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It is called the vampire facial also known as the blood facial Kim Kardashian made famous on her reality show but would you do it?0

Tonight a look at the extreme measures that some women are going to to get younger smoother looking skin

Do you think my skin looks better?

No

Look

Oh

What is that you did a blood facial?

Wait look there’s more

Oh my god

Kim Kardashian did it and so can you the vampire facial also known as the blood facial the idea is to draw your own blood separate the protein rich plasma then re-inject it in the areas that need plumping making them look rejuvenated

That’s gross

Doesn’t look good we came we are

Originally from Romania what is very famous for being Dracula place so yeah, we don’t like it

Women are desperate we’ll do anything to look younger Dr. Amiya Prasad a cosmetic surgeon on the Upper East Side explains the procedure and says women in New York are lining up to get it

Dr. Prasad: It’s actually combining two medical procedures one is called micro needling now the vampire part the part where involves blood has to do with drawing your own blood and spinning it and getting a part of the blood called platelet-rich plasma and now platelet-rich plasma is the part of the blood that’s involved in healing so what we’re doing is we’re manipulating the healing factors of the blood to stimulate your own body’s collagen and blood supply

And women are getting the procedure done from coast to coast Dr. Lawrence Janowski has an office outside of Denver and one of his patients says the procedure is painless microdermabrasion

I think I’d like to try it it’s a it’s the cutting-edge it’s a new thing

Dr. Prasad: the typical candidate is a woman usually in their mid to late 30s and were older and it’s because around that time you start noticing some dullness to the skin the cell turnover isn’t there as it once was genetics starts to kick in some fine lines start to form environmental sun exposure and other factors start to age the skin

Narrator: Dr. Prasad says the procedure takes no more than an hour

Dr. Prasad: Essentially when they go back home to their families their relatives at workplace people say to them why their skin glowing and as cliched as that sounds it actually does glow so it’s but that’s why it’s become so popular

Woman: no pain no pain no pain no gain I would say no baby

I was about to say you better have a little bit of money because it’s gonna cost you a thousand bucks doctors we spoke to said that you can get the tree the treatment done as many times as you like and it won’t hurt your skin

If it works or did you think that it worked on you did you

Feel it looks interesting but you know I try probably not that’s a little they

Have to take your blood first yeah it’s

An interesting science it’s an

Interesting science Dr. Prasad made good points

I think you love it

Thank you yes it is very intriguing and

Affirmation glow and you’re happy you

Know other ways you can do a lot of things

Dr. Prasad: Today, we’re doing a Vampire Facelift® and a brief explanation of what a Vampire Facelift® is, basically the idea of lifting the face is what leads to some confusion. As a cosmetic surgeon, I perform face lifting routinely. And what I’m doing? I’m routinely vertically lifting the face. That means lifting the skin upwards. Now instead of lifting upward, the Vampire Facelift® concept is more about lifting the skin outward. Now why is that? Well, because as we get older, we lose bone, muscle and fat. And so the face starts to go inward. You start to see more of the skeleton, the underlying structure of the face.

Patient: Over the past few years, I’ve noticed that my skin doesn’t quite feel smooth and bright as it used to. I’ve noticed that there are certain small indentations that begun to appear under my eyes, in the areas around my nose and lips. And these are the kind of issues that I want to address but at the same time, without getting the very obvious artificial look. This is why I’m really looking forward and very excited for the Vampire Facelift®.

Dr. Prasad: So what the Vampire Facelift® is doing is we’re adding hyaluronic acid and platelet-rich plasma in a unique way to restore volume in areas that need volume. As you get older, as you hit your mid to later 30s and beyond, you start to lose areas of volume of fat particular such as the lateral part of your eyebrow, the outer part, the tear trough area or the under eye area, the cheek area, the nasolabial fold also called the parentheses line, the outer corner of the lip. So the concept of Vampire Facelift® is to literally to take one syringe of a hyaluronic acid filler such as Restylane, Juvederm, Belotero and use that very strategically. So that way we avoid an unnatural, over inflated effect and for people with these early stages of facial aging, they don’t need very much. The idea of using platelet-rich plasma is really very inspired. The platelet-rich plasma stimulates healing so it increases blood supply and collagen. Think about it when you get a cut, the area where you get the cut heals by generating collagen and new skin cells. So what we’re doing is we’re kind of manipulating that healing response and placing the PRP and stimulating new collagen and blood supply to the area that needs it.

