1. Dr. Heffernan is a specialist in oculoplastics and offers a comprehensive focus on the eyelids, orbit, periorbital region, and face. As an oculoplastic surgeon, he can diagnose and operate on virtually any functional or cosmetic deformity of the eyelids.
2. Blepharoplasty may require different considerations for different patients. For example, the surgery techniques necessary for a patient of Asian descent and European descent will be slightly different. Dr. Heffernan has training specific to many different anatomical differences, so patients can get a great aesthetic outcome while retaining key characteristics of their ethnicity.
3. Experience is crucial when it comes to blepharoplasty, i.e. cosmetic eyelid surgery. Check out Dr. Heffernan’s Curriculum Vitae to see his academic and professional achievements and credentials related to facial plastic surgery and oculoplastic surgery.
Did you know that healthy patients – with a stable weight, who don’t smoke – are far more likely to have successful surgery outcomes? Persons with unhealthy lifestyles face greater risks and complications when they undergo surgery, so with the majority of those patients, it is wiser for the surgeon to simply forgo the procedure.