Q: When it comes to double eyelid surgery, aren't most cosmetic surgeons more or less the same?
A: According to statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgery, there were more than 23,000 physicians likely to perform cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in 2006. During the year, just over 233,000 blepharoplasty operations were performed. Approximately 6% of patients undergoing cosmetic surgery were of Asian heritage.
Thus, the average cosmetic surgeon performed less than one blepharoplasty on Asian eyelids during the entire year.
See Dr. Meronk and Asian Eyelid Surgery.
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Is it possible to find a lower price for incisional double eyelid surgery from a true eyelid specialist? Probably, although not by very much.
Is it possible to find a substantially lower price from a general cosmetic surgeon with little or almost no experience in treating the Asian lid? Absolutely.
Quality care from an expert costs more than that delivered by a non-specialist or the practitioner who cuts every corner to offer a rock-bottom fee.
Double eyelid surgery is not the best service on which to shop for sales. If your stereo breaks, you can throw it out and buy another one. Unfortunately, that's not so easy with your face.
Searching for the bargain "eye job" may be risking your appearance and, should complications arise, your vision, your psyche, and your pocketbook. You're not buying an operation. You're buying expertise.