Now the synergistic effect of hyaluronic acid and platelet-rich plasma has been very well documented in wound healing. And so this is a benefit that we get really nicely with the Vampire Facelift®. So our plan today is to add volume in the areas where she needs volume by doing a Vampire Facelift®. So we’re going to start first with a hyaluronic acid filler. So this happens to be Restylane but you can use Juvederm, Belotero or any filler that you are comfortable with. So what we’re going to do is first start with identifying where the opportunity is. Now to me, her lateral brow is already very nice and high so we’re not going to place anything in the lateral brow.

I think we have an opportunity right here in the tear trough area and hollows. She had already topical anesthetic and she should be relatively comfortable. I’m going to ask her to rest her head back so she doesn’t feel the pressure to stay steady and we’ll start placing. You can bring your chin up. So now we’ve got this area filled in very nicely. It looks very natural it’s blending in very well.

Kyla: Good morning I’m Kyla Grogan and we are gonna go behind the scenes today of a cosmetic surgery procedure I’m here with our willing patient and subject forever Hawk and good morning all right Barbara are you excited?

Barbara: yes very excited tell me what you’re feeling right now I’m a little anxious but I am like just ready to run I want to do this I excited I know what the end results are going to be I’m a medical esthetician I’ve seen the doctors work I see pre and post and I feel like the shimmering his daughter this is my time I want to go and do this so you have a little bit of hyperpigmentation sun damage you have some broken capillaries with tell in my clients I said look at the mirror and see what your concerns are everyone sees each other differently and what you might think is a problem I might not think is a problem just to go back on things I’d like to talk about them everyday life you know I’m a medical aesthetician and they worked a full-time a mother of two teenagers my daughter is 13 will be on college in September for thats a hectic time and a 15 year old son who’s feeling his oats which ulti-gesture but I’m a single parent so I’m going through a divorce right now which is never Pleasant where I would I know what says it is not a pleasant situation so that adds stress

Dr. Prasad: Barbara is this incredible high-energy enthusiastic and passionate esthetician who works in our spa in Garden City she also comes out to Manhattan as well Barbara has been talking to me about doing something to make her look better she has been taking care of many of my patients after surgery after they have their face lift she’s been doing a wonderful job with skincare and so she’s seen firsthand my approach to face lifting surgery the goal is to bring everything up like this but not have her over pulled and look unnatural so I give myself some guidelines so that during surgery when she’s laying down everything I have some marks to show me what everything looks like when people but someone is standing up so what I did was I added I employed a lot of advanced techniques of local anesthesia lighter sedation less trauma it’s kind of comparable to like people doing laparoscopic surgery and doing everything through smaller openings and they’re back to normal life quicker so that’s the main thing we’ve been able to advance over the many years I’ve been practical in past 15 years so that people can go back to work in about a week so we’re really talking she’s gonna have this procedure done today and and within a week she’ll be able to go back to work and what’s important to differentiate is it’s not a shortcut

Kyla: Dr. Prasad how did the procedure?

Dr. Prasad: In fact the whole procedure went perfectly I anticipated that she would be very happy

Barbara: Good morning it’s pretty much 7 days post my surgery with a quick pace of recovery and I just want to let you know how I’m feeling and what I’m doing this is really what really well is very pleased with it there were no complications whatsoever that’s because I did a great job he also had besides the quick face of recovery I had this co2 fractional so that is where the resurfacing of my skin is as well as the removal of the excess game and taking out the bat that’s attribute and to strengthen my jaw one to make it more prominent business head coupled enter

good morning yes April thirtieth 2010 55 days since the procedure everyone knows that I did have a quick recovery facelift as well as the infection in co2 laser how I feel I want to tell everyone i am elated I cannot believe the transformation I can’t believe people didn’t tell me before that I’m with this and the proof with that is my before and after pictures it was why did to share that with everyone because I was in shock my before picture is my grandmother now this has a little harsh but it was my grandmother and now her granddaughter is sitting here so when they say two projects what your future would be like I was the future and now under the present and that’s because everything they went through my procedure just 55 days ago so it wishes mine before I was in shock I think this says 3000 4000 what’s better Monica shop or great facial appointment so fix me up not a bloody but fun I want to get a great outfit to match my grey face.

