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71.1/100
Plastic surgeon

Dr. Michael Law, MD

Michael Law, MD practices at Blue Water Plastic Surgery Partners, 10941 Raven Ridge Rd, Suite 102, Raleigh, North Carolina. His site describes upper and lower blepharoplasty and a lateral brow lift among its facial procedures.

Practice
10941 Raven Ridge Rd, Suite 102, Raleigh, NC 27614
Phone
(919) 870-1052
Website
bluewaterplasticsurgerypartners.com
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeonsCosmetic surgeons

Dr. Michael Law (large marker) and the top 24 eyelid surgeons in North Carolina, numbered by state rank. Markers sit at the center of the practice's ZIP code. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Training and board certification

  • Board certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery.
  • Medical degree, Emory University, magna cum laude, second in class.
  • General surgery residency, UCLA.
  • Plastic surgery residency and fellowship, USC; ten years of formal training after medical school.
  • Established his North Carolina practice in 2002.
  • Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
  • Site states his practice has twice been featured on the cover of Plastic Surgery News, the ASPS news journal, since 2004.

Source for all rows: bluewaterplasticsurgerypartners.com/dr-law

Eyelid surgery work

  • Upper blepharoplasty. Described as removal of upper eyelid skin, with fat removal from the inner corner when needed, incision placed in the eyelid crease for concealment, typically under local anesthesia or oral sedation (source).
  • Lower blepharoplasty. The page states a transconjunctival (inside-the-eyelid) incision is used for most patients, with a sub-lash-line incision when skin removal is also needed; "almost always combined with fat grafting to smooth the tear trough and any hollowing in the upper cheeks"; sometimes paired with an internal suture (canthopexy) to tighten the lower lid (source).
  • Lateral brow lift. A temporal approach through small incisions behind the hairline, intended to elevate the brow tail and "often enhances upper eyelid appearance," using twilight sedation (source).
  • Gallery: "Browlift / Blepharoplasty / Eye-Area Rejuvenation" before-and-after category, part of the facial rejuvenation surgery gallery (source).

Other procedures

The gallery pages also list fat grafting, full facial rejuvenation, necklift, facial implants and chin/neck liposuction, indicating a broader facial plastic surgery practice beyond eyelids (source).

Insurance and cost

The practice's blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty, or brow lift pages have no insurance, Medicare, or price information.

Recovery, from the practice

From bluewaterplasticsurgerypartners.com, read 2026-09-30, each with its source page.

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Bruising"Day after upper blepharoplasty, patients can resume normal activities with bruising described as a "purple smokey eye."" Source1
Sutures out"Upper blepharoplasty sutures removed in-clinic at one week." Source7
Sutures out"Lateral brow lift sutures removed in-office 1-2 weeks after the procedure." Source14
Swelling"Lateral brow lift recovery is relatively easy with minimal discomfort after a few days." Source

Why #490: the score, line by line

Points come from sources read the same way for every surgeon. The method is on the methodology page.

SignalPointsOfSource
Before-and-after gallery32.140an eyelid before-and-after gallery on the practice site, scored on how many eyelid cases it shows
Eyelid procedure pages910eyelid surgery pages on the practice site, more for each further eyelid operation
Cosmetic society1515eyelid surgery listed in a cosmetic surgery society directory
Training1515Plastic surgeon
Eyelid research015eyelid surgery papers in PubMed
Teaching05eyelid sessions taught at medical meetings, 2023 on
Score71.1100Rank 490 of 500

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