Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Columbia University, New York; biomedical engineering, magna cum laude |
| Medical school | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Residency | Otolaryngology - Head, Neck, and Facial Plastic Surgery, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; final year as chief resident |
| Residency | Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida |
- Board certification: the site states he is "board-certified in both plastic surgery of the entire body and otolaryngology." It does not name the boards.
- He has published a book chapter on facelift surgery and manuscripts on revision cosmetic breast surgery, and took part in facial reconstructive surgery trips to Central America during training.
Eyelid surgery work
- Approach. The eyelid page states he removes excess skin and fat where it is puffy and adds fat below the lower lids and tear trough where volume is lost (blepharoplasty).
- Upper blepharoplasty. An external incision in the natural crease removes excess skin; a small amount of bulging fat is often removed. If the eyelid lifting muscle is elongated to the point of blocking vision, he can shorten the muscle. Upper lid surgery can be done awake in the office under local anesthesia, or at affiliated hospitals with IV sedation or general anesthesia (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty. An external incision hidden beneath the lashes removes a small amount of skin or fat. When the problem is mainly fat, he uses a transconjunctival incision inside the lid. Lower lid surgery is outpatient under IV sedation or general anesthesia and takes about an hour (source).
- Functional surgery. The page separates cosmetic from functional eyelid surgery. He evaluates whether true eyelid ptosis or a low brow is part of the problem before choosing the operation.
- Brow lift. Techniques listed: endoscopic, temporal, traditional coronal or hairline, and brow lift combined with upper blepharoplasty. Brow lifts are performed in the operating room under general anesthesia (source).
- Male blepharoplasty. A separate page covers eyelid surgery for men (source).
- Galleries. Separate before-and-after galleries for upper blepharoplasty (about 18 cases), lower blepharoplasty (about 14 cases) and brow lift (3 cases) (upper, lower, brow lift).
Other procedures
The site lists deep plane, mini and revision facelift, the ARC Lift, neck lift, facial fat grafting, chin implant, otoplasty, rhinoplasty and septoplasty, hair transplant, breast and body surgery, and non-surgical injectables and skin treatments (arcplasticsurgeons.com).
Insurance and cost
- Blepharoplasty done only for cosmetic reasons is not covered. When done for functional reasons such as vision obstruction, the page states it "should be covered by health insurance," and patients should confirm with their provider (blepharoplasty).
- Insurers may require a physical exam, clinical photographs, documentation of symptoms and visual field testing. Meeting the criteria does not guarantee coverage.
- Price: "The cost of both upper and lower eyelid surgery together can average between $5,000 and $7,000."
- Payments accepted: insurance, credit cards, financing, cash (source).
Recovery
- Most patients take up to ten days off work.
- Strenuous activity is avoided for two weeks.
- No contact lenses or eye makeup for two weeks.
- Bruising and swelling are common for a few days or weeks; eye drops are used four times daily.
- Brow lift: 7 to 10 days for social presentability (source).