Training and board certification
Source for all rows: bio
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Trinity University, San Antonio; summa cum laude, 1979; biology and biophysics |
| Medical school | Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas, Dallas |
| Residency | Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine; chief resident 1986-1987 |
| Fellowship | Ophthalmic plastic, orbital and oncologic surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, with Richard L. Anderson, MD (two years) |
- Board certification as listed: American Board of Ophthalmology.
- Fellow, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc., 1989.
- Author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers on periocular plastic and reconstructive surgery, and of textbooks.
- Worked with Oculinum toxin, later Botox, while it was investigational in the 1980s.
- With colleagues, has run the PAWS surgery workshops in St. Louis since the 1990s.
- Selected for "Best Doctors in America" in 1994 and every year since, per the bio.
Facelift and neck lift work
- Deep plane face/neck lift. Direct repositioning of sagging fat pads and the SMAS with their ligaments, under intravenous sedation and local anesthesia; recovery listed as swelling, bruising and difficulty chewing, with most discomfort at 3 days and full recovery typically 3 weeks (deep plane face/neck lift). The page title names Dr. Holds and Dr. Adam G. Buchanan; the page does not state which physician performs it.
- Midface lift. Outpatient, general or local anesthesia with sedation, one to three hours, incisions inside the mouth, in the hairline or at the lower lash line; bruising about two weeks, sutures out at six to eight days, return after about a week, no strenuous exercise for at least a week (midface lift).
- Fat transfer. Tumescent liposuction harvest through a 3 mm incision under local anesthetic (fat transfer).
- Galleries. No facelift category in the photo gallery; the deep plane page shows one before-and-after case.
- Cost. No prices published.
Other facial procedures
The practice focuses on eyelid surgery: eyelid surgery, upper and lower blepharoplasty, Asian and revision blepharoplasty, ptosis repair and eyelid reconstruction. Brow lift is offered as direct, endoscopic, temporal and gliding techniques, and skin resurfacing with eCO2. Galleries: brow lift, four lid blepharoplasty, upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty, facial fat transfer.
Practice
| Office | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | 12990 Manchester Rd., Suite #102, St. Louis, MO 63131 | 314-567-3567 |
| St. Peters | 300 St. Peters Centre Blvd., Suite 150, St. Peters, MO 63376 | 636-706-5500 |
| Arnold | 3530 Jeffco Blvd, Suite 100, Arnold, MO 63010 | not printed |
- Practice: Ophthalmic Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Inc.; physicians listed: John B. Holds, Adam G. Buchanan, Sara Reggie, Kalla Gervasio (locations).
- Website: eyelidmd.com.
- Social links printed on the site: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook.
Not verified: which physician performs the deep plane face/neck lift; medical school and residency years.