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I returned to Port-au-Prince in early January to continue our mission of training the residents at the State University Hospital. I was able to coax my brother Tom, an anesthesiologist in Colorado Springs, to accompany me. Normally, we do 90% of our cases with only local anesthesia and save the most invasive for the main […]
Latisse, an FDA approved medication to promote eyelash growth, came on the market in 2008. It has been very popular because it actually works. It contains a drug called bimatoprost, a prostaglandin analog, which is also used to treat glaucoma. Patients using the eye drop form noticed that their eyelashes became long and thick after […]
Eyelid Surgery Insurance Requirements Many patients come to our office for eyelid surgery and their question generally is “what are the eyelid surgery insurance requirements”, or “will my insurance cover this procedure.” Let’s talk about the eyelid surgery requirements by Medicare, which are very similar to most other insurance carriers. For your own specific insurance […]
Eyelid surgery vs. brow lift I see many patients with drooping brows and eyelids and often get the question “do I need both blepharoplasty eyelid surgery and brow lift surgery or could one procedure take care of both problems.” Normal eyelid and brow positions First of all, we need to look at the normal position […]
Facial plastic surgery: Does it make you look younger or more attractive? A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Facial Plastic Surgery looked at how much younger people appeared after certain facial plastic surgery procedures. It involved one rater looking at before pictures and guessing the patient’s age and rating their […]
Dr. Call, my former partner, and I returned to Haiti last week for another marathon session of surgery with the locals. My last visit was in March and Dr. Call hadn’t been in the interim, so we had quite a few waiting. This trip was different in that we are now sponsored by LDS Charities. […]
Dark Circles Under Eyes: 5 deep tear trough treatments We’ve talked before about dark circles under eyes. One of the most common causes is a deep tear trough. The tear trough is that depression extending from the inner corner of your eye diagonally toward your cheek. This depression occurs where the facial fat has thinned […]
TCA Chemical Peels TCA chemical facial peels have been used for years to rejuvenate the skin. They are excellent for skin tightening, softening fine lines, and smoothing out skin color and texture. The TCA (trichloroacetic acid) peel is a medium-depth peel, and is very popular for skin of all colors and imperfections. TCA chemical peels can […]
In our office, we see people everyday who are dissatisfied with the appearance of their lower eyelids and are seeking lower eyelid blepharoplasty. Whether it be due to bags that have formed or deep tear trough lines, the lower eyelids can make give us a tired or even ill appearance. We’ve written before about lower […]
Humanitarian Surgery Trip: Yerevan, Armenia Yerevan, Armenia, the site of our latest humanitarian surgery trip, is a city of about 1.5 million people located in one of the oldest regions of human civilization. The country sits on the north border of Iran, the east border of Turkey, the west border of Azerbaijan and the south border […]
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