Oculoplastics

What is Oculoplasty?

Oculoplasty procedures encompass many different surgeries. These procedures can be cosmetic, corrective, or reconstructive. Oculoplastics relates to the tissues and structures surrounding the eye, rather than the eye itself. Examples of conditions that can be addressed by oculoplasty include:

• Drooping eyelids (ptosis)
• Drooping eyebrows
• Bulging eyes
• Wrinkled skin around the eyes
• Eye injury
• Thyroid eye disease
• Orbital fractures
• Eye tumors
• Eye cysts

Types of Oculoplastic Surgery

Common types of oculoplastic surgery include:

• Blepharoplasty (eyelift)
• Orbital decompression
• Enucleation (removal of the eye)
• Ptosis repair (drooping eyelid treatment)
• Orbital fracture repair
• Orbital tumor removal
• Eye wrinkle reduction
• Stye, chalazion and lesion removal
• Ectropion and entropion repairs

Why choose Dr. Jeffrey Mono?

A board certified eye surgeon who is an expert in both the field of ophthalmology and oculoplastics. He is on the board of directors at Lutheran General Hospital and underwent extensive training in the field of oculoplastics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Jeffrey Mono has been preforming facial, cosmetic, and reconstructive procedures for more than twenty years.