Has your lower eyelid been pulled down after blepharoplasty, leaving the white of your eye exposed or changing your eye's natural shape? This complication, called lower eyelid retraction, can cause ro...
Lower eyelid retraction is one of the most difficult complications of cosmetic lower blepharoplasty. Patients often experience excessive scleral show (the white of the eye beneath the iris), eyelid rounding, dry eyes, tearing, irritation, an un...
Patients researching facial fillers and hyaluronidase today often encounter two very different narratives.
The first is the traditional aesthetic medicine narrative: hyaluronic acid fillers are safe, effective, and temporary. When necessary, h...
Why It Happens and How It Can Be Corrected
One of the most recognizable complications after lower eyelid surgery is inferior scleral show. Patients usually notice that the lower eyelid sits too low beneath the eye, exposing the white of the ey...
Lower eyelid retraction is one of the more difficult complications that can occur after cosmetic eyelid surgery. Patients usually notice that the lower eyelid sits too low, exposing the white of the eye beneath the iris. The eye may look rounde...
Double eyelid surgery—also known as Asian blepharoplasty—has gained significant popularity among men across East and Southeast Asia. Once primarily sought by women, this cosmetic procedure has become part of a broader trend of male aesthe...
Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D., Inc. has been issued a rare patent (US 7,846,457 B2) by The United States Patent and Trademark Office for the invention of a breakthrough method for administering cosmetic botulinum toxin…
The patent application for Microdroplet™ botulinum toxin, a treatment that improves facial features without detracting from facial expressiveness, has been allowed to inventor Dr. Kenneth D. Steinsapir, M.D. on September 2, 2010…
Dr. Kenneth Steinsapir, an oculofacial surgeon and ophthalmologist in Los Angeles, also received calls from patients wanting their eye color changed, so he began investigating New Color Iris…
“There’s almost no reason for lower-eyelid cosmetic surgery when you can cover dark circles and treat sunken-in eyes or bags with Restylane,” says Kenneth Steinsapir, a Los Angeles facial and eye plastic surgeon. “You get almost immedia...