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California
#73
Beverly Hills
#10
Top 500
#356
Score
72.9/100
Plastic surgeon

Dr. Steve Kim, MD

Steve S. Kim, MD, PhD is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at SK Plastic Surgery, 239 S. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills, California. His site offers upper, lower and Asian eyelid surgery, medial epicanthoplasty and ptosis correction, with a 12-case eyelid gallery.

Practice
239 S. La Cienega Blvd. Suite 102, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone
310-553-5315
Website
skplasticsurgery.com
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeons

Dr. Steve Kim (large marker) and the top 25 eyelid surgeons in California, numbered by state rank. Markers sit at the center of the practice's ZIP code. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: source

Stage Detail
College University of California at Berkeley, Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry; Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, National Merit Scholar
Medical school University of California at Irvine, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP); MD and Ph.D. degrees
Surgical training Six years at UCLA
Further training South Korea, after completing plastic surgery training
  • The about page heading reads "BOARD-CERTIFIED plastic and reconstructive surgeon." The certifications section shows the American Board of Plastic Surgery logo.
  • Memberships shown as logos: American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Medical Association, California Medical Association, California Pacific Society.
  • The site states he is trained in trans-umbilical breast augmentation (TUBA) and performs Asian plastic surgery.

Eyelid surgery work

The eyelid page (source) lists blepharoplasty for these purposes:

  • Rejuvenation of the upper lids, lower lids or both, to smooth wrinkles, reduce bags and correct sagging (ptosis).
  • Removal of bags or other obstructions that impair vision, on the upper or lower lids.
  • Asian eyelid surgery, which adds an upper lid crease.
  • Medial epicanthoplasty, which opens the inner corners of the eyes.

The eyelid gallery (source) shows 12 case studies, each with a caption naming the technique and the follow-up interval:

  • Incisional upper blepharoplasty with removal of excess skin and fat, photographed three to seven months after surgery and at one year.
  • Incisional upper blepharoplasty combined with subciliary lower blepharoplasty for fat pad resection and lower lid skin tightening.
  • Subciliary lower blepharoplasty alone in a 42-year-old woman, to remove lower eyelid fat and tighten lower lid skin.
  • Upper blepharoplasty by incisional approach with lower blepharoplasty by transconjunctival approach, which leaves no incision on the lower lid skin.
  • Incisional double eyelid surgery, with one case combined with levator advancement.
  • Suture blepharoplasty, a non-incisional method, used on one eye to correct upper eyelid fold asymmetry.
  • Incisional blepharoplasty with ptosis correction in a man with congenital ptosis. The caption states ptosis is common among Asians and that patients often lift their brows to compensate.

The site has no brow lift page and no revision eyelid page.

Other procedures

The procedures page lists Asian nose surgery and rhinoplasty, breast augmentation, breast lift, breast implant revision, tummy tuck and Jeuveau injections. The site also has face lift, nose, breast and body before-and-after galleries (procedures).

Insurance and cost

The site publishes no prices and makes no statement about insurance or Medicare coverage for eyelid surgery. The home page offers CareCredit financing (source).

Why #356: 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 gallery35.940an eyelid before-and-after gallery on the practice site, scored on how many eyelid cases it shows
Eyelid procedure pages710eyelid 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
Score72.9100Rank 356 of 500

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