Training and board certification
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| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine (Summa Cum Laude) |
| Medical school | Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (HST) |
| Internship | University of Chicago (General Surgery) |
| Residency | Harvard/Massachusetts Eye and Ear (Otolaryngology) |
| Fellowship | Massachusetts Eye and Ear (Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) |
- Board certifications, as printed: "Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery" and "Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery."
- Professor of Otology and Laryngology at Harvard Medical School.
- Served twenty years as Director of the Facial Nerve Center at Massachusetts Eye and Ear.
- First incumbent of the Fazzalari-Grousbeck Chair in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, 2020-2023.
- First female fellowship director, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
- President Emeritus of the International Facial Nerve Society (Sir Charles Bell Society).
- Author of over 200 original manuscripts and chapters; editor of two textbooks.
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper blepharoplasty. Done in the office with only local anesthetic injections. Incisions follow the natural upper eyelid creases; excess skin is removed and fat is repositioned or removed if needed. The muscles that lift the eyelid are typically left untouched. The page lists cosmetic and functional uses, including sagging upper lid skin and the effects of facial palsy (source).
- Lower eyelid support surgery. Also called lower eyelid suspension. It treats lower eyelid laxity, ectropion, entropion and lower eyelid retraction. Through small incisions, the eyelid muscles are repositioned and tightened, or graft materials are used. It is an in-office procedure under local anesthetic, about 60 to 90 minutes, with absorbable sutures (source).
- Brow lift. Done in the office under local anesthesia for one or both brows. Small incisions are made in hair-bearing skin, and the brow is suspended to the bone with resorbable plates placed high in the forehead. In some cases, long-lasting sutures are threaded from the brow to the upper forehead and anchored to bone (source).
Gallery: the blepharoplasty gallery shows before-and-after photographs carrying Dr. Hadlock's watermark (source). The site has no page for double eyelid surgery or revision eyelid surgery.
Other procedures
Much of the practice is facial paralysis surgery: gracilis free tissue transfer, facial nerve repair and reinnervation, selective denervation, static suspension, temporalis tendon transfer and muscle resection, including ocular myomectomy. Aesthetic procedures include office mini facelift, otoplasty, lip lift and injectables (hadlockfacialplasticsurgery.com).
Insurance and cost
- FAQ: "Insurance often covers surgeries aimed at restoring facial function after conditions like Bell's palsy or facial trauma. Aesthetic procedures may not be covered" (faq).
- The upper eyelid page states in-office surgery has no anesthesia or surgical facility fees.
- The site publishes no price.
Recovery
- Upper eyelid: sutures removed after one week; normal activities and contact lenses resume within about 2 weeks (source).
- Lower eyelid: swelling and bruising subside within a week or two; regular routines resume within a couple of weeks; strenuous activity waits until clearance at around 3-5 weeks (source).
- Brow lift: sutures removed two days after the procedure; swelling and bruising typically resolve within a week (source).