Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Brown University |
| Medical school | Duke University School of Medicine (full tuition merit scholarship) |
| Residency | Otolaryngology, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Fellowship | Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery |
| Faculty | Assistant professor, Baylor College of Medicine, directing facial plastic surgery training for the residency program |
| Current appointment | Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center |
- Board certification: "certified by both the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, (ABFPRS) and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS)."
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
- Elected a Director of the ABOHNS in 2021; served as a senior oral board examiner for the ABOHNS and as a guest oral board examiner for the ABFPRS.
- Led the first Diversity and Inclusion Task Force of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and served as its Acting VP for Diversity and Inclusion.
- Published on rhinoplasty, chemical peels and ethnic variations in facial plastic surgery.
- The site states 25 years of focused practice in facial plastic surgery. She founded the practice in Chevy Chase in 2003 and moved it to downtown Bethesda after 13 years (source).
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper eyelid lift. Loose skin and excess tissue in the upper eyelids are removed through incisions in the eyelid crease (source).
- Lower eyelid lift. Dr. Porter removes excess fat that causes bulging, with some skin excision; incisions are placed just inside the eyelid or below the eyelash line.
- The page lists candidates with excess upper or lower eyelid skin, skin blocking the visual field, and bags beneath the eyes. Patients are cleared by their primary care physician and ophthalmologist before surgery, and procedures take place at an outpatient surgery center.
- Blepharoplasty may be combined with a facelift or a brow lift, per the page FAQ.
- Brow lift. The brow lift page describes three types: a temporal (mini) brow lift with an incision along the temporal hairline, an endoscopic brow lift with small incisions in the scalp, and a traditional brow lift with an incision along the hairline. A temporal lift takes under an hour; a traditional lift takes one to two hours (source).
Gallery: a blepharoplasty before-and-after gallery runs across two pages of patient cases (source). Cases are not labeled by surgeon. The site has no brow lift gallery and no pages for ptosis repair, double eyelid surgery or canthoplasty.
Other procedures
The site lists facelift, deep plane facelift, mini facelift, neck lift, rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty, chin implants, ear surgery, earlobe repair, facial fat transfer, facial reanimation surgery and hairline lowering, plus injectables, skin tightening and laser treatments (source).
Insurance and cost
- The eyelid page states cost depends on the treatment plan: upper, lower or both eyelids, complexity, and combined procedures. Fees are given at consultation. No price is published (source).
- The financial policy states consultation fees are non-refundable, all surgeries require a 20% non-refundable deposit, and surgeon fees are paid in full three weeks before surgery (source).
- The site makes no statement about insurance or Medicare coverage for eyelid surgery.
Recovery
- Ice the area on and off for 24 to 36 hours; a follow-up visit takes place the day after surgery.
- Swelling peaks at about 48 hours; about 80% is gone within a month.
- Stitches are removed five to seven days after surgery.
- Most bruising fades by seven to 10 days; most patients return to work and normal activities at 10 days.
- Makeup after the tenth day; no contact lenses for about two weeks.
- Brow lift: bruising and swelling for about a week, sutures out at about a week, healing over two to four weeks (source).