Hi my name is Dee, I’m 72 years old. I came here to see Dr. Prasad because I’m interested in having a facelift an eye job because of the fact that I don’t feel 72 years old. I’m very active. I’m still working. There are times at work where people look at me and say “Oh you look so tired and you haven’t slept.” But I do sleep, I have a good night sleep and I still look exhausted. I’m just became a grandmother at the age of 70. I love to keep with the little girl. They’re twins. When we’re out, everybody knows I’m their grandmother but there are times when they look and say “Oh, you look so young.” But the last couple of years, I think gravity has taken a toll. I’m looking forward to taking this journey with my daughter. I don’t want people to see only a difference when I go back to work but to say that I look well rested. They think I took a mini vacation and that’s exactly what I want them to think.

My name is Violet. I’m here at Dr. Prasad’s office because I’m interested in having some facial rejuvenation work done. I have recently lost my job and I’m back in the market place looking for a job and it’s tough out there. I’ve had very great experience but I’m up against candidates that are a lot younger. And I really want to look my best and feel my best. I think it’s great that most of the boys want you to have 15 years or more experience but they want you to look a little bit younger. So, that’s why I’m here for one reason is that I chose Dr. Prasad because he’s not only an excellent surgeon and a super specialist, since I’m having my face and eyes done, it is so important I think that you have a surgeon that’s also an artist, someone who understand that balance of the face. Also in my case, I’m in my 50s. I don’t want to look like I’m to be 20 or 30. I just want to look the best of my age. My mother’s also going to get some facial work done and we both chose Dr. Prasad because she’s in her 70s, I’m in my 50s, we have different needs and Dr. Prasad understands amazingly the differences and the details. He has those subtleties and the mastery and I wouldn’t entrust my face to anyone but him. I just wanted to go and have this journey with you because it’s important to me. I said to do it together. I said you there for me and I’m there for you. And I’m looking forward to everyday that we do the recording and take this journey and show people that it can be done. And it’s nothing to be afraid of.

We were so close. Most people think we’re sisters anyway but you know, what you want to get done, what I want to get done it’s a little bit different and it’s great that we’re using Dr. Prasad because he looks at you and knows what you want. He looks at me and knows what I want and we have similar features which is interesting. He knows exactly how to do the difference and I like that. And I’m looking forward to that and I think it’s great that we’re doing it together. I also like the fact that you are doing it because you are so talented and you can’t find a job. And when I think about people that and you come home and you feel down and looking at your face and then looking at your brain, wow, she can really bring something to this company. And you always feel come home and you always got turned down only because of only the way you look and I think that’s so unfair. I’m not doing it for that purpose, I have job and I love my job and want to keep working for another 10 years if I could but i just want to look as good as I feel. I’m the same weight as I was 40 years ago and I love to be outdoors. You know how I love gardening. You know that I have these grandchildren, we have two twin girls. I love playing with them. I want to be active with them. I think the worse is when people say, you look tired. That gets to me because you know, when you sleep and you feel great and “Oh you look so tired.” All of a sudden you feel tired.

It’s a few minutes before I go into surgery. I got to Dr. Prasad office about 9:30 and they got an IV in me and Valium. I feel relaxed. I’m looking forward towards the surgery. It feels great that they made every accommodation for me to feel relaxed and positive. This is how I look now and the next time you see me, I’ll be all bandaged up and on my way to recovery. I’m looking forward to it. It’s 10 days after my cosmetic surgery with Dr. Prasad and I’m in his office for a follow-up. I feel great. I can’t tell you how wonderful it is for the whole experience. No pain with minimal swelling. I still have a little bruising in the right side of my neck over here a little behind my ears. But I don’t have make-up on at all right now so this is great, I know if I put a little cover-up on, I’ll be able to go out. You won’t even be able to notice it. But it’s been amazing. I can’t believe it’s only 10 days after. It healed so quickly, he did such a great job. I’ve seen other photos of men and women who have had cosmetic surgery and done and their face has been puffed and swollen for a lot longer.

