Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| Medical school | Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR |
| Internship | General surgery internship, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA |
| Residency | Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center |
| Fellowship | Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, McCollough International Facial Plastic Surgeons, Birmingham, AL |
- Board certifications listed: American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery; American Board of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery. The page calls him "double board-certified facial plastic surgeon."
- Member, American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.
- Educational Supervisor for the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division at Oregon Health and Sciences University.
- The page states he has practiced facial plastic surgery for over 30 years.
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper blepharoplasty. The incision is placed in the natural fold of the eyelid and extended outward as needed for outer skin folds. Excess fat and skin are removed and the incision is closed with absorbable sutures that need no removal (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty. The incision is placed along the lash line to remove excess fat and tissue. Patients with puffy lower lids and good skin tone may have transconjunctival blepharoplasty. Dark circles from lost fat may be treated with injectables or fat fillers.
- Upper and lower blepharoplasty may be combined with facelift, forehead lift, neck lift or laser resurfacing. Procedure time is 1 to 2 hours.
- Anesthesia. All surgery is done with local numbing under MAC (twilight) sedation; upper blepharoplasty can be done with local anesthesia only. The practice does not use general anesthesia.
- Asian eyelid surgery. Dr. Petroff performs double eyelid surgery to thin a full eyelid, change lid shape or height, reduce a pronounced epicanthal fold, or create a crease. An incisional approach is usual; a transconjunctival approach is possible for some lower eyelid cases (source).
- Brow lift. Dr. Petroff makes 3 to 5 short incisions behind the hairline and uses an endoscope to lift the skin and adjust muscles. The brows are secured with Ultratine, a resorbable fixation device. A temporal brow lift is also offered (source).
Galleries show cases of upper and lower eyelid surgery, some with under-eye fat transfer (eyelid gallery), Asian eyelid surgery (asian eyelid gallery) and brow lift (brow lift gallery). Eyelid case pages name Dr. Mark A. Petroff.
Other procedures
The site lists facelift, neck lift, rhinoplasty and ethnic rhinoplasty, chin, cheek and lip augmentation, lip lift, ear surgery, facial fat transfer, neck liposuction, and forehead and hairline reduction, plus injectables and laser skin treatments (source). A second surgeon, Dr. Deniz Gerecci, practices at the center (source).
Insurance and cost
The eyelid pages list vision problems from droopy eyelids among the reasons for surgery but state no insurance or Medicare terms and no prices. The financing page offers Cherry, for payment plans of $500 to $10,000, and CareCredit (source).
Recovery
- Bruising and swelling: eased with ice packs, eye ointment or drops, and head elevation; can last several weeks (source).
- Normal activities: within a week. Post-op follow-up: 1 week.
- Final result: about 1 to 2 months.
- Asian eyelid surgery: side effects subside within 1 to 2 weeks; non-absorbable stitches come out at 5 to 7 days; return to work in about 10 days; no contact lenses for 2 weeks (source).
- Brow lift: 1 to 3 weeks of recovery; driving and work at 2 weeks; sutures out at 1 week; final results at 4 to 6 months (source).