Great Doctor, Great Results!

It was December 2020, and, 8 months into the pandemic, my eyes, which were usually bright and alert, had finally begun to show signs of fatigue. For the better part of a year, they had been called upon to express everything that the rest of my face, under the veil of a mask, could not. The skin underneath my brow, once taut and lifted, had begun to yield to the effects of gravity and the result was a subtle hooding at the outer corners of my eyes. I had to do something, and fast, so I called Wave Plastic Surgery Center and scheduled a zoom consultation with Ailla.

On the day of our virtual consultation, I explained to Ailla that I was unhappy with the excess skin on my eyelids and she over went a few options for correcting the problem. She was very informative & straightforward as she explained the procedures and went over pricing with me. No pushy sales tactics. In the end, I decided to go with an upper blepharoplasty to be performed by Dr Denise Wong who normally works out of Wave's San Francisco office.

The following week, I had another virtual appt, this time with Dr Wong, who explained the procedure and answered all of my questions about recovery and aftercare. She told me she would be making an incision across each eyelid, trimming the excess skin, and then stitching them back together with sutures. The downtime would be approximately two weeks. I was a little bit nervous as this was my first time going under the knife, but after meeting with Dr Wong, I felt confident that I was in good hands.

On the day of my surgery, I arrived at the office at around 9am and met Dr Wong. She went over my lab tests with me and took some measurements of my eyelids before I was ushered into a very sterile-looking surgery room. Once I was on the operating table and hooked up to IV sedation, Dr Wong arrived and said a few things to me, none of which I remember. They injected me with some local anesthetic, and although I was not completely unconscious for the procedure, I didn't feel any pain until maybe the very end. Dr Wong was pleased with the way the incisions turned out and sent me home with some arnica, a couple of steroids, and some medicated eye ointment. In the weeks following my surgery, both Dr Wong and Ailla reached out several times to make sure that I was okay and that my eyelids were healing properly.

It's been about a month since my surgery and my eyelids are almost completely healed. The incision scars are almost imperceptible today and my eyes look larger and more refreshed than they did before. The downtime was minimal and I endured very little pain throughout the entire process from beginning to end.. I'm so pleased with my results that I want to get my lower eyelids done now! I am truly grateful to Dr Wong, Ailla, and the rest of the very professional staff at Wave, who went above and beyond to make this a comfortable, rewarding and positive experience for me! I'd highly recommend Wave Plastic Surgery Center to anyone looking for a first-rate team of aesthetic professionals!