I recently encountered a young Asian woman in the office with severe congenital ptosis. The upper eyelids drooped severely, no matter how hard the patient tried to lift them. This is because the muscles were malformed at birth. She underwent…
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Advantages and disadvantages of direct brow lifting Direct brow lifting has many advantages over other forms of brow lifting, and one major disadvantage. I’ll start with the disadvantage: there is a scar above the eyebrow. That is not to be…
“I can see!” That was the greeting I got from our 90+ year old postoperative patient last Friday. She had previously be unable to do the things that she really enjoyed, like knitting and crafts, because of her upper lid…
Dr. Walrath continually getting awards from vitals.com for compassionate care and regularly receives the “Patient’s Choice Award”! (Well, except for 2015, when compassion was apparently in short supply! LOL!)
Compassionate Doctor Award
This patient complained of visual obstruction from the upper lids.
The upper lid tissue folded over the lashes and into the visual axis. It was appropriate to consider upper lid surgery to be medical in nature, and formal visual field testing was performed. The upper blepharoplasty was covered by insurance.
Further discussion with this patient centered on the cosmetic impact of his brow position. The angulation of the brow gave him an angry appearance. The patient elected a cosmetic direct brow lift. The brow incisions were placed directly above the brow, centered on the inner portions. (This technique leads to very good incision camouflage in patients with thick brows.)
The bottom photo was taken a few months after surgery. The brow position is now more neutral. There is no angry appearance. The incisions have healed, and the symmetry is excellent.
It would appear that healthgrades.com has figured out that Dr. Walrath does the most oculoplastic surgery in the region!
Being a specialist, I don’t often get the chance to perform comprehensive eye care. In fact, I have very little interest in performing comprehensive eye care! I’ll stick with eyelid and eye socket surgery, thank you very much. Nevertheless, I…
Office eyelid surgery can be performed safely and in a comfortable manner for many types of surgical cases.
