Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | University of California, Irvine; Electrical Engineering, with honors, at age 19 |
| Medical school | University of Southern California |
| General surgery | Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, and University of California at San Diego |
| Plastic surgery | Saint Francis Hospital and the Bothin Burn Center, San Francisco; training in burn reconstruction, microvascular, hand and cosmetic surgery |
- Board certification, as printed on the eyelid page: "certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery" (blepharoplasty).
- Served a full year as Chief Resident supervising the Cosmetic Clinic.
- Hospital staff in Orange County at Hoag Presbyterian Hospital, Saddleback Memorial Hospital and Coastal Communities Hospital, and in Bakersfield at Memorial Hospital, San Joaquin Hospital and Mercy Hospital.
- Volunteer surgeon with Rotaplast International since 1991 in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, Bolivia, Mexico and Venezuela.
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper blepharoplasty. Removes excess skin, and sometimes fat, through an incision in the natural fold of the upper lid; can improve sight when skin blocks the upper field of vision (blepharoplasty).
- Lower blepharoplasty. Incisions just beneath the lower lash line or inside the eyelid; fat is removed or redistributed and loose skin trimmed, with dissolving stitches.
- Transconjunctival blepharoplasty. Reaches the fat pads without an external skin incision, for puffiness with little excess skin.
- Fat repositioning. Moves bulging lower lid fat into the tear trough; fat grafting can fill under-eye hollows.
- Ptosis. The page states that droopy eyelids from a weakened lifting muscle are a separate condition that may need a different approach.
- Anesthesia. Outpatient, under local anesthesia with sedation or general anesthesia; as little as two hours.
- Canthoplasty and fox eye surgery. Cat eye surgery adjusts the lateral canthus to lift the outer corner of the eye (source); fox eye options include canthoplasty, blepharoplasty, temporal lifts and PDO threads (source).
- Galleries. The eyelid gallery and the forehead lift gallery state that all photos are patients of Dr. Daneshmand, with after photos generally at 4 to 5 months (eyelid gallery, forehead lift gallery).
Other procedures
The endoscopic brow lift uses small incisions and an endoscope to reposition the brow and smooth forehead and frown lines; the page also names the classic or coronal brow lift (source). The practice also offers the Vertical Restore facelift, neck lift, rhinoplasty, cheek lift, buccal fat removal, breast and body procedures, and med spa treatments (source).
Insurance and cost
- "Insurance may cover upper blepharoplasty when excess skin impairs vision, while lower blepharoplasty for eye bags is typically considered cosmetic" (blepharoplasty).
- The cost section quotes ASPS surgeon-fee figures and states that total cost also includes facility, anesthesia, prescriptions and tests. The practice's own fee is given at consultation.
Recovery
- Home the same day; cold compresses, lubricating ointment and rest (blepharoplasty).
- Work resumes within a few days; strenuous activity waits about two weeks.
- Vision may blur for the first day from swelling and ointment.
- Most bruising and swelling improve within 10 to 14 days.
- Non-dissolvable stitches, if used, come out within the first week.