Training and board certification
Source for all rows: schoemannplasticsurgery.com/about/dr-schoemann/
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Bachelor of Arts, Latin (1999) |
| Medical school | Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (2003) |
| Surgery internship | University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (2004) |
| General surgery residency | University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (2008) |
| Plastic surgery residency | Duke University, Durham, NC (2011) |
| Craniofacial surgery fellowship | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (2012) |
- Board certified: American Board of Surgery and American Board of Plastic Surgery (double board-certified).
- Member, Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons and American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
- Previously assistant professor of plastic surgery, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA.
- Began his career as a pediatric/craniofacial plastic surgeon. In 2012 served as medical director of Operation Smile's Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre in Guwahati, India, overseeing 2,500 cleft palate surgeries and personally performing about 350.
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper blepharoplasty. Incision in the natural upper-lid crease to excise skin and fat; the levator muscle or levator aponeurosis is addressed when ptosis repair is required. Procedure takes about 1-2 hours (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty. Transconjunctival approach (no external incision) when only fat repositioning is needed; external incision beneath the lash line when skin must be removed. Lateral canthopexy may be used for lower-lid laxity, and the technique can address the inferior oblique muscle and orbital septum (source).
- Brow lift. Lateral (temporal) brow lift, incision inside the hairline above the temples; endoscopic forehead lift with small hairline incisions; also hairline and coronal brow lift approaches named in the FAQ (source).
- Male blepharoplasty. Separate page for male patients, describing the same fat/muscle/skin removal approach (source).
- Eyelid lift before and after, 21 patient cases (source).
- Blepharoplasty for men before and after (source).
Other procedures
The practice also offers rhinoplasty, neck lift, facelift (including deep plane facelift), chin augmentation, InstaLift, lip lifts, facial fat transfer, earlobe repair, breast and body procedures, hair restoration, and non-surgical injectables, lasers and skincare (schoemannplasticsurgery.com).
Insurance and cost
No insurance or Medicare coverage statements for eyelid surgery are published. The practice's page cites a national average eyelid-lift fee from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (about $3,282) as a general cost factor, not a price this practice charges, so it is not recorded as a practice price.
Recovery: swelling and bruising after upper blepharoplasty peak in the first 2-3 days and improve over the first week, with stitches removed in five to seven days and final results visible around 6-12 weeks; most lower-blepharoplasty patients return to work or social activities within 7-10 days (source, source).