Eyelid Surgery

"A refreshed, rested look." "A quick procedure." "Barely noticeable scars." Take sentences like these literally: quote each one and ask what clearance, trial or measurement would have to support it. Where nothing does, the claim stands unsupported.

• The word "required": asks what the word "required" is resting on.
• Who can say you are a good candidate: asks who can answer that and on what basis.
• Setting and method of the procedure: lists questions about the setting and the method.
• A definition of blepharoplasty: starts from a definition before any claim is checked.
• Candidacy in advertising: looks at how candidacy is described in advertising.
• A training-years claim: turns a training claim into a question to ask.
• Board certification as a claim: treats certification as a claim to verify.
• Technique descriptions: asks what a description of the technique includes and omits.
• Questions to bring to a consultation: collects questions to bring to a consultation.
• Hospital privileges as a claim: treats privileges as a claim to verify.

Eyelid sources to set beside a clinic's wording

To hold an eyelid surgery claim against a neutral description, read a national public health service's page on eyelid surgery and a hospital system's page on cosmetic and reconstructive eye procedures. A consumer health publisher also has a page on blepharoplasty that a patient may read before speaking with a surgeon.

For published writing rather than patient information, a journal article on blepharoplasty shows how the procedure is described for a medical readership. Compare how it is worded with how a clinic's before and after gallery is worded.

Before a consultation in Sammamish, write down each promise you have read and ask the surgeon to explain it in plain terms. None of this is medical advice, and a surgeon who has examined you is the right person to answer questions about your own eyes and health.