I’m just so shocked I never had that and I guess that’s one of the reasons why I chose Dr. Prasad because he has a technique where there’s a little swelling afterwards and that makes a great difference with the recovery. As far as the procedures i have done. I had my uppers and lowers done. I had necklift and a facelift. The best thing was when I came to Dr. Prasad, I told him what I wanted to achieve, I wanted to look younger. I want to look like I wasn’t tired. I didn’t want to look 20, I wanted to look good for my age. And was great is that he recommended what I should get to get the effects that I wanted which I appreciated. It wasn’t that I walked in and needed a facelift or I needed eyelift. He really tailors and customizes what he thinks you want to achieve.

He listens to what you want and then he makes his recommendations which is really great. That’s why he’s a super specialist and when it comes to the face, I would never go anywhere else but to Dr. Prasad. It’s the face and the eyes that you look like yourself just better and with a great doctor. The stay feel wonderful. They make you feel great. I feel like I’m in spa than in a doctor’s office. So it’s been a great experience.

Exactly 6 days ago, I had my procedure. I had upper and lower lid surgery. I had a face and chin lift. Today I’m at Dr. Prasad’s office and his staff checked all the stitches. Felt like nothing. Felt a little bit of pulling, that was it. I feel really good. through the whole 6 days, I’ve had no problem. I didn’t even have to take a Tylenol except for a two days later, the way I was sleeping, I bothered my neck a little bit. Other than that, I feel great. Every time come, I get a bigger smile in my face because I realize how great I look.

Even bruised, I still feel terrific. I can’t tell you how wonderful it feels. And the staff and Dr. Prasad, there’s no words that I can tell that I’m 72 years old and I feel terrific. Hi it’s been now 4 months since I had my procedure. When I came to see Dr. Prasad, I was concerned because I didn’t feel old but I looked old. I was 72 years old and I still work and I enjoy going to work and I enjoy what I’m doing but people kept thinking I was tired. I explained to him how I felt. I didn’t want to look 20-30 years younger, I just wanted to look the way

I felt and he did everything I could ever imagine. I get compliments that I don’t look tired anymore. A couple of good compliment when people come up to me and say “You look like my age.” Well, I say “How old are you.” And they say, “I’m 58.” And I say “We’re about the same and the truth is I’m 72 and I don’t feel like it.” When my daughter and I did this together, the procedure, she had hers done a week prior to mine and at least we were together and we kept notes, we did videos, we logged everything. I had no pain maybe a little numbness once in a while by my ears. That’s it and it’s been 4 months. I couldn’t be any happier. I’m so pleased. Wait till you see my daughter.

It’s been 4 months since I had my cosmetic surgery. I’m extremely happy with the results. I recently seen a girlfriend of mine whom I haven’t seen in approximately 14 years. She was visiting from Los Angeles and she couldn’t believe that I didn’t age. She said “You didn’t age one bit.” And she was looking for tell-tale signs of facelift which she could find and I was really happy about it. I did tell that I had a little bit of Botox and Restylane but she just couldn’t believe how good I looked but I actually had a lot of help from Dr. Prasad. I feel like I look like myself. I don’t have a face that looks very stiff or artificial. Sometimes I see people who had some cosmetic work done and they lose a lot of their expressions and character so I feel like I look like myself when I look at the mirror, I just feel that I look like a better younger version of me. The other great part of it is, is that I have been out of a full-time job over a year and I have been job interviewing and I’m with people who are a lot younger than me. I’m in my 50s and I recently got a very good job offer. And it culminated so perfectly between getting the cosmetic surgery, uplifting my spirits. Obviously projected in my image and having a career going and I’m 50 something.

I feel amazing. I feel so good for 72. I have the energy. It goes with the face. And I get compliments that people think that I’m in my 50s or my 60s and that’s really a good feeling. This is my daughter and we went through this together and it is the greatest journey. I can’t imagine my side in going through this with her. And of course what can we say about Dr. Prasad. No words can express how grateful we are. It was interesting to see her right after surgery, so smoothly. We recovered so quickly and so fast without incident it was amazing. Just to see how great she looks, she always looked her age but he had a tired look about her and she looked in the mirror and didn’t feel great about it. So she looks great.

