page shows an actual before-and-after pair captioned "Upper Blepharoplasty With Fat Transfer to Face" (case 01).

Other procedures

Brow lift is offered by four approaches: endoscopic (small incisions in the hairline with a camera), direct/mid-forehead (incision along the brow or a forehead crease), temporal (incision in the hair within the temple), and open (trichophytic or coronal incision) (source). Dr. Boudreault is named throughout that page as the performing surgeon at both locations.

Insurance and cost

The site states: "Eyelid surgery performed solely to improve appearance is generally not covered by insurance." Pricing is described as "unique to each patient" because blepharoplasty techniques vary in operative time and complexity; no specific prices are published (source).

Recovery, from the practice

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

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Back to work"Return to work three to seven days after blepharoplasty." Source7
Sutures out"Sutures removed approximately one week after the blepharoplasty procedure." Source7
Swelling"Majority of blepharoplasty swelling subsides within two weeks." Source14
Final result"Final blepharoplasty healing closer to 12 weeks." Source84
Final result"Brow lift final results take approximately three months." Source90

Before you book

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