Training and board certification
Source for all rows: alyeskaent.com/providers
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| Medical school | University of Utah, 1997 |
| Residency | Otolaryngology (ENT) and head and neck surgery, University of Miami, completed 2002 |
| Fellowship | Facial plastic surgery, University of Miami |
| Academic post | Chief of the division of facial plastic surgery, University of Florida |
| Practice | Opened the Alyeska ear, nose and throat clinic in Anchorage in 2006, after returning to his native Alaska |
- Board certification: "board-certified in otolaryngology."
- The providers page describes him as an ENT specialist and a cosmetic and reconstructive facial plastic surgeon who has published academic articles in otolaryngology.
Eyelid surgery work
- Blepharoplasty. The eye page describes eyelid surgery as removal of fat and excess skin and muscle from the eyelids, for upper or lower lids. Reasons listed include bags under the eyes, drooping eyelids, vision problems associated with puffy eyelids, and eyelid surgery as part of a facelift or brow lift (alyeskaent.com/eye).
- The same page states blepharoplasty is generally performed on an outpatient basis using local anesthesia.
- Eyelid reconstruction. The practice performs eyelid restoration and reconstruction after trauma, skin cancer or facial paralysis, and treats the "bony orbit," the bones that surround the globe and support the eye (alyeskaent.com/eye).
- Brow lift. The Face & Skin page lists "Facelifts, neck lifts, forehead/brow lifts" among Dr. Sedwick's procedures (alyeskaent.com/face).
- The practice also offers LATISSE, a prescription eyelash treatment.
- The practice site posts two blepharoplasty patient handouts: pre- and post-operative care, and what to expect after surgery (alyeskaent.com/prepostsurgery).
- The practice site has no before-and-after gallery page.
Other procedures
Dr. Sedwick also performs facelift, neck lift, scar revision, skin cancer treatment and reconstruction, facial fat augmentation, cleft lip and palate surgery, rhinoplasty, nasal and sinus surgery, ear surgery and throat surgery. The practice offers BOTOX, XEOMIN, Dysport, fillers, Ultherapy, laser treatments and the Vi Peel, with additional aesthetics services at its sister clinic, Alyeska Aesthetics (alyeskaent.com/face).
Insurance and cost
- The practice states it accepts all insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE, and is an in-network provider with Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska and Aetna (alyeskaent.com/insurance).
- Payment by cash, check, Visa and Mastercard; financing through CareCredit.
- The eye page lists vision problems associated with puffy eyelids among the medical reasons for blepharoplasty.
- The site publishes no eyelid surgery prices.
Recovery
- Back to work: because of initial bruising, most patients will not want to return to work for a week to 10 days (alyeskaent.com/eye).
- Vision: initial vision problems should disappear in two to three days.
- Final result: once healed, the results are in many cases permanent.
- The practice's blepharoplasty expectations handout states small blood clots in the conjunctiva resolve in 7-10 days, and scars fade and lighten over several weeks to months (Blepharoplasty Expectations).