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Plastic surgeon

Dr. Robert Peterson, MD

Robert Peterson, MD, MSEE is a plastic surgeon at Athena Clinic in Honolulu, Hawaii. His site offers upper and lower eyelid surgery, Asian (double eyelid) blepharoplasty, and brow lift.

Practice
1319 Punahou St, Suite 1070, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826
Phone
(808) 944-8551
Website
athenaclinic.com
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeonsOculoplastic surgeonsCosmetic surgeonsOther specialistsInsurance-based eyelid surgeons

Dr. Robert Peterson (large marker) and the top 20 eyelid surgeons in Hawaii, numbered by state rank. Markers sit at the center of the practice's ZIP code. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Training and board certification

  • Medical degree, Harvard Medical School.
  • General surgery residency, University of Hawaii.
  • Plastic surgery training, Baylor University.
  • Fellowship in microsurgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, China.
  • Fellowship in pediatric plastic surgery, Showa University, Japan.
  • Site states board certification as "American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS)."
  • Over 25 years of experience, per the site. Speaks English, French, Chinese and Japanese.

Eyelid surgery work

The site has separate pages for upper eyelid lift and lower eyelid lift, plus Asian blepharoplasty. Upper blepharoplasty removes excess fat, skin and muscle through an incision in the natural upper-lid crease, and can include levator muscle shortening for ptosis repair. Lower blepharoplasty places the incision below the lashes or, as an alternative, inside the lower lid with laser resurfacing, and allows fat repositioning. Asian blepharoplasty creates an upper-eyelid fold using different attachment techniques. (blepharoplasty, source, source, source)

Ptosis repair is described as performable with or without blepharoplasty, tightening the levator muscle. The eyelid before-and-after gallery shows patient cases with multiple angles. (source)

The practice site has no canthoplasty or revision-eyelid page.

Other procedures

The site also offers a brow lift. (source)

Insurance and cost

The practice site has no insurance, Medicare or price statement for eyelid surgery.

Recovery, per the blepharoplasty page: sutures are removed within one week; most patients return to work in one to two days; normal routines resume within one week. (blepharoplasty)

Recovery, from the practice

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

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Back to work"Most patients return to work in one to two days." Source2
Sutures out"Sutures removed within one week of eyelid surgery." Source7
Final result"Normal daily routines resumable within one week." Source7

Why #88: 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 gallery38.140an eyelid before-and-after gallery on the practice site, scored on how many eyelid cases it shows
Eyelid procedure pages1010eyelid 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
Score78.1100Rank 88 of 500

Before you book

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