I feel really refreshed and young. It’s nice to have my jawline back as far as definition. The most important thing is to find a really good surgeon because there’s a lot of people out there. I did a lot of research and go online and there’s sad stories in realself.com. Women who skimped on a facelift won’t leave their house afterwards because the scars and it got deformed and it’s really sad information out there but I really did my research and I knew Dr. Prasad and I figured when it comes to face and eyes, it’s so important with the surgeon you go with because this represents to the world for the rest of your life with your face and eyes. We’re so happy. We love him.

The Decision

I’m Rose Scalia, I’m 63 years old, I’ll be 64 in April. I’ve worked in the real estate industry most of my life in human resources. I’m also an adjunct professor in New York University. And I did some research prior to coming to Dr. Prasad. I looked into those past facelifts.

The facelifts that I’ve found, a lot of pressure when they needed to make the sale. You never really get to meet your surgeon who is basically assigned to you on your surgery day and I knew then I’ve wanted to meet my surgeon. I wanted to know who was doing my face. Your face is your cover and that’s very important to me. So, I did some research and I found Dr. Prasad and actually through my hair dresser, a friend of mine who had her eyes done. So networking was key to me. And knowing the best who can do the best and really listen to you.

I decided, well, I’m going to come to Dr. Prasad for the consultation. So I needed to tell you about part of it. I was welcomed to an office which I just aesthetically distinguished and pleasant. And I met with Nicole, the receptionist who made me feel quite welcomed which was very important in the welcoming process. And then I was preceded with Anya who would go over the details and what was needed and how we would proceed and meet with Dr. Prasad.

Dr. Prasad came in and my first impression is a smile. A smile is so welcoming and it makes you feel warm and greeted and caring. And so I knew then that that was the first thing that I liked about Dr. Prasad. He asked me what I would like to do. And I said, well, I precede myself as having this tired look. And I actually just want to get that tired look and make myself, again, match my inner energy that I had. So what I found what, which was very important to me, is that when you have a doctor that listens to you, takes time to listen to you which is extremely important for me.

Most importantly, he provides options: maybe you do need something else, maybe you don’t need something else. But those options are important and what he sees within your face. So, given the fact that he has just wonderful platter of credentials, board certified, the artistry in him. And I’ve even know that he studied art. He can precede with style and looking at the person’s face and really doing such a unique job or work or whatever it is that makes you unique and he looks at something in your face that perhaps can be enhanced.

You know when I had the wattle and so forth, it just made me feel that the traditional approach to surgery is wonderful and I’m not negating that. But the personalization that I had and I felt whatever treatment and what I received and the education from Dr. Prasad elevated us to the next level because of his artful insight. That impressed me the most and I decided to put myself in the hands of Dr. Prasad and his team.

The Experience

My fear was not of the surgery but it was fear of the anesthesia that they would use. I did not know what they would use. And when they explained to me that it was the anesthesia or the sedation really of a colonoscopy then I understood for those of you who may have had a colonoscopy. It’s a very light sedation. They give a few pills or medication to just make you feel calmer and it works. I was just very calm. I wanted to actually take a nap and they bring to the operating room and you lie down and you’re so comfortable. They give you the warmth and everything you need and they start to tell you the process. And by that time, you’re almost going to a nap and when the sedation was applied which was extremely light, I was pleasantly pleased. I believe the surgery took possibly about 2 hours and he takes his time with the prep, the surgery and the post.

The Results

Everybody expects and the expectations are: is there great pain? What do you feel? How do you feel? I need to be bluntly honest. I woke up, I was laughing with the wonderful nurses. Jeff and Gloria who take very good care of you, are very attentive and when I woke up, I even asked was it over. That’s how much I really didn’t feel a thing. When I did feel, was a just a soreness around the ears, a soreness not even pain. If you follow Dr. Prasad’s orders and what you need to do after the surgery, you will be absolutely fine. But I walked out, I was capable of walking out of my own but he had his staff walk me out which was so kind. And then, when I went back on a Sunday, which he took his time and out his family time to remove the bandage, I was pleasantly surprise. He always mentioned that there could be bruising. There was slight bruising. The stitches were so tiny that they were behind the ear that you can’t even see them. You need to follow the directions, keep them clean. And if you follow those directions, the outcome is quite amazing.

