Does Asian eyelid surgery cost more than a typical blepharoplasty?

Just wondering is there's additional cost for asian blepharoplasty and also what the approximate price for this surgery is...also is it more expensive if you have the upper and lower lids done?

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A: Asian Blepharoplasty Cost

Amir M. Karam, MD

The procedure to create a "double eyelid" or supratarsal crease is more involved than typical blepharoplasty because: 1) the skills required are more advanced. 2) fewer surgeons are trained to preform this operation. 3) the time it takes is longer than classic upper lid blepharoplasty.  Aside... more

A: Asian eyelid double crease formation technically more involved

Philip Young, MD

Asian eyelid double crease formation is technically more involved. General blepharoplasty entails usually taking skin and muscle and sometimes fat. Asian double eyelid crease formation entails deeper dissection, handling more delicate structures, more significant complications and a significant amount of more... more

A: asian eyelid surgery is a specialty

Jonathan Hoenig, MD

Few doctors do asian eyelid surgery and even fewer do it well. Therefore, you might expect to pay slightly more for asian eyelid surgery.  (Asian eyelid surgery is a special procedure on the upper eyelids done to create a crease, or raise the crease, in an asian individual). If you have both upper and... more

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