Training and board certification
- Medical degree: Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
- Training after medical school: a general surgery residency, residency training in plastic surgery, and two subspecialty fellowships. The site does not name the training institutions.
- Board certification: "certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is certified in the subspecialty of surgery of the hand."
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
- Member of the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin Medical Society, the Wisconsin Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Association of Women Surgeons.
- The facility page dates the practice's treatment to 2001 (source).
Eyelid surgery work
- Blepharoplasty. The page describes removing excess skin and fat from the upper eyelids, lower eyelids or both. Upper eyelid incisions are made along the eyelid crease; lower eyelid incisions are made along the lash line. The page states that severe upper eyelid sagging can affect peripheral vision and that removing the excess skin and fat can improve it (blepharoplasty).
- Candidates: most patients are 35 or older; patients with uncontrolled glaucoma, dry eyes or other severe eye conditions may not be candidates.
- Blepharoplasty can be combined with Botox Cosmetic or fillers such as Juvederm and Radiesse.
- Brow lift. Performed under IV sedation or general anesthesia, through an incision along the hairline or across the top of the head from ear to ear. The page lists aging, facial nerve weakness and facial trauma as causes of brow ptosis (source).
- Midface lift. A cheek lift that addresses the area between the lower eyelid and upper lip, with incisions along the cheek folds (source).
The site gallery has no eyelid or brow lift surgery gallery (source). The site has no page for ptosis repair, double eyelid surgery, canthoplasty or revision eyelid surgery.
Other procedures
The practice also offers facelift, rhinoplasty, otoplasty, breast reduction, augmentation, lift and reconstruction, abdominoplasty, panniculectomy, lower body lift, liposuction, Renuvion, brachioplasty and hand surgery, plus lasers, injectables and esthetic services (wiplasticsurgery.com).
Insurance and cost
The site publishes no eyelid surgery prices and no statement on insurance or Medicare coverage for eyelid surgery. The midface lift page states that cost varies with the extent of surgery and that financing is discussed at consultation (source).
Recovery
- Results: upper eyelid surgery results can last five to seven years; lower eyelid surgery results can last more than a decade (blepharoplasty).
- Brow lift: recovery usually takes about two to three weeks; suture care instructions are given for the first week (source).