Plastic surgeons certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and ideally members of the American Society for Aesthetic plastic Surgery, facial plastic surgeons, and oculoplastic surgeons are all trained and qualified to perform eyelid surgery.Find a plastic surgeon that you arecomfortable with and one that you trust and listen to his or her advice. You should discuss your concerns with that surgeon in person.Robert Singer, MD FACSLa Jolla, California
Oculoplastic surgeons are also board certified ophthalmologists. This mean they have the training, skills, and experience to actually examine your eyes to determine if there are health issues related to the eyes that need to be managed or make it advisable not to have surgery. Now having said that, in a given community, you need to look past the credentials and really look at what individual surgeons are doing in your community. If the oculoplastic surgeon in town only does functional reconstructive surgery and basically very little aesthetic eyelid surgery but the general plastic surgeon and the facial plastic surgeon do the bulk of the cosmetic eyelid surgery, then the choice is straight forward. Do your home work and find a surgeon who makes sense to you.