The Pageant

Well, it’s been one year since I underwent facial rejuvenation with you Dr. Prasad and your professional team who make feel so comfortable one year ago. And I was looking tired and that’s the reason why I chose to do facial rejuvenation because I didn’t want that tired outlook especially when I knew I was retiring and close to retirement. Just four months ago, at the age of 64, I retired and I call this my rejuvenation phase. A time to go out and accomplish opportunities you would never think or have time to think when you work.

So, on April 27 of this year, I entered the Miss New York Senior America Pageant. Well, I won Miss Congeniality. My platform was very important to me. My platform was “Make your age work for you”. And we need to be at the top of whatever we do and look best in all situations. I really need to say I want to thank you Dr. Prasad and your professional team and helping make my age work for me.

Overall, I am very happy with the work I had done. My jaw area especially has given me the confidence that I never had, you know, my whole life. I feel like I can hold my head up, you know, strong. I always felt uncomfortable about my profile, so it’s all good. I’ve been told that, by my boyfriend, that I really don’t have any lines and that I just look more vibrant, so you know, that’s a great feeling—to have that feedback. So, two weeks in, and you know, it’s the new me. So, I’m happy.

When I say commitment I mean commitment to taking care of you in the best way possible now that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people but I could tell you what it means to me when I was in training when I watch many of my extremely well respected colleagues taking care of their patients I saw a lot of things that I just didn’t like I didn’t like the way that cosmetic surgery patients were being treated like sick patients in a hospital and there’s a lot of depersonalization where you are very vulnerable and very exposed more than that the individual attention to one person is diluted whether you’re in a surgery center or a major hospital it’ll be like one staff person like a nurse who’s taking care of multiple patients.

I always thought this is one of the most important days in this person’s life and if it were me i would want all the attention on me so in my practice we have gone out of our way to make sure that the personal level of care is exceptional and that every person feels relaxed and feels good about being here and the passion and caring and commitment of my staff to making this an excellent experience can be has been continuously reviewed as very positively by our patients

In addition I’m very committed to ensuring a quick recovery and now what that means is doing procedures in a way so that you have as little time as necessary getting anesthesia and when you talk about anesthesia I basically do all my procedures under local anesthesia with a little bit of intravenous sedation liquid valium that goes in the IV or intravenous so you feel very comfortable and relaxed but more importantly you’re able to recover very quickly you can go back to your normal life sooner rather than later unfortunately a lot of people have general anesthesia where there’s a tube and the they have to go on a respirator they need some extra time to recover and that’s something I’d essentially eliminated not just from eyelid surgery but from facelift surgery and the other procedures that we do in our practice.

I feel a personal commitment to my patients and that commitment extends beyond the one surgery that I may do for them whether it’s removing bags from under the eyes or helping them with hooding over the eyes I’m committed to helping them look their best whether it’s surgical or non-surgical and to that I what I’ve done is I’ve developed this spa and then that’s where we’re speaking from right now we’re non-invasive skin care is provided at a very high level comparable to my surgical care we have a skincare line again with the commitment for helping you look your best regardless of the stage that you’re at whether you need surgery or you don’t do surgery but we are committed to helping you look your best so that passion and the commitment in caring for you and being your doctor through and through and not just being a technician who does a procedure I think that’s a high value and is something you should look for when you’re choosing a surgeon.

Dr. Prasad has been practicing his surgical artistry for over 15 years and has received many accolades from far and wide for his living art Dr. Prasad is a visual artist that has been passionate about the arts for all of his life and has integrated this interest into his medical career in a very unique and very productive winners his innovative approach his compassionate manner and his gift of artistically restoring youth to patients all over the world is the reason that the Long Island arts council if report is proud to honor Dr. Amiya Prasad with his years army award.

