Dr. Geoffrey Kwitko, MD, FACS

Approach

• Immediately upon evaluating the patient, I suspected he had temporal arteritis, which is a vasculitis which can cause sudden loss of vision in both eyes and scopes
• All depends on the patient. All depends on the tone of the skin and the type of skin that the patient has

Specialization

• Dr. Geoffrey Kwitko is the most experienced eyelid reconstruction surgeon in Tampa.
• Specializes in neuro-ophthalmic surgery.
• Specializes in orbital surgery.

Technique

• Some patients, however, have so much excess skin that we actually have to make an incision on the outside of the lid, remove the skin, which is called the skin pinch
• We started the patient on medication immediately, got the biopsy, which proved he had temporal arteritis, and basically saved this patient's vision
• Laser-assisted is where we do a transconjunctival incision from the inside of the eyelid, take the fat out, and then tighten the skin with a laser

Consultation

• I will then come and say hello to you and we will go over the procedure, make sure everybody is on the same page, make sure what you want is what we're going to do

Safety

• Our board certified anesthesiologist will come and talk to you and make sure that everything is as it should be, make sure that there's no risks, safety is our primary concern

Results

• This alleviates any crepiness of the skin and gives us a nice smooth result
• The practice achieves perfect natural blepharoplasty results.