Training and board certification
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | BS in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude, Virginia Tech |
| Medical school | Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
| Residency | General surgery and plastic surgery, Grand Rapids/Michigan State University program; Chief Resident in plastic surgery |
| Fellowship | Aesthetic fellowship, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City |
- Board certification: "Is Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery."
- Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons and American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
- Plastic Surgery Section Chief, Medical Park Hospital, 2012-2015; Medical Staff President, 2014.
- The bio states he was the first plastic surgeon in the area to complete a formal cosmetic plastic surgery fellowship.
Eyelid surgery work
- Blepharoplasty. Removal of excess fat, skin and muscle from the upper and lower lids, usually in an office under local anesthesia or IV sedation, lasting 45 minutes to a few hours. Incisions go in the upper lid creases and just below the lower lashes. When no skin needs removal, a transconjunctival blepharoplasty is done through an incision inside the lower lid (blepharoplasty).
- The page states blepharoplasty does not raise the brows or treat crow's feet or dark circles, and can be combined with facelift, brow lift and BOTOX Cosmetic.
- Brow lift. Endoscopic (described as the more common technique, through two short incisions behind the hairline) or traditional coronal. Usually done in an office-based facility or surgery center under local anesthesia and sedation (source).
Galleries credited to Dr. Howell (the blepharoplasty gallery holds 26 cases from the practice's surgeons, each labeled by surgeon):
- Lower blepharoplasty: a man in his early fifties, shown a year after surgery (case).
- Upper blepharoplasty: a woman in her mid-fifties, shown three months after surgery (case).
- Upper and lower blepharoplasty: a woman in her mid-fifties (case).
- Endoscopic brow lift, facelift, upper and lower blepharoplasty, TFX CO2 laser and fat injections: a woman in her early sixties, three months after surgery (case).
- Further Howell cases combine blepharoplasty with facelift or laser resurfacing (source).
Other procedures
The practice offers facelift, rhinoplasty, otoplasty and fractional CO2 laser; breast augmentation, lift, reduction and reconstruction; tummy tuck, liposuction, body lift, arm and thigh lift and mommy makeover; and Renewal Med Spa treatments (home page).
Insurance and cost
- The blepharoplasty page states the procedure is typically cosmetic but can improve vision by lifting droopy lids out of the field of vision. The site gives no insurance or Medicare policy.
- The site publishes no prices.
Recovery
- Blepharoplasty: stitches out after four to seven days; most people return to work in ten days; no contact lenses for two weeks; eyes may be sensitive to light and wind for a short while (blepharoplasty).
- Brow lift: hair washing in a day or two; return to work or school in 7 to 10 days; swelling and bruising fade by the second week (source).