Dr. Prasad: Lane artistry is such an important aspect when it comes to choosing a cosmetic surgeon I could tell you that having been an artist and being honored as an artist that it’s a real gift that either you have or you don’t and it certainly sounds self-serving, but I have trained and taught hundreds and hundreds of doctors, and I can say from experience that judgment and perception of beauty and balance is something that is intrinsic it’s not something that is in a protocol medicine tends to attract a lot of people who have called square personalities, where they’re all about order and discipline and steps but artistry is about a sense of balance and dimension, and so when I look at many of my journals we’re colleagues right about procedures have done, and they show off about and I look at them when i see well something is really off about the way people are seeing their patients and if you really want to get a sense of this you can go to the upper east side of Manhattan or to some of the more fluid areas along Island and see a lot of the quote bad plastic surgery.

So when it comes to choosing a doctor you need to just get a sense of how artistic are they and if you look at their work and probably the best way to judge in my opinion is does the do the head of patients do this it does everyone look natural and if you look natural then you’re really as an artist you’re retaining the character and the character of the face is so important to retain and as strange as it may sound that looking natural and looking like you didn’t have something done require skill it actually takes a lot of skill and a lot of judgment it’s not how much you’re doing but it’s also how much you don’t do or how you do the techniques. You need to restore the character of a person’s face then has been affected by aging changes so for example when lower eyelids are sagging you don’t want to pull them up super tight you don’t want to take away too much skin you want to create beautiful almond-shaped eyes if this person had almond-shaped before and even if they want to slightly enhanced that is artistic judgment so artistry is very important and I’m hoping that this is a useful guide for you to make your decision.

When it comes to expertise I have a very straightforward philosophy I believe in super specialization providing the best care possible and having the expertise to be able to do that now what does that mean in my background. I first trained in I surgery after that I trained in plastic surgery of the eyelids and the face so that field is called oculofacial plastic surgery. Many people are not aware of this and they look for a general plastic surgeon for eyelid surgery and although general plastic surgeons to get exposure for with eyelid surgery many don’t get even close to that level of experience when it comes to understanding a lot of the complexities of either surgery the reality is that when it comes to problems or anything that would happen that is unexpected all doctors in every specialty that does surgery of the eyelids will always look for an oculoplastic or oculofacial plastic surgeon to assist them to help them with their problems.

So in my opinion being a super specialist is the type of doctor that other doctors would go to and certainly my practice and doing eyelid surgery for 20 years. I’ve definitely seen that we have had many people who are physicians physician spouses physicians relatives when they do their research and they look for the best doctor for an eyelid procedure they look specifically for the most X the highest level of expertise. In addition to that I actually focus my practice on cosmetic eyelid surgery and although there are many complicated procedures related to reconstructive eyelid surgery a lot of them get incorporated into my expertise and my experience with cosmetic eyelid surgery. So there is if there are many ways to look at this and one way that I like to explain to people is that many plastic surgeons can do good eyelid surgery but very few can do exceptional eyelid surgery.

So does experience matter when it comes to eyelid surgery well having performed either surgery for over 20 years. I could tell you it absolutely does no young surgeon wants to hear that and certainly surgeons have no shortage of ego being exposed to something having a few doing a few cases is one thing but I’m speaking to you from my operating room which I built after so many years of experience and I can tell you that there are in many fields including the music field or being a musician where you reach different levels of ability and dimension of feel when it comes to surgery and Malcolm Gladwell for example talks about the magic 10,000 hours that it took bands like The Beatles before they became exceptional and I have to admit that now that I’ve been doing this for this long.

That it is it is really true experience management experience in the area that you’re working in not just letting time pass by so at this stage of my career. I have done so much eyelid surgery and have dealt with so many issues and have a have a level and depth of knowledge and understanding that frankly they’re times I don’t even know why I know something but I know I know it and I know exactly what to do an example that I like to use is the pilot who landed that plane once it took off F. Kennedy airport and got some birds into his engine and had to be at the land in the Hudson River thanks to his years of experience as a pilot he knew exactly what to do he did in a calm way and he did what needed to be done so in so many ways performing surgery is like flying a plane or being a musician and having the experience and doing something in many ways over and over you develop a depth of confidence and knowledge and ability such that whatever you’re doing you’ve done it before and you’ve done it well and you’ve succeeded doing any surgery and in particular eyelid surgery experience is critically important so how many years have you been doing this and how many cases a week do you do what are the quality of your results can I see examples of your results and your results not just some